Fabio Montomoli - Curriculum Vitae

Fabio Montomoli

"...he is a concert performer who has left a vivid impression with his technical qualities and a sonund that is not only soft,but also transparent...”Genday Guitar, Tokyo (Japan)

"...his repertoire is unusual and his approach is personal and deeply felt...” Eliot Fisk, guitar University professor to the Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria)

"...I wish Fabio Montomoli continues to gow keeping the fresh musical expressiveness and the natural and clear interpretation particularly perceived in his performances of contemporary music,all accompanied by a brilliant technical base...” Toguchi Kousaku (musical critic ,Tokyo) (Japan)

"... his expressive ability and his great human sensibility, together with a sure techique, see to it that the virtuosity doesn’t exclude the music but, on the contrary, the two things complete each other along the sublime way of music...” Joaquin Clerch-Diaz, guitar university professor to the Conservatory in Dussendorf (Germany).

Fabio Montomoli graduates with top votes at “S.Cecilia” Academy of Music in Rome with the Music Master Carlo Carfagna. He attends the regular course “Mozarteum” in Salzburg studying Klassische Guitar with the Music Masters Eliot Fisk and Joaquin Clerch-Diaz and Barockmusik with the Music Master Nicolaus Harnoncourt. He studies counterpoint and composition with the Music Master Francesco Iannitti Piromallo.

First prize winner in 7 of the most important national competitions, winner of the International “Mauro Giuliani” Guitar Competition in ’92.

Subsequently he starts his concert career which brings him to play amongst the most important concert seasons all over Italy and abroad, Tour in Japan (Tokyo, Hiroshima, Haryana, Kamakura) Tour in Finland (Tampere, Helsinki, Turku), Moscow, Salzburg, Prague, Munich, Cordoba, Granada, Valencia, Linares, Gerona, Malta, Majorca, Beirut, Tyro, Heidelberg; Wolfsburg, Bitola, Pilzen, Volos…ect
Fabio Montomoli is frequently invited to some of the most important international guitar festivals “Andrès Segovia Ciudad de Linares” (Spain), Hersbruck guitar festival (Germany), Tokyo guitar festival (Japan), “Volos” Winter Guitar festival (Greece), Turku guitar festival (Finland), Morelia guitar festival (Mexico) ect

He constantly collaborates with several composers who have dedicated their own work to him:
The Music Master Fabrizio Festa dedicated the suite “Paesaggi” for solo guitar (1997)
The Music Master Francesco Iannitti Piromallo dedicated: the concert in A major for guitar and orchestra (2002) the sonata in D major for solo guitar (2007) and the suite “la Porta del sole” for clarinet and guitar dedicated to the duet Giovanni Lanzini- Fabio Montomoli.(2009)

He has been protagonist in many radio broadcasts: Radio Vaticano with a live broadcast on the classical channel, Radio 2, Radio Helsinki “La Rondine” with a live national concert, Radio Rete Toscana Classical ect..

He records for the record company “SAM classic” in Lari (PI) where his various first cd recordings as a soloist stand out absolute and transcript for important instrumental operas (Turina: La oraciòn del torero op.34, Cinco danzas gitanas op. 55 ect) all published in the collection personally directed and taken care by “SAM publications”.

Apart from his work as a concert performer Fabio Montomoli dedicates his time to didactics holding master -classes in Italy and abroad (Spain, Germany, Austria; France, Greece, Lebanon ect..)
He is the owner of the guitar class in care of the music school “Leonardo da Vinci” and Music Institute “P. Giannetti” in Grosseto.

Fabio Montomoli has been playing a Antonio Scandurra’ s Guitar since 1990.

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