Antonio Forcione Quartet / Duo
Next Tour scheduled
15 Apr 2009 - 25 Apr 2009
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Antonio Forcione, fretless guitar
Jenny Adejayan, cello
Adriano Adewale, percussion
Nathan Thomson, double bass, flute
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On request:
Summer 2009
Fall 2009
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Born in Italy in 1960, Antonio first drew public attention at 13 when he toured with his own band throughout Italy as a guitarist, mandolinist and drummer. He graduated in 1979 from the Istituto d'Arte in Ancona with distinction in sculpture and drawing. After a two year stint in Rome during which he studied harmony and taught guitar, he moved to Britain in 1983 in search of greater inspiration.
Hailed as the ‘Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar’, award-winning Forcione is considered one of the most charismatic and inventive performers to come out of Europe in recent years. He breaks the mould of most conventional, popular guitar sounds be it in the field of jazz, Spanish, African, Brazilian or improvised music. International tours have brought high critical acclaim from as far as Australia and Hong Kong to Russia, the Caribbean, USA and all over Europe.
His 14 albums have variously hit the top of UK and international jazz charts and he has shared the stage worldwide with some of the world’s most accomplished musicians (see below), double-billing with artists such as John McLaughlin, John Scofield and Leo Kotke.
Artistic, intense, and formidable inventive, Antonio is a performer of genuine distinction. Ever unpredictable, his is a celebration of the unexpected elements in life, a music of rare delicacy, humour and not least, passion.
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