Giordano Passini

“Giordano Passini is a guitarist that deserves attention. His musicality, already strong at the beginning and made precious by its own sensibility, is evident even in the choice of the repertoire of his concerts. These aspects, corroborated by an elegant technique, allow him to elaborate bright interpretations that start from a guitar tradition well known to him and are projected in an original, consistent and elegant world.” Ermanno Brignolo – guitarist, music critic and artistic director Born in Bologna in 1986 he started to study music at 12. He started studying piano and, after a year, passed on to the classical guitar with the guitarist and composer Cristian Gentilini. He continues the guitar studies with M° Giovanni Maselli, while continuing the theoretical study and analysis of music with M° Gentilini. In 2011 he graduated at Licinio Refice conservatory, Frosinone, Italy. At the end of 2011 he attended, for two years, the specialization master at “ Tarrega Guitar Academy” in Pordenone with M° Paolo Pegoraro and M° Adriano Del Sal. At the same time he continues his studies with M° Giovanni Maselli. In 2013 he attended a specialization Master at "Il Cantiere della Musica" Monterotondo (RM) under the guidance of Maestro Arturo Tallini. In 2016 he graduated at the prestigious II Level Master in "Interpretation of Contemporary Music" at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome. He partecipated in a lot of Masterclasses with important international guitar players including: Ricardo Jesus Gallén, Carlos Barbosa Lima, Roland Dyens, Walter Zanetti, Francois Laurent, Guido Fichtner, Johannes Tappert, Eduardo Eguez, Johannes Tonio Kreusch, Adriano Del Sal, Johan Fostier. He is now attending an annual study path with M° Aniello Desiderio. He has held concerts at various Institution, Festival and Musical Events in Italy and abroad including: Alba (CN), Parma, Vergato (BO), Asti, Rome, Rastignano (BO), Syracuse, Sasso Marconi (BO) , Acerra (NA), Tirana (Albania), Madrid (Spain), Avila (Spain), Craiova (Romania), Hong Kong, Porto San Giorgio (FM), Bologna, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Banja Luka and Sarajevo (Bosnia – Herzegovina), Bangkok (Thailand), Klang (Malaysia), Yojiakarta e Jakarta (Indonesia). In 2013 he made his debut as soloist with the orchestra performing "Fantasia para un gentilhombre" by J. Rodrigo. During November 2015 he held two concerts in Bosnia - Herzegovina during the month dedicated to Italian Culture to the presence of the highest Italian and foreign diplomatic offices. 2 During Summer 2016 he stayed in Asia for a concert tour that led him playing in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. During his career he won several prizes in competitions both National and International. On the English magazine “Classical Guitar Magazine” (issue August 2012) was published an interview about him written by Lawrence Del Casale. In 2014 he published his first solo CD entitled "Frammenti" with music for guitar of the twentieth century. The album has been the subject of several interviews at radio broadcasts such as Radio Vaticana, Radio Kairos and Radio Tre (transmission "Primo Movimento"). On the specialized magazine "Sei Corde" -number of April-June 2015-, the album got a great review by Ermanno Brignolo. Winner in 2014 of the prize created by “Giovani Confcommercio - Ascom Bologna” dedicated to "Massimo Zivieri" for passion, innovation and expertise, he is moreover founder, chairman and professor of classical guitar at the music school “OusiArmonica” in the area of Bologna and Modena since 2006. From 2009 he created and conducts as artistic director the International Classical Guitar festival “Claxica” that in few editions has become a landmark in the guitar landscape, hosting guitarist coming from all over the world. He plays a guitar made by the Neapolitan guitar maker Alessandro Marseglia.