Andrea Ferrario

Andrea Ferrario: After finishing his studies at the Como Conservatory of Music in the class of Francesco Diodovich, was awarded a scholarship to study in the guitar class of Lorenzo Micheli at the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato of Aosta.

Here he earned his biennial degree (comparable to a U.S. master’s degree) summa cum laude, with highest marks, and an honorary mention. In the following two years he continued his studies with Micheli, earning his Artist Diploma. He has also studied with Giulio Tampalini, Matteo Mela, Angelo Gilardino, Frédéric Zigante, Edoardo Catemario, Andrew Zohn, and Jeffrey McFadden. In 2018 he obtained with full marks the II level Master in Parma Conservatory, course that allowed him to study with some of the most important musicians in the world (Oscar Ghiglia, Massimo Felici, Zoran Dukic and Giampaolo Bandini among others). Winner of the first prize at the G. Rospigliosi International Competition and at the European Music Competition fo Moncalieri, he received other important acknowledgements from the Riviera Etrusca (first prize ex aequo), Piove di Sacco, Città di Lissone, Atella Classica, Luigi Nono, and the Selezione Internazionale della Valle d'Ossola competitions as well. Also selected to participate in the final stages of the Biasini International Guitar Competition, in 2016 he performed at the Conservatory of San Francisco. He has held numerous concerts for important institutions, including the Teatro Manzoni of Pistoia, the Festival Mediterraneo della Chitarra of Cervo, the Festival Marlèn of Naples, the Associazione Carducci of Como, the Festival Chitarristico Internazionale of Menaggio, the Paganini Festival in Parma and the Rassegne chitarristiche of Malcantone. He was invited as a soloist by several orchestras (Valle d'Aosta Symphony Orchestra, Ars Cantus Orchestra, Parma Conservatory Orchestra) performing the concert of H. Villa-Lobos, the Concierto d'Aranjuez by J. Rodrigo and the Serenade by M. Arnold. For a few years, he has been part of a well-received duo with pianist Elena Napoleone, with whom he is committed to the discovery and appreciation of original works for this formation. With this line-up he won the first prize at the IMKA Chamber Music Competition in Sarajevo in 2017 and still carries on a profitable artistic activity: in 2015 they published the Sonatas in C for guitar and piano by Ferdinand Rebay revised for duo for the Canadian publisher Les Productions D'Oz, in 2018 was released their debut album for Dot Guitar and they performed in numerous concerts for important seasons (Jeudi du Conservatoire, ClassicA Torgnon, Concerti del Tempietto in Rome and Museo del Novecento in Milan). He plays a guitar made by luthier Fabio Schmidt.