Dario Vannini

Dario Vannini
Born in Naples, he studied classical guitar under the guidance of Maestro Antimo Pedata and graduated at the “D.

Cimarosa” Conservatory of Avellino. He won many awards, among which the first prize in different competitions such as the “Arte a sei corde” in 2006, the “G. Rospigliosi”, the “Riviera Etrusca” and “N. Paganini” international Festival in 2007.
As a soloist, he performed in several European countries such as France, Austria, Germany, and Italy. In 2005 he met Maestro Giampaolo Bandini and attended masterclasses at the Arts Academy in Rome, at the International Guitar Festival in Ascoli and at the Academy of Parma.
Under the direction of Maestro Riccardo Muti, he participated in the debut concert of the Film Festival in Rome. He attended masterclasses with renowned international musicians such as Costas Cotsiolis, Zoran Dukic, Sergio and Odair Assad, Pavel Steidl, and Manuel Barrueco.
He obtained a master’s degree with honors in Composition and Interpretation at the “R. Franci” Conservatory, with Maestro Giampaolo Bandini and Maestro Duccio Bianchi.
Eclectic guitarist, ranging from classical to popular music, since 1997 he has increased his theater performances becoming part of the “I Virtuosi di San Martino” music theater group with whom he has performed in major Italian theaters including the “Valle”, the “Parioli” and Audiorium park of Music in Rome, the “Bellini”, the “Mercadante” and “Diana” in Naples, the “Puccini” in Florence, the “Filodrammatici” in Milan and participated in radio and television broadcasting shows: “Radio tre suite” (on Radio Rai 3), the “Maurizio Costanzo Show” and “Buona Domenica” (on Canale 5), and “ Per un pugno di libri” (on RAI 2 and RAI 3).
He performed with musicians such as Daniele Silvestri, Avion Travel, Tosca, Peppe Barra, Tullio de Piscopo, and Lina Sastri. Between February and March 2012, he played the Threepenny Opera by K. Weill with M. Ranieri conducted by Maestro F. Lanzillotta at the Ravenna Festival in the prestigious “La Fenice” theater in Venice. He worked with notable actors like Amanda Sandrelli, Serena Autieri, Neri Marcorè, the Oscar-winning actor Toni Servillo, and the actress and singer Ute Lemper. Vannini is also an esteemed teacher; his teaching career in Siena at the “Associazione e Culturale e Musicale Diapason” spans over a decade. He is also education director of the Music Academy of Siena, and he's actually teaching classical guitar at the Institute of Higher Education in Music “L. Boccherini” in Lucca.
Endorser for Knobloch strings, Dario Vannini plays guitars by luthiers Michael O’Leary and Felix Müller.