Livio Torresan

Livio Torresan: After having passed his high school leaving examination in classical studies, in 1987 Livio Torresan obtained his guitar diploma with full marks at the Conservatory of Castelfranco Veneto (Italy) with Maestro Stefano Grondona; at the same time he also completed his composition studies with Maestro Bruno Coltro in Padua.

He then obtained a teaching diploma for junior and senior high school. In 1998 he won first prize at the “La nostra canzone” composition contest in Treviso. In 1999 he won the International Guitar Composition Contest of Varenna with his “Sonatina”. His pieces are often performed in important guitar festivals (Treviso, Novara, Rome, Milan, Modena, Gorizia); they range from solo instruments to choir and orchestral formations and are published by Sinfonica and Ut Orpheus. The Italian website Dotguitar published in 2018 a documentary about his life and works. His recent Cello concerto in F# minor has been premiered by famous Italian cellist Walter Vestidello. He holds lessons and teaches full-time at a junior-high school with musical orientation. Moreover he is president and artistic director of cultural association “Chitarra in arte”.