ABOUT FABIO BARBAGALLO

Fabio Barbagallo is among the most active Italian guitarists of his generation. He completed his guitar studies at the V. Bellini Music High School in Caltanissetta and also attended music composition courses at the Palermo Conservatory and graduated in Electronic Music with a two-year specialization in Musical Disciplines and New Technologies at the V. Bellini Higher Institute of Musical Studies in Catania. He has served as a jury member in many international competitions and has given concerts, conferences and masterclasses in 30 countries around the world. His compositions are published by "SINFONICA" Music Publishing House in Milan and he is the creator and artistic director of the Solarino International Guitar Festival.

Notable performances include: International Classical Guitar Festival - Voronezh (Russia), Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture "BELCANTO" - Moscow (Russia), International Classical Music Festival of Vrnjci (Serbia), International Guitar Festival - Kyustendil (Bulgaria), UPBEAT Summer School - Milnà (Croatia), "The Sound of Museums" Umbria (Italy), "Musical Weeks in Val Calepio" - Bergamo (Italy), "CLAXICA" International Guitar Festival - Bologna and Modena (Italy), the concerts of "S. Passera" - Rome (Italy), International Guitar Festival EGTA - Limassol and Nicosia (Cyprus), Festival of Classical Music - Municipal Theater - Larnaka (Cyprus), New Town Hall - Brno (Czech Republic), Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge University (England), Opera House Theatre - Odessa (Ukraine), Cultural Center Banská Štriavnica (Slovakia) - "Arba Sicula" Association - Saint John's University - New York (USA), Dante Alighieri Society - Boston (USA), Sicilian Regional Association - Philadelphia (USA), EPCI (Italian Culture Promotion Agency) - Hartford, Wethersfield, Rock Hill (USA), California State University - Los Angeles (USA), Sicilian Regional Association of Carabobo - Valencia (Venezuela), Italian/Venezuelan Center - Caracas (Venezuela), Dante Alighieri Society - Bangkok (Thailand), Faculty of Arts - Kos. Mitrovica (Kosovo), Naissus International Guitar Fest - Nis (Serbia), Dante Alighieri Society Porto (Portugal), International Guitar Forum - Boras (Sweden), Italian Cultural Institute – Copenhagen (Denmark), Dante Alighieri Society - Lübeck (Germany), Tavaszi Festival - Gyor (Hungary), Hermoupolis Guitar Festival - Syros (Greece), Dante Alighieri Society - Antwerp (Belgium), Pfarre Cansius Church - Vienna (Austria), Ministry of Defense Concert Hall - Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), National Gallery of Art - Skopje (Macedonia), American Embassy (Malta), Italian Cultural Institute – Valletta (Malta), Bettembourg Castle (Luxembourg), Albania Guitar Festival (Tirana), International Guitar Festival - Atlixco (Mexico), Italian Cultural Institute - Mexico City (Mexico), Madagascar International Guitar Festival (Africa), Fukuoka Italian Center (Japan), Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka (Japan).