About this Event
Classical guitar recital by Fabio Zanon
West Sussex Guitar Club warmly invite all music enthusiasts to our forthcoming recital by London based Brazilian guitarist Fabio Zanon. Fabio was taught initially by his father and later by Antonio Guedes and Henrique Pinto at the University of Sao Paulo. In spite of his lack of inclination towards competition he achieved the accolade of prize winner of the 14th International Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) Competition and the 30th Francisco Tarrega Prize in Spain only weeks apart in 1996 when he was 30 years old.
Describing his talent for sport as, at it's best, tolerable, Fabio was influenced by the collective spirit in the Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games in 2007 after which followed a fortuitous series of concerts around the Americas. A fondness of a shared culture and musical diversity culminated in his 2018 CD 'Americas' where the cultural gaze of classical guitar music turned from Europe to South America, Haiti, the United States and Canada.
His performances, whether live or recorded, always capture the fragrance and flavours of the compositional homeland of the music and are enhanced by his enjoyably informative introductions before each piece. If you would like to whet your appetite before the concert, Fabio has recently compiled all of his solo performances from 1996 into a single playlist which can be accessed on Spotify by a link found on his Instagram pages.
West Sussex Guitar Club is honoured that Fabio is one of our club patron's and we hope that you are able to join us to hear a performer who really does capture the soul of the guitar.