DARIO FORNARA

 

Acoustic guitar

Italy

Fingerstyle acoustic guitarist, composer, and soloist.

He is president of the Fingerstyle Life association, with which he promotes initiatives related to the guitar world.

He collaborated for eight years as an author/journalist with the specialist magazine Chitarra Acustica (published by fingerpicking.net).

 

He has published and produced three CDs to benefit the charity Wine & Guitar Clan:

 

3 Guitars Clan

Four Guitars Clan

Five Guitars Clan

In 2009, he released the solo album Amore e Psiche.

That same year, he was featured on the compilation album 34 Volte Amore.

In 2013, he released his second solo album Sequeri.

In 2018, he appeared on the compilation album Chatelier Guitars – The Player’s Collection. In 2022, he released the 45 rpm vinyl record Portata dal Vento (featuring the eponymous piece and the previously unreleased track "Momenti di te").

In 2023, he released the mini-CD (2 tracks) Marguerite, featuring the previously unreleased tracks "Marguerite" and "Le rêve de Marguerite."

 

He has shared the stage with internationally renowned guitarists such as Tommy Emmanuel, Clive Carrol, Peter Finger, Laurence Jubier, Frank Vignola, John Jorgenson, Beppe Gambetta, Tony McManus, Franco Morone, and many others, participating in major guitar festivals in Italy, France, and Switzerland.

 

From 2006 to 2012, he participated in the international poetry prize "Poetry on the Lake" (Orta, NO).

 

He has collaborated with actress Bruna Vero and actor Domenico Brioschi in the production of literary and musical performances. He also participated in the artistic direction of the Un Paese a Sei Corde festival and supervised the Fingerstyle Life section of several editions of the Galliate Master Guitar.

 

Finally, he is the organizer and director of the Liutai in Villa event, an exhibition dedicated to handcrafted acoustic guitars, created in 2019 and which, in 2024, reached its 5th edition.