Carlo Fierens
Homage to Paganini
April 24 | 6:30 PM
Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT
710 Sansome St, San Francisco
Free Admission | Registration required
Internationally acclaimed guitarist Carlo Fierens stands in a special place among today’s classical guitarists. He performed his music in many venues across the world. His solo concert is a tribute to the most celebrated Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini.
Carlo Fierens was born in Finale Ligure, Italy. He started studying guitar with his father Guillermo, an internationally celebrated guitarist. He later obtained the Diploma at the Conservatory for Music in Alessandria, with the highest scores (10 cum laude) and his Master degree in Guitar at the Trento Conservatory, always with the highest scores and special mention. He began his performing career at an early age and started to participate in both national and international competitions, obtaining more than ten first prizes. His awards include the 1 st prize at the International Guitar Competition“Alirio Diaz” in Rome, 1st prize at the international competition “Italian Festival” (chairman: M° Marcello Abbado), 1st prize at the Matinee Musicale competition, Indianapolis.
He was also finalist at the International Music Prizes Competition (USA), and thanks to the high artistic value of his performance he was awarded with the title and grade of “Honorary Associate of The National Academy of Music”.
In 2013, he won the “Italian National Prize for the Arts”, a prize awarded by the Ministry of Education to the best music student of the year, among all conservatories and schools of music.
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Event co-presented by the Leonardo da Vinci Society San Francisco.