Flavio Sala
Encyclopedia
Biography
After studying under the guidance of Pasqualino Garzia and obtaining his degree in classical guitarClassical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
with an honorable mention in 2002, he studied with Oscar Ghiglia at the ' Academy Chigiana of Siena and at the ' Accademia Musicale in Florence.
Encouraged by the music of Alirio Diaz
Alirio Diaz
Alirio Díaz is a Venezuelan classical guitarist.The eighth of eleven children, Díaz was born in Caserio La Candelaria, a small village near Carora in western Venezuela. From childhood he showed a great interest in music. At age 16 he ran away from home to Carora, where he sought better schooling...
and Paco de Lucia
Paco de Lucía
Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez , is a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist and composer. He is considered by many to be one of the finest guitarists in the world and the greatest guitarist of the flamenco genre...
, he began his concert career at the age of 18, winning the XXVI International Competition of Guitar Interpretation of Gargnano (Brescia) and subsequently the XXXVI International Competition "Michele Pittaluga " Alexandria, the Audience Vote at San Francisco International Master Guitar Competition (2004), the 1st prize at the Concurso Internacional de Guitarra XIV "Alirio Diaz" of Carora (Lara State, Venezuela - 2006), obtaining also the Special Prize " Fundacion Vicente Emilio Sojo "in Caracas, "a la mejor Interpretación de musica Venezolana" and 2 º prize at the "VII Alexandre Tansman International Competition for Musical Personalities "in Lodz ( Poland, 2008), a competition for piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet and guitar.
He has toured and given master classes in Europe, Russia, the United States, South America, Cuba, in prestigious theaters and concert halls ( Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and Gnessin's Hall of Moscow, Leopold Auer Hall, Bloomington, Teatro Alirio Diaz of Carora in Venezuela, Bonci Theatre in Cesena, Hall of the Conservatory of Vienna, Politeama Palermo, Theatre of the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco), as soloist, in duo with the Flamenco guitarist Juan Lorenzo, with orchestra (including the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Milano Classica, Orchestra of St. Petersburg State Hermitage, the Moscow Philharmonic, Orchestra of New Russia Jury Bashmet, Spring Symphony Orchestra of Kazan, Yekaterinburg Big Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela, Minas Gerais Symphony Orchestra.),
He has collaborated and performed with internationally renowned musicians in the classical field ( Huascar Barradas
Huáscar Barradas
Huáscar Barradas is a Venezuelan flutist and Professor of flute at the "Instituto Universitario de de Estudios Musicales" in Caracas. As a flutist he has represented Venezuela at a range of international festivals and as both soloist and symphonic musician plays a wide range of music types...
, Daniel Binelli, Simon Hall
Simon Hall
Simon Hall may refer to:* Simon Hall, member of Tripod * Simon Hall , BBC correspondent and novelist* Simon J. Hall, urologist...
), Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
( Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
, Toninho Horta
Toninho Horta
Toninho Horta is a virtuoso electric and nylon-string guitar player; his music could be defined as Brazilian music.He has developed his own very personal style...
, Cliff Almond, Alex Acuña
Alex Acuña
Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved...
, Otmar Ruiz, Giovanni Baglioni, Peppino D'Agostino, Cesar Orozco, Euro Zambrano ), Flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
( Carles Benavent
Carles Benavent
Carles Benavent is a flamenco and jazz bassist. Benavent has played alongside Paco de Lucía, Chick Corea and Miles Davis. He developed a new style of bass that has been integrated into flamenco music...
, Jorge Pardo, Rubem Dantas, Israel El Piraña, Alain Perez Rodriguez ) and pop, collaborating with Antonello Capuano.
He is Founder, Promoter, Sponsor and Art Director of the INTERNATIONAL WEB MUSIC TALENTS, a competition opened to all instrument and music genres.
He only plays instruments made by Italian luthier Camillo Perrella .
Discography
- 2005 – Flavio Sala Live at the Hermitage Theatre (Produced by Flavio Sala)
- 2008 – Encuentro (FelMay / Egea International)
- 2009 – Mi Alma Llanera - Music from Venezuela (Produced by Flavio Sala)
- 2010 – De La Buena Onda (Produced by Flavio Sala)
- 2011 – Flavio Sala plays POP (Produced by Flavio Sala)
- 2011 – Flavio Sala en vivo en Caracas (Produced by Flavio Sala)