Fábio Zanon
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Fábio Zanon

Fabio Zanon is a renowned guitarist, conductor, and educator, celebrated for his imaginative interpretations and contributions to broadening the guitar's cultural impact. A winner of major international competitions, like the GFA Competition in the USA, the Francisco Tarrega in Spain, and Alessandria in Italy, he is also a published author, broadcaster, and artistic director, with such honors as a Doctor Honoris Causa from the National University of Rosario.

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Fábio Zanon

Fabio Zanon is recognized as one of the preeminent guitarists of today. His interpretations are admired for their combination of integrity, imagination and a cultivated tone. His varied activities as a conductor, teacher, writer and broadcaster have contributed to placing the guitar in a broader cultural perspective. A past winner of major international competitions, like the GFA Competition in the USA, the Francisco Tarrega in Spain, and Alessandria in Italy, Fabio has played in more than 50 countries, in halls like the Royal Festival Hall in London, Philharmonie in Berlin, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and as a soloist with orchestras like the London Philharmonic, Russian State Orchestra, Berliner Camerata, Israel Chamber Orchestra and the RTÉ Symphony in Dublin. His repertoire includes over 40 works for guitar and orchestra, many world premieres and virtually all the relevant chamber music repertoire. He has written a book about Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos and has written and presented the radio shows The Art of Guitar and The Brazilian Guitar for Radio Cultura in Brazil, as well as the music podcast Lira. Fabio is a Fellow and a Visiting Professor at Royal Academy of Music in London and the artistic director at the Campos do Jordão Winter Festival in Brazil.In 2022 he was invested with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the National University of Rosario in Argentina.

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