Peppino D'Agostino

Peppino D'Agostino

Italian born Peppino D'Agostino was first drawn to the guitar after watching his cousin perform during church services in his hometown of Torino; the self-taught musician began picking out tunes by ear, and inspired by legends like Paco de Lucia, Leo Kottke and Carlos Santana, was composing and recording solo throughout Italy by the age of 18. Immigrating to San Francisco in 1984 to pursue his dream as a composer and performer, he paid his dues as a street musician before developing into a world renowned recording artist and performer critics have long hailed as “a poet…among the best talents around” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “one of the most capable composers among fingerstyle guitarists” ("Acoustic Guitar"Fact|date=July 2007).

In addition to regularly performing concerts throughout North and South America, Canada and Europe, D’Agostino has released 12 critically acclaimed albums and two DVDs worldwide. He has been featured on numerous guitar samplers alongside greats like Pat Metheny, Mike Stern and John Scofield; written numerous guitar instructional books and videos; and in 1997 wrote, composed and produced a soundtrack for the feature length Italian movie Ardena, directed by Luca Barbareschi. D'Agostino is a featured guitarist in the United Guitar Ensemble, an ensemble composed of seven of the world's top classical guitarists and D'Agostino on steel string. His most recent solo recording is 2008’s Made In Italy on Mesa BlueMoon Recordings.

External links

* [http://www.peppinodagostino.com/ Official Peppino D'Agostino website]


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