Nottingham Post Interview

Posted on: 18/09/2015



Italian acoustic guitar virtuoso Antonio Forcione, described as "the Hendrix of the acoustic guitar", returns to Nottingham next week. “I learned English from a second hand TV” he tells Steve Haines...

Your compositions are from a variety of genres and styles so do you aim to write a piece in a certain style or do you let each piece grow organically?

The more I learn through music, the more I find it difficult to distinguish genres or styles. I am sure, however, that my travels and the many music collaborations I have had help to expand my music vocabulary, as it were.

You've collaborated with many artists - what draws you to certain projects or artists?

It is definitely the music that moves me. And therefore any artist who produces music that inspires me will be someone I am drawn to......

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