Pino Feola
The Italian guitarist Pino Feola was born in Rome in 1980 and now resides in Basel, Switzerland. He studied in the class of Maestro Massimo Delle Cese at the Arts Academy of Rome and at the Conservatory “Alfredo Casella” in L’Aquila, where he became the first student to graduate cum laude with an additional honorable mention. A scholarship from the Swiss government enabled him to continue his studies with Prof. Stephan Schmidt at the Music Academy of Basel, where he graduated with distinction in 2008.
Feola has won several prizes at international competitions, including the Fernando Sor Competition in Rome, the John Duarte Festival in Rust, Austria, and the Tokyo Guitar Competition in Japan. In 2005 he received the Italian National Arts Award Premio delle Arti from Letizia Moratti, then Italian Minister of Arts, Education, Universities and Research. As a soloist and in chamber ensembles, Feola has performed in numerous concert halls and festivals such as the Roman Teatro Argentina, the Barattelli Concert Society of Aquila, the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory Hall in Venice, the Aula Magna of the Lugano Conservatory, the Bunka-Kaikan in Tokyo, the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, the Concert Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival in Northern Germany.
In 2010 he recorded the complete version of the Suite Española Op. 47 and Cantos de España Op. 232 by Isaac Albéniz for the Dutch label Brilliant Classics. Feola also pursues an active teaching career at the City of Basel Music Academy, both at the Music School and at the Conservatory, where he works as assistant to Prof. Stephan Schmidt. For his guitars he uses strings produced by Hannabach.
Performing at Siccas Guitars
Every classical guitarist who performs at Siccas Guitars brings a distinct musical path to the instrument — shaped by years of study, competition experience, and the particular musical tradition they have chosen to inhabit. The classical guitar demands sustained technical commitment and a deep engagement with a repertoire that spans from the Renaissance through to works written for living performers. It is an instrument whose full possibilities only reveal themselves over time.
