Born in Salerno and raised in Foggia, Italy in 1974, guitarist and composer Francesco Lo Castro
started studying guitar late in life, aged 25.He developed his guitar
styles and technique under the tutoring of the great south Italian
maestro Gianni Cataleta.
He quit his Economic Studies (and a full time job in marketing) to fully focus on music in 2004. Two years after, he graduated with honors in music performance from a BMus at Thames Valley University (London). In the same year, he won the Best Guitarist Award at the Guitar Institute in London where he attended tutoring classes by Shaun Baxter and Iain Scott among others.
He then earned a scholarship for MMus, completed in 2008, by winning the Vice Chancellor’s Award at TVU. In the same period he learnt his craft by performing an average of 130-160 gigs per year in clubs, pubs and theatres all around the world playing with jazz, funk, pop and rock artists.
Francesco Lo Castro has performed in his career in some of the most renowned and prestigious venues such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Hamer Hall (Melbourne), the State Theatre (Sydney), The Concert Hall (New York), the Expo Centre (Singapore), the Berklee Performance Centre (Boston), the Benedum (Pittsburgh), Barbican (London), Palatrussardi (Milan).
Follow him on Face Book, Twitter, visit his You Tube Channel and his official website.
Be ready for a great evening of 'warm and sincere' conversation, and music to soothe your soul.
Click Here to listen in real time or (if your time does not permit), use the same link to listen to the episode On Demand at your leisure.
He quit his Economic Studies (and a full time job in marketing) to fully focus on music in 2004. Two years after, he graduated with honors in music performance from a BMus at Thames Valley University (London). In the same year, he won the Best Guitarist Award at the Guitar Institute in London where he attended tutoring classes by Shaun Baxter and Iain Scott among others.
He then earned a scholarship for MMus, completed in 2008, by winning the Vice Chancellor’s Award at TVU. In the same period he learnt his craft by performing an average of 130-160 gigs per year in clubs, pubs and theatres all around the world playing with jazz, funk, pop and rock artists.
Francesco Lo Castro has performed in his career in some of the most renowned and prestigious venues such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Hamer Hall (Melbourne), the State Theatre (Sydney), The Concert Hall (New York), the Expo Centre (Singapore), the Berklee Performance Centre (Boston), the Benedum (Pittsburgh), Barbican (London), Palatrussardi (Milan).
Follow him on Face Book, Twitter, visit his You Tube Channel and his official website.
Be ready for a great evening of 'warm and sincere' conversation, and music to soothe your soul.
Click Here to listen in real time or (if your time does not permit), use the same link to listen to the episode On Demand at your leisure.
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