Franco Mussida (born in Milan, Italy, on 21 March 1947) is an Italian guitar player, composer, and singer. Considered as one of the most important Italian guitarist, in 2023 he was awarded with the Cilento International Poetry Prize[1] (Music Section).[2] In 2020 he adhered to Empathism.
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Franco Mussida | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | contemporary music; |
| Movement | Empathism |
| Awards | Cilento International Poetry Prize (Music Section) |
Biography
editHe is best known as a founder and prominent member[3] of the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), established in the early 1970s and still active. An acclaimed guitar player,[4] in 1984 he founded the Centro Professione Musica, a popular and jazz music academy, which is widely recognized as one of the most important examples in its genre both in Italy and abroad.[5] Besides working with PFM, Mussida has collaborated with a number of other musical acts and released three solo albums. In 2019, with Menotti Lerro, Antonello Pelliccia, Omar Galliani, Bernardo Lanzetti, Vittorio Santoianni and others, he launched the New Manifesto of Arts at the historical Caffè Giubbe Rosse in Florence.[6] He is a member of the Empathic Movement, which arose in the South of Italy in 2020.[7]
Solo discography
edit- Racconti della tenda rossa (1991)
- Accordo (1995)
- Sinfonia Popolare per 1000 Chitarre (1997)
Books
edit- Franco Mussida, La musica è fortuna, Roma, Sandro Teti Editore, ISBN 9788899918026
- Franco Mussida, La musica ignorata. Musicisti e ascoltatori, Editore Skira, 2013, ISBN 88-572-2067-2
- Franco Mussida, Il pianeta della musica. Come la musica dialoga con le nostre emozioni, 2019, ISBN 88-938-1773-X
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Domani a Salerno, il Premio Cilento Poesia 2023. Quattro sezioni, otto protagonisti: Poesia a Maurizio Cucchi e Najwan Darwish; Musica a Franco Mussida e Bernardo Lanzetti; Arte a Omar Galliani e Antonello Pelliccia; Narrativa a Diego de Silva e Maria Rita Parsi". poesia.corriere.it.
- ^ "Soprintendenza Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio per le province di Salerno e Avellino". ambientesa.beniculturali.it.
- ^ PFM at Ondarock
- ^ PFM at Planando
- ^ "Centro Professione Musica".
- ^ Clandestino, Rivista (October 14, 2019). "Nuovo Manifesto sulle Arti di Menotti Lerro e Antonello Pelliccia - ClanDestino". ClanDestino - Rivista.
- ^ "Empatismo / Scuola Empatica: Movimento Letterario-Artistico-Filosofico e Culturale Sorto in Italia Nel 2020". 22 February 2021.
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