Fabrizio Savino is one of Italy's most interesting musicians. He posses a very personal touch and unique musical vocabulary, where passion and study are the key factors of his music.
Born in Italy in 1981, he studied and graduated from the Percentomusica school (Rome) with some of the most important italian musicians: Fabio Zeppetella, Umberto Fiorentino, Nico Stufano, Franco Ventura, Stefano Micarelli, Massimo Moriconi, Stefano Fresi, Massimo Carrano. He also attended various masterclasses with: Joe Diorio, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Dario Deidda, Peter Bernstein.
In 2010-2011, Fabrizio attended various seminars at “Tuscia in Jazz”, studying and playing with: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dado Moroni, Antonio Sanchez, Tony Monaco, David Liebman, Eddie Gomez, Flavio Boltro. In that same year, he also worked as assistant of Kurt Rosenwinkel during the seminars of Tuscia in Jazz. He is an endorser SAVINO CUSTOM guitars, built by the lute-maker Francesco Savino.
Previously, from 2009 to 2011, he often journeyed to New York, where he performed with American musicians as he studied with Peter Bernstein and Mike Moreno.
He has shared the stage with some of the greatest artists of the jazz scene such as: Flavio Boltro, Antonello Salis, Gegè Munari, Giorgio Rosciglione, Luca Aquino, Boris Savoldelli, Tony Monaco, Raffaele Casarano, Francesco Angiuli, Vladimir Kostadinovic, Pippo Matino, Fabio Zeppetella, Luca Alemanno, Luca Bulgarelli, Nicola Angelucci, Joel Holmes, Claudio Filippini, Marco Valeri, Pietro Lussu, Giuseppe Bassi, Mirko Signorile, Giorgio Distante, Enrico Zanisi, Ermanno Baron, Henry Cook, Matteo Bortone, Giuseppe Bassi, Gaetano Partipilo and many others.
Fabrizio has played many jazz festival around Europe including: Villa Celimontana, Peperoncino Jazz Festival, Petrovac Jazz Festival, Locus, Tuscia in Jazz, Jazzit Festival, Bari in Jazz, Roccela Jonica Jazz Festival, Ronciglione Spring Festival, Locomotive Jazz Festival, Triggiano Summer Jazz Festival, Phonetica Jazz Festival, Brema Jazz Festival, Multiculturita, Jazz Festival Triggiano Winter Jazz Festival, PV6, and many others.
In 2011, Fabrizio was awarded Best Guitarist at the Jimmy Wood Award during the event of Tuscia in Jazz, and his group “Fabrizio Savino Quartet” was ranked among the first three bands. His first album Metropolitan Prints featuring Luca Aquino (Alfamusic), was released in 2009, receiving recognition in Italy and abroad.
His second album, entitled Aram (Alfamusic), was released in 2012. This recording includes the presence of some of the best musicians of the Italian jazz scene: Enrico Zanisi, Luca Alemanno e Dario Congedo, and was widely reviewed in jazz and music magazines all over the world.
In January 2016, his new album, Gemini, is released with A.MA Records. This recording marks a significant step in his artistic career where he challenges himself with one of the most difficult ensembles in music: the guitar trio, which features Luca Alemanno on double bass and Gianlivio Liberti on drums.