A Life in Music
Music has been the constant thread through very different parts of my life, as a performer, composer, producer and someone who has spent years working closely with artists and live music.
I joined Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft in 1998, an experience that profoundly shaped my relationship with the guitar, with practice and with the idea of music as a discipline. Over the years I have performed internationally, developed a long-running collaboration with guitarist Bert Lams, and explored the music of Thomas de Hartmann and G.I. Gurdjieff, arranging much of this repertoire for plectrum guitar.
For around sixteen years I also worked at Blue Note Milano in production and artist management, contributing to roughly 4,000 concerts and working with musicians from very different backgrounds. That experience continues to influence the way I think about performance, production and the relationship between an artistic idea and the way it reaches an audience.
Today, my work moves between performing, composing, sound design and music production, with projects that range from the ongoing Simple Music for Difficult People series to acoustic and archtop guitar, collaborative work and music created for other artists and contexts.
About Fabio Mittino
Fabio Mittino is an Italian guitarist, composer and sound artist whose work moves between original music, unusual repertoire, technology and the exploration of sound.
Since joining Guitar Craft in 1998, he has developed a highly personal relationship with the guitar, both as a traditional instrument and as a tool for composition, experimentation and sound transformation.
His work ranges from the ongoing Simple Music for Difficult People series to acoustic and archtop guitar repertoire, collaborative projects and production work.
Words from others
Tuck Andress
“It is literally sublime and completely personal. It feels like a window into your soul and at the same time a portal to something more universal. I had a big smile on my face when I started listening, and that smile never went away.”
"Good luck figuring out how Fabio does what Fabio does!"
Ahmad Jamal
“Fabio is a wonderful, talented guitarist. I took his cd to the States and they listened to his performance, and they loved it like I do!”
Gramophone
The combined sound of these steel-string instruments, whose construction has more in common with a violin than a classical guitar, is ravishing, with rich basses and bell-like trebles. Of course, that’s also down to the artistry of Mittino and Lams, who through a variety of techniques manage to coax from their guitars an astonishing range of colours