Guitarist - Teacher
Fabio Macera
About me

About me

Current Assignment
Guitar Teacher at the State Conservatory of Music "Gaetano Braga" in Teramo
Art Director at "Accademia Jazz Friends"
Art Director at "Consorzio Castelli della Sapienza"
Art Director at "Nosilence Eventi"


Academic Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Jazz Guitar (Second Level Academic Diploma)
  • Master's Degree in Classical Guitar (Second Level Academic Diploma)
  • Diploma in Theory and Solfeggio - Conservatory "L. Refice" of Frosinone - A.Y. 1999/2000
  • Lower Completion of Classical Guitar - "Briccialdi" of Terni - A.Y. 2001/2002
  • Complementary Harmony License - "L.Refice" Conservatory of Frosinone - A.Y. 2004/2005
  • Degree in Jazz Music (Arrangement and Composition) - Conservatory "L.Refice" of Frosinone - A.Y. 2008 2009
  • Diploma "UniversitΓ  della Musica" of Rome (Scholarship Seminar Berlklee of Boston of Umbria jazz) - A.Y. 2001/2002
  • Third Level Diploma "Umbria Jazz Seminars" (2001)
  • Third Level Diploma "Seminari di Siena Jazz" (2006) + Music Laboratory conducted by Enrico Rava


Professional Activities
  • Managing Director "Nova Musica & Arte" in Rome (branch office) from 2000 to 2002
  • Artistic Director of the Music School in Subiaco from 2002 to 2003
  • Artistic Director of the Academy of Music & Art "Jazz Friends" of Paliano from 2002 to 2017
  • Artistic Director of the "Festival dal Classico...al Jazz" - City of Paliano from 2000 to 2007
  • Artistic Director of the "Fontana Liri Jazz Festival" - City of Fontanaliri from 2003 to 2006
  • Assistant to Eddy Palermo at the Jazz Guitar seminars at the International Guitar Festival of Bisceglie (2003)
  • Co-Artistic Director together with Edoardo De Angelis of the Festival of Popular and Author Music of the city of Valmontone
  • Artistic Director "Cultura in Corso" City of Anagni from 2018 to 2023
  • Artistic Director of the "Festival Castelli In Musica" in collaboration with the Consortium i Castelli della Sapienza


Collaborations
Eric Daniel, Mike Appelbaum, Giorgio Rosciglione, Dario Rosciglione, Pino Iodice, Amedeo Ariano, Marcello Zini, Stefano Sastro, Pier Cortese, Roberto Fabbri, Filiberto Palermini, Giovanni Tommaso, Ettore Fioravanti, Carlo Negroni, Maurizio Rolli, Stefano Micarelli, Gianpaolo Ascolese, Gerardo Iacoucci, Corrado Paonessa, Amy Stewart, Luigi Tessarolo, Sandy Muller, Marta Raviglia, Fabio Mariani, Michael Audisso, Edoardo De Angelis, Andrea Pace, Roberto Pistolesi, Alessandro del Signore, Stefano Cantarano, Van der Graaf, Nicola Cordisco, Cinzia Gizzi, Greg Burk, Juan Carlo Alberto Zamora, Eddy palermo, NiccolΓ² Fabi, Roberto Angelini, Velia Donati, Fabio Penna, Samantha Discolpa, Sarah Jane Olog, Loretta Goggi, Bob Bonastre, Jeans Christian Kwella


Projects

Guitar Solo
The "Guitar Solo" project was born during the pandemic. In that absurd period I developed the idea of focusing on composing new music, so I started writing original songs to be performed on Guitar alone.

The idea was to create an original solo project that was more in line with my characteristics. The biggest difficulty was that you usually play on guitar alone with the classical or acoustic guitar, while this project is designed specifically for the semi-acoustic guitar, to be played with a mixed pick-finger technique!

I have written over 40 songs to perform in this solo project, to which are added another 20 songs that are revisitations of compositions written in another period and played in a band, but which have been rearranged specifically to be performed on Guitar alone.

The "Sola Chitarra" project was designed to give life to a series of recordings that are divided into six albums.
So far, two of them have been published: "Dentro di me" and "Aspettando te"; in the course of time I will also publish the others as well.


Fabio Macera Project
The F.M. Project was born in 2003 and is a musical project based on original songs written and conceived for a four-piece ensemble (guitar, electric bass, Fender Rhodes and Drums).

The nature of the compositions look towards Smooth Jazz; over time, this initial formation has undergone several changes, seeing the addition of wind instruments (saxophone and trumpet) or reduction of the ensemble to a trio (bass guitar, double bass and Drums).

The F.M. project has recorded several albums:
- All'improvviso from 2005
- Waiting Room from 2009
- Quando sorridi from 2014

There are other works not yet published but already recorded that could see their release in the nearby times.

The nature of the compositions presented with the F.M.project range between Jazz and Latin, Pop and rock.


Nylon & Steel Guitar
Nylon & Steel Experience is a journey into the world of the Guitar: from classical to modern, from pop to jazz, where the six strings are the true hero of a 360-degree musical journey, where the soft sounds of the Nylon blend with the clear and impactful ones of the steel strings, creating a unique sound.

Roberto Fabbri: Classic Guitar
Fabio Macera: Hollow Body Guitar


La Bottega della Chitarra
La Bottega della Chitarra (The Guitar Parlor) represents my teaching space, within which all the things that concern the teaching of the guitar come together: from technique to harmony, from the repertoire to the multi-stylistic study, to the transcriptions and revisitations of pieces of various nature, to Classical, to Pop, from Jazz to Latin to Rock.

La Bottega della Chitarra is an active space that, for over 25 years, has absorbed everything I do that concerns the 6 strings and my enormous passion for the instrument.

In addition to being a virtual space on YouTube with a dedicated channel, La Bottega della Chitarra is also the name of my private studio where I give lessons in person and remotely.



Publlications

 

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F.M. Project
All'improvviso
...
F.M. Project
The Waiting Room
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F.M. Project
Quando Sorridi
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F.M. Project
Nylon Mood
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F.M. Project
Dentro di Me
...
F.M. Project
Aspettando Te

Concert Schedule

2024 - Concerts / Workshop
  • πŸ“Œ November 26 - Montenegro (ME) U KIC-u Festival "Dani gitare u Podgorici"
  • πŸ“Œ November 25,26,27 - Montenegro (ME) International Guitar Festovql Guitar Solo + Nylon & Steel Experience
  • πŸ“Œ November 22 - Napoli (IT) Festival Guitar Solo + Nylon & Steel Experience
  • πŸ“Œ November 18,19 - Workshop Modern Guitar Conservatory of Aalborg (DK)
  • πŸ“Œ November 18 - Aalborg Guitar Festival Competition (DK) Solo Guitar + Special Guest with Jeans Christian Kwella Group on Center for Dansk Jazz Historie
  • πŸ“Œ November 18 - Aalborg (Danimarca) (DK) "27 Aalborg Guitar Festival & Competition" Guitar Solo & Workshop
  • πŸ“Œ October 27 - Lucca (IT) "Concertiamo 2024 - Festival da Camera dedicato alla musica di confine" Guitar Solo + Nylon & Steel Experience
  • πŸ“Œ October 13 - Juvisy Sur orge (FR) "21 Festival Guitar Essonne & Salon des Luthiers 2024 Guitar Solo + Nylon & Steel Experience
  • πŸ“Œ September 14 - Colonna Roma) (IT) "Recital chitarristico" Guitar Solo
  • πŸ“Œ August 25 - Pescara (IT) "Festival della Chitarra Pescara" "Nylon & Steel Experience
  • πŸ“Œ August 22 - Poli (Roma) (IT) "Recital chitarristico" Guitar Solo
  • πŸ“Œ August 9,10 - Serrone (IT) "Chitarre al Tramonto" Guitar Solo
  • πŸ“Œ August 8 - Todi (Perugia) (IT) "Suoni dal legno" Guitar Solo
  • πŸ“Œ July 25 - Girona (Spagna) (ES) "Girona Guitar Festival" Guitar Solo
  • πŸ“Œ July 18,19,20,21 - Fiuggi (IT) "XVIII Festival Internazionale della Chitarra" Guitar Solo & Workshop
  • πŸ“Œ July 12 luglio - Valmontone (Roma) (IT) "Recital chitarristico" Guitar Solo
  • πŸ“Œ July 11 - Formello (Roma) (IT) Concerto "Rock' n' soul woman"
  • πŸ“Œ June 1,2 - Formello (Roma) (IT) "Chitarre nel Borgo" Guitar Solo
  • πŸ“Œ May 27 - Roma (IT) Camera dei Deputati Concerto con orchestra del Conservatorio "Gaetano Braga - Teramo"
  • πŸ“Œ April 18,30 - Valladolid (Spagna)(ES) Workshop Conservatorio
  • πŸ“Œ April 11 - Pescasseroli (L'Aquila) (IT) "6 Festival Chitarristico dalla natura al suono" Guitar Solo + Nylon & Steel Experience
  • πŸ“Œ March 26 - Rust (Vienna) Austria (AT) "Rust International Guitar Festival" Guitar Solo + Nylon & Steel Experience


F.M.Project concerts as Band Leader
  • Jazzexpo in Genoa (performing after saxophonist Lee Koonitz)
  • International Guitar Festival City of Bisceglie
  • Maiella Music Festival City of Pescara
  • International Guitar Festival City of Mottola
  • Toscana Jazz Festival (in the splendid setting of Giglio Island)
  • Festival from Classical.....To Jazz City of Paliano
  • International Guitar Festival City of Cassino (Concert dedicated to the memory of Vittorio Fortuna, historical organizer of Atina Jazz)
  • Festival Wine & Music City of Pescara
  • Musical Evenings Festival (Traona - Sondrio)
  • Alatri Jazz Festival (Frosinone)
  • Toscana Jazz Festival (Livorno)
  • Villa Celimontana in Jazz (2001)
  • Christmas Concert in Campidoglio 2009 (With Ennio Morricone, Al Bano, Amy Stewart among others)
  • Anagni Jazz Festival
  • Fiuggi City Guitar Festival
  • Ferentino Guitar Festival
  • Montenegro International Guitar Festival
  • Frascati Festival
  • Turin Book Fair (2019 and 2020 Editions)
  • New York Culture Week (May 2015)
  • Private Events for the Russian Embassy in Italy (Villa Miani in Rome, Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, Amalfi Coast)


Solo Guitar Concerts
  • Rust International Guitar Festival (Austria) 2023 edition
  • Rust International Guitar Festival (Austria) 2024 edition
  • Fiuggi International Guitar Festival (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 editions)
  • Guitar & Sugar - Museu Cidade do Acucar - Funchal - Madeira (Portugal) - October 28, 2023
  • International Guitar Festival in Abruzzo (Penne, Spontore, CittΓ  San Angelo) 2023 edition
  • Pescara International Music Festival "Concerts Under the Stars" Porto Turistico edition 2023
  • Pescara International Music Festival "Concerts Under the Stars" Porto Turistico edition 2024
  • International Guitar Festival Ripatransone (Ascoli Piceno) 2023 edition
  • P.S.Germano Guitar Festival (Cassino) (2022, 2023 editions)
  • Guitar Festival from Nature to Sound Sixth edition - April 11
  • Workshop on Modern Guitar Conservatory of Valladolid (Spain) April 18, 19, 20, 2024
  • Concert Chamber of Deputies (Rome) as a soloist with the String Orchestra of the Conservatory "Gaetano Braga" of Teramo - May 27
  • Guitar Recital City of Formello (Rome) June 1-2, 2024
  • Concert as a soloist with the String Orchestra of the Conservatory "Gaetano Braga" of Teramo - June 3 2024 - Piazza Marcantonio Colonna - Paliano (FR)
  • Concert as a soloist with the String Orchestra of the "Gaetano Braga" Conservatory of Teramo - June 6, 2024 - Pierluigi Da Palestrina House Museum (Palestrina-Rome)
  • Guitar Recital City of Valmontone (Rome) - July 12, 2024
  • International Guitar Festival of Girona (Spain) - July 25, 2024
  • Guitar Festival of Todi - August 8, 2024
  • Festival "Chitarre Al Tramonto" Serrone (Fr) (2023, 2024 editions)
  • International Guitar Festival S.G. Rotondo 2023 edition
  • 21st Festival Guitar Essonne & Salon des Luthiers 2024 - October 13, 2024
  • Concertiamo Lucca 2024 Chamber Festival - October 27, 2024


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Fabio Macera

Cell: 338/7788304
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