Giorgio Gregori, musician

Born in Brescia in 1953, he graduated in accountancy and worked as a computer programmer in a bank. He is now retired.
A music enthusiast since childhood, he preferred folk and rock music environment to the academic world, especially dedicating himself to the recording and amplification techniques, and to the study of traditional folk acoustic and electric instruments.
From 1975 to 1981 he worked as a technician and sountrack composer for “Cooperativa Teatro Laboratorio”.
In 1978 he began conducting guitar and ancient music programmes on different radio stations such as  Radio 99, L’altra Radio, and Radio Popolare.
1979 was a very important year for him: he attended a workshop in audio sound recording techniques organized by Exhibo (Sennheiser / Neumann) in Venice, then he participated in a ten-day workshop "Formation et perfectionnement d'instructeurs en guitare" in Limoux (F), studying folk-baroque guitar styles with Remy Froissart and Paul Guilleminot, and in autumn, as a sound technician, he followed the Belgian tour of John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman and Davey Graham.
As a guitarist, he joined the prog-rock group "Houdini Band", and after some years he left to create the "Magic Frog Recording Studio".
He followed several workshops and seminars with some of the best acoustic guitarists in the world: among others Duck Baker, Clive Carroll, Reno Brandoni, Peppino D’Agostino, Davide Mastrangelo, Darragh O ’Neill.
For some years he studied jazz guitar with Luciano Poli and William Tononi and Irish guitar with Francesco Bettoni.
Also an aficionado of lutherie and construction technique of string instruments and acoustic guitars, he participated in Sarzana and Cremona workshops with several of the most important international luthiers: Roy McAlister, Roberto Fontanot, Harry Fleishman, Robert Godin, Bryan Galloup. John Monteleone (Archtop guitars), Stephen Gilchrist (country mandolins), Greg Deering (banjo), Jean Larrivée, Cat Fox (guitar setup), Kevin Ryan, Harry Fleishman, Paolo Coriani, Steve Klein, Gérard Chatelier.
He has written various articles on English folk for “Centro Studi Fingerstyle” in Arezzo and he has been collaborating with the monthly magazine “Chitarra Acustica” for years, editing the folk section together with Andrea Carpi, and the magazine "BresciaMusica".
He is currently the vice-president of “Associazione Culturale Folk Lab – Laboratorio di Cultura e Musica Popolare” in Brescia, whose principal aim is the rediscovery of music and traditions of the Alpine Region in northern Italy.
Address: Brescia, Italy