Between Classical Guitar and Philosophical Thought

Gregorio Fracchia is a unique figure in the Italian and international music scene: a classical guitarist, composer, and researcher in philosophy who combines virtuosic technique, musical writing, and aesthetic reflection in an original way. Born in Turin in 1996, he started studying classical guitar at the age of six under the guidance of Maurizio Colonna, who directed not only his performance but also his vocation for composition.

He graduated with honors from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin two years early and continued his academic path with a second-level degree in guitar from the Conservatory of L'Aquila, studying with Senio Díaz, and further refined his skills with Eliot Fisk at the Chigiana Academy in Siena.
Alongside his musical studies, he graduated with honors in theoretical philosophy from the University of Turin and is currently pursuing a PhD at IUSS Pavia–University of Turin, focusing on classical metaphysics, hermeneutics, and musical aesthetics.

His recording debut came at just seventeen with the album d-Tunes, recorded across four European universities and distributed by Egea. He has since released multiple albums including Contemporarity, Music to Me (winner of the SIAE S’illumina grant), ΠΩΣ, Bach Recital (entirely dedicated to Bach), and Trittico (Da Vinci Edizioni, 2024, distributed by Hal Leonard), which features three original works. A new theme and variations on Luis Bacalov’s Il Postino are forthcoming.
Fracchia has performed as a soloist in Italy and Spain, notably with three concerts in Granada’s Cathedral Square, at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, and at Bocconi University, as well as multiple Spanish conservatories. Before turning twenty, he published three albums including tributes to Italian theater figures Vittorio Gassman, Carmelo Bene, and Franco Zeffirelli. He translated Abel Carlevaro’s biography into Italian and curated a guitar transcription series.

In 2014, at just seventeen, he published a work on musical aesthetics inspired by Jacques Derrida, which led to university seminars in Italy and Spain. In 2017, his novel, The Other Sound of the Shadow, focused on Andrés Segovia, was released by Mondadori and discussed publicly by notable figures such as Gianni Vattimo and Enrico Intra.
His music has also been featured in cinema, including the piece "The Sea" in Daniele Vicari’s film Sole, cuore, amore, produced by Fandango with Rai Cinema.
Since 2024, Gregorio plays a Ramírez Auditorio model guitar with a 664 mm scale length and continues to develop new works and collaborations, which will be shared here.