ANTONIO FARAÒ
Genres: Post Bop, RnB, Pop, Art Song, Folk • Italy

Jazz Pianist/Composer – Rome 19/01/1965 General biographical notes He is considered to be one of the greatest pianists by the international critics.  Antonio Faraò was born into an extremely musical family. His mother was a known painter  his father was a jazz drummer. However, both of them had a great affinity and introduced him to the jazz music. By means of that he grew up listening to musicians such as: Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Due Ellington, Frank Sinatra and last but not least  Ella Fitzgerald. Because of the parent’s life pioneering Antonio Faraò gained the love for swing from  them. First influenced by that style today’s influences are different. At the age of 6  he started playing vibraphone which was followed by drum playing. Finally he began  to play piano and he joined piano classes with Adriano Giustina and Riccardo Risaliti  at a classical school. It was the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory where Antonio Faraò read more...