A Man Who Is a Musician Who Plays Guitar: Fabio Zanon
“Guitar is only a small part of my musical experience,” says Fabio Zanon, who has been playing since he was nine. “And music is only a small part of what life is and what life means. Everything gets mixed together.”
Most people know Fabio Zanon as the Brazilian guitarist who, in 1996, won two of the most prestigious competitions within a few weeks of each other: the GFA International Competition and the Francisco Tarrega International Competition. He’s since become one of the busiest guitarists on the circuit today, with a schedule that bounces him around the globe to Argentina, United States, Australia, Brazil, and various other international locales. But Zanon is much more than a virtuoso guitarist. He’s a philosopher. He’s a reader. A writer. A conductor. A teacher, a historian, an artist, a naturalist. He’s a sophisticated intellectual who believes that knowledge is never a dangerous thing.
“There’s a certain inner balance that only shows if you’re overall balanced,” Zanon says. “I try to become one with music as much as I can.”