In-School Performances

ALEX DE GRASSI

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“DE GRASSI'S SOLO STEEL-STRING GUITAR PIECES RESEMBLE ORCHESTRAL OVERTURES MORE THAN MERE SONGS. ALEX'S CONTROL AND SENSITIVITY ARE ALMOST AS STRIKING AS HIS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.”
Guitar Player Magazine
“HIS TOUCH IS AS EXQUISITE AS HIS LYRICISM, AND HIS IMPROVISATIONAL/ COMPOSITIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS IS AS INTRICATE AND SUBTLE AS A SPARKLING CRYSTAL.”
Down Beat Magazine
“DE GRASSI MERGES INTRICATE FINGER-PICKING TECHNIQUE WITH AN UNCANNY GIFT FOR MELODIC INVENTION.”
Billboard Magazine
Performance Highlights

05.25.13
Matt Haimovitz/Christopher O’Riley
Tannery Pond Concerts
New Lebanon, NY

05.29.13
Christopher O’Riley
Yoshi's 
San Francisco, CA 

06.01.13
Frank Ferrante in [An Evening with Groucho]
State Theatre, Culpepper, VA 

Listen

excerpts from Fretwork Connection with Andrew York
Zero Gravity
DissFunkShun
from the album- The Water Garden
Prelude (de Grassi)
Cumulus Rising (de Grassi)
from the album- Now and Then
Shortnin' Bread (Trad.)

Tours & Projects

Alex de Grassi

Often cited as one of the world’s top finger-style, steel-string acoustic guitarists, GRAMMY® nominee Alex de Grassi brings a unique voice to the art of acoustic guitar with his evocative compositions and arrangements, a highly-orchestrated sound, and sheer virtuosity. His playing weaves together melody, counter-melody, bass, harmony, rhythm, and cross-rhythms creating a canvas of sound unheard in solo guitar performance. Using a broad palette of techniques and timbre, and driven by a unique sense of composition, his rich performances take the listener beyond the instrument. The set list will often include a wide spectrum of music ranging from original compositions and Americana standards to transcriptions of well known popular songs such as Jimi Hendrix’s “Angel” and Led Zepplin’s “Stairway to Heaven”.