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Antonio Forcione

Antonio was born in Southern Italy where he started performing in a band with his brother at the age of 13, having taught himself, with the help of the local barber and plenty of practice, to play the guitar.  He would pile into a car with a couple of older music friends and travel to villages to play at local festivals where he would play guitar and occasionally the drums and bass.

The boys earned some pocket money and Antonio began to hone his craft on the guitar, working out new compositions and absorbing all the influences around him both folkloric, rock and jazz.

He graduated with a Diploma in Art and Sculpture from the Art Institute in Ancona. He also studied drums, alongside his guitar playing, later moving to Rome to learn harmony under the tutelage of Sergio Coppotelli. He was also very interested in the art of mime resulting in 6 month immersion in mime and yoga studies. In search of further inspiration he moved to London in 1983 where he initially busked on the streets of Covent Garden and within two months had won an award which led to a BBC TV appearance and a major European tour opening for Barclay James Harvest with a final show at the Wembley arena. He never looked back and started to build up a cult following, resulting in a signing with Virgin Records . He teamed up with guitarist Eduardo Niebla and together they released four albums.

Antonio Forcione & Cenk Erdogan: Storytellers

by Nenad Georgievski
April 14, 2026

On Storytellers, the duet album by guitarists Antonio Forcione and Cenk Erdoğan each song is delivered personally to the listener, like a letter. Some albums do not arrive loudly. They sit beside you, quietly, and start talking. This duet feels exactly like that--intimate and conversational, as if you are being invited into a dialogue that began long ...

Antonio Forcione and Cenk Erdoğan: A Masterclass in Musical Storytelling

by Nenad Georgievski
March 21, 2026

In the world of contemporary string music, there are collaborations born of convenience, and then there are those born of destiny. The union of Italian acoustic virtuoso Antonio Forcione and Turkish fretless master Cenk Erdogan  belongs firmly to the latter. Their debut duo album, Storytellers (Jazz Plus, 2025), is not merely a collection of compositions; it ...

Storytellers

By Cenk Erdogan

Label: Jazz Plus
Released: 2025
Track listing: Folk Song for Two; Da Capo; Children of the World; 4 Hands on the Table; Petals in the Ashes; Dilemma; Nena; Leaving Home; Turning Pages; Luna.

Seckou Keita At Crescent Arts Centre

by Ian Patterson
October 4, 2024

Seckou Keita Crescent Arts Centre Belfast, N. Ireland September 27, 2024 Have a good rummage around at home. If you have a pumpkin in your kitchen or larder, if you can dig out an old fishing rod from your garage or attic, if you can requisition a piece of mahogany ...

Women in Jazz Media: Kim Cypher

by B.D. Lenz
March 25, 2024

It is rare that a jazz musician is just a jazz musician. In order to survive you almost always have to have another gig, teach, or work in some auxiliary role to your music life. A musician who exemplifies this diversification is Kim Cypher, a saxophonist/vocalist based in the UK. Besides being a musician and composer, ...

Sarah Jane Morris e Antonio Forcione al Parco della Musica di Roma

by Mario Calvitti
October 31, 2017

Sarah Jane Morris e Antonio Forcione Parco della musica Roma 8.10.17 Il sodalizio artistico che ha riunito la chitarra di Antonio Forcione e la voce di Sarah Jane Morris in una collaborazione nata quasi per caso pochi anni fa ha già portato alla realizzazione di un album, Compared to What, pubblicato ...

Holt Festival 2014

by Bruce Lindsay
August 3, 2014

Holt Festival Norfolk, UK July 19-27 2014 The nine-day Holt Festival is an intriguing mix: visual arts, theatre, literature, music and comedy all graced its 2014 program across a range of venues in and around the town. The Theatre In The Woods is the jewel in the festival's ...

Brilliant Corners 2014

by Ian Patterson
April 6, 2014

Brilliant Corners Various Venues Belfast N. Ireland March 26-29, 2014 It's taken a while, but Belfast has finally joined the ranks of cities that play host to an international jazz festival. The first edition of Brilliant Corners was staged in the rejuvenated Cathedral Quarter of the city in 2013 ...

Davide Mantovani: Choices

by Bruce Lindsay
September 17, 2012

Strip out every other musician from the tunes on Choices and Davide Mantovani's bass lines are impressively attention-grabbing on their own. Put the other musicians back in and Choices becomes a richly-hued collection that takes inspiration from almost every corner of the globe.Mantovani moved to London from his native Italy in 1991 and has ...