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Matteo Prefumo

Born: April 8, 1991

Matteo Prefumo is an Italian jazz guitarist and composer from Genoa, born on April 8, 1991. Guided by his father’s enthusiasm, he started playing guitar at age three and quickly mastered riffs by icons like Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, and Jimi Hendrix. By fifteen, he was studying jazz formally under Alessio Menconi, then expanding his craft through lessons with world-class musicians Kurt Rosenwinkel, Antonio Sanchez, and Peter Bernstein.

Matteo’s breakthrough came in 2012, when he secured the Tiberio Nicola Award for Best Jazz Guitarist at the International Jazz Festival of La Spezia, followed by the 2013 Jimmy Woode Award at the Tuscia in Jazz Festival. Known for leading dynamic trios and quartets, he has graced famed stages—from Ronnie Scott’s in London to Mezzrow in New York City and the Jacksonville Jazz Festival—alongside celebrated artists  Seamus Blake, Jeff Berlin, Leo Genovese, and Dado Moroni, tony Monaco, George Garzone among others.

Jazz&Wine Of Peace 2024

by Neri Pollastri
November 20, 2024

Varie sedi Jazz&Wine of Peace 2024 Cormons e altre località del Friuli e della Brda slovena 23-27 ottobre 2024 Una presenzassenza ha caratterizzato la ventisettesima edizione del festival Jazz&Wine Of Peace, svoltasi dal 23 al 27 ottobre a Còrmons e, come sempre, nello splendido territorio che circonda la cittadina friulana: ...

A New Beginning

By Matteo Prefumo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: A New Beginning Stuyvesant Ave [Only on Bandcamp]