Artist description Fred Benedetti was born in Sasebo, Japan and began playing the guitar at age 9. In 1986 he was one of 12 guitarists chosen worldwide to perform in the Master Class of Andrés Segovia at USC where Guitarra Magazine wrote, "...Fred Benedetti amazed the audience with his performance of the (Bach) Chaconne". Presently he is professor of music at Grossmont College where he is chair of guitar studies, and is a member of the guitar faculty at San Diego State University with Celin Romero, and Brian Kilmer. Equally at home playing classical music or contemporary music, he records on the SBE label and DOMO records with three noted ensembles: The Odeum Guitar Duo, "Blurring the Edges" a recipient of the 1994 San Diego Music Awards "Best Pop-Jazz" album of the year featuring jazz musicians Peter and Tripp Sprague, and the Benedetti/Svoboda Guitar Duo pairing Fred with Czechoslovakian guitarist George Jiri Svoboda.

Music Style Classical, Spanish, Flamenco, Jazz, Latin-jazz

Musical Influences Andres Segovia, Pepe Romero, Paco DeLucia, Pat Metheny

Similar Artists Andres Segovia, Pepe Romero, John Williams, Gypsy Kings

Group Members Fred Benedetti

Instruments Miguel Rodriguez, Paul Jacobsen, Jose Ramirez, Simon Marty, Bob Taylor and James Goodall guitars

Albums Amanacer, Morning has Broken, Amor Vero, Concert Hall Classics, The Orion Duo Performs, Guitar Ensemble II, Forgotten Romance, Scirocco-Desert Wind, Zephyr, Flamenco Dreams, Spanish Gardens, Blurring the Edges, Ars Nova, Here Comes the Sun

Press Reviews "...his was a performance of remarkable finesse and authority."San Diego Union-Tribune"Fred Benedetti amazed the audience with his performance of the (Bach) Chaconne."Guitarra Magazine

Location San Diego, CA - USA

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