“Just before the intermission, Davide Giovanni Tomasi granted his listeners an anticipated highlight of the program, the famous Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach (…). It was immediately noticeable how important this piece of music was to him. Its charisma had the effect of a plea for peace in the restlessness of our present. There was no lack of effect in the hall – absolute silence for the whole time, and then thunderous applause. (…) An evening that will remain among the listeners’ special memories.” – Süddeutsche Zeitung
“What a guitar evening! Excellent, rich, magical, with original music, and a great young talent. He is not a guitarist of wild, gritty grasp, he does not aim his magnificent technique to superficial circus effects, but to the finest quality, drawing artistry from the music itself.” – Tiroler Tageszeitung
Acclaimed all over the world for his intense and sensitive interpretation, Davide Giovanni Tomasi will be involved in a number of events during the coming season, among which stand out a concert at the Konzerthaus in Berlin with Jean-Guihen Queyras and the Konzerthausorchester conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov, and a new tour in Asia with his guitar-duo partner Marco Musso.
In September 2020 he was invited to play ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’ at the Philharmonie Berlin with the Sinfonie Orchester Berlin conducted by Stanley Dodds becoming one of the few guitarists who have had the opportunity to perform in this venue. Moreover, he has been playing regularly in distinguished halls as the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Kölner Philharmonie, the Salle Pasteur – Le Corum in Montpellier, the International House of Music in Moscow, the Auditorium of Museo del Violino in Cremona and of ‘La Sapienza’ University in Rome, the Sala Manuel de Falla in Madrid, Guadalajara’s Conjunto Santander, Tokyo’s Hakuju Hall, and many more. His performances have been recorded by world-renowned radio broadcasting stations: Radio France, BR Klassik, Hessische Rundfunk, and Radio Vaticana.
In 2017 Tomasi attracted critics’ attention by winning the 66th ARD International Musical Competition, one of the most prestigious in the world, in Munich – this success followed a series of prizes in some of the most important international competitions: the International Guitar Competition in Tokyo, Guitar Masters in Wroclaw, Concorso Internazionale di Chitarra in Gargnano, and ‘José Tomas’ in Petrer, among others.
He collaborated with world-renowned artists, such as: François-Xavier Roth, Jean-Guihen Queyras, David Reiland, Stanley Dodds, Novus Quartett, Vito Zuraj, Cosimo Carovani, Nicolò Manachino.
He enjoys being involved in chamber music and performs regularly with top orchestras, such as the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, AUKSO, Polnischer Kammerphilharmonie Sopot, and the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra. Moreover, in 2016 he founded the Tomasi-Musso Guitar Duo with the Italian guitarist Marco Musso, with whom he has been playing worldwide.
He is often invited to give masterclasses in Italy and abroad. In 2022 he has been appointed guitar professor at the ‘Giuseppe Verdi’ Conservatory in Como.
He is sponsored by D’Addario & Co.