Italian guitar quartet 40 Fingers performs in Sofia
Jazz, Latin rhythms, rock, pop and film music will be performed at 40 Fingers’ concert at Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture on Thursday, the organisers from BG Sound Stage said. The musicians use the intuitive fingerpicking technique – playing the guitar or banjo using fingernails or small plectrums worn on the fingertips to pluck the strings, CE Report quotes BTA.
"The Italian guitar quartet is a phenomenon that overturns perceptions of acoustic music and virtuously conquers stages around the world – from Italy to the United States, from Central Europe to the Middle East. The Italians already have loyal fans in Bulgaria as well, as evidenced by their third visit to the country," BG Sound Stage said.
The group was founded in 2017 in Trieste by Matteo Brenci, Emanuele Grafitti, Enrico Maria Milanesi and Andrea Vittori. The Italian press often describes them not simply as a guitar ensemble, but as "four musicians who think like an orchestra". Their first international breakthrough came via the internet. Their arrangement of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody went viral on social media, garnering millions of views on YouTube, while Queen’s official website shared the cover and described it as an incredible reinterpretation of the classic. This was followed by millions more YouTube views, hundreds of millions of impressions on social media and concert invitations across Europe and the United States. However, as a number of Italian cultural publications point out, their success has never been based solely on online popularity – it is most powerfully confirmed in live performances.
"Their performances are not just concerts, but musical narratives. Their repertoire brings together remarkable arrangements of songs and themes that everyone knows and loves: Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits, Hotel California by the Eagles, themes from Star Wars and Game of Thrones, even classical melodies such as Libertango or fragments of Vivaldi. The four musicians communicate with each other with an ease reminiscent of jazz improvisation. The music of 40 Fingers is universal. They equally impress devoted music lovers, guitarists who follow every note, and people who simply love good music, regardless of genre," BG Sound Stage added.
