Fabio Furia, a world-class concert performer, composer and arranger, is considered to be one of the most important bandoneonists in Europe
Thanks to his intense concert activity, he performed in the most important concert halls the world over, including Parco della Musica di Roma, Dvorak Hall of Rudolfinum in Prague, Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi di Cremona, Bozar Theatre in Brussels, Cagliari’s Opera House, the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens, and the Großer Saal in Klagenfürt.
Highly regarded internationally, his talent is known to many Italian and foreign music festivals and institutions, including, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Lubjana Festival, Stadivari Festival Cremona, I concerti del Quirinale (Rome), Emilia Romagna Festival, “Maggio dei Monumenti” Festival (Naples), “Settimane musicali bresciane”, “Gubbio Summer Festival”.
He collaborated with prestigious musicians and ensembles, such as: Antony Pay, Michel Michalakakos, Anna Tifu, Franco Maggio Ormezowski, Anne Gastinel, Stefano Pagliani, Jean Ferrandis, Roberto Cappello, Solisti della Scala, Turner String Quartett, Kodàly String Quartett, Budapest String Orchestra, Daniel Binelli, Juan José Mosalini, Hiba al Kawas, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Orchestra della Fondazione del Carlo Felice di Genova, Orchestra Sinfonica di Kiev, Baden Baden Sinphony Orchestra, Kso Kärtner Sinfonieorchester, Trio Wanderer ecc.
He performed as a soloist in Italy, Canada, Mexico, Croatia, Check Republic, Germany, France, Slovenia, Macedonia, Lithuania, Austria, Spain, Japan, Korea, Greece, Lebanon, and the United States.
He is a member, as a soloist, of the NovaFonic Quartet, of the duo with the guitarist Alessandro Deiana and of the duo with the violinist Gianmaria Melis. He founded and was the solo bandoneon of the Anna Tifu Tango Quartet.
He started studying piano and classical accordion at the age of 7, first as self-taught and then under the guidance of teacher Eliana Zajec in Trieste. However he owes a large part of his musical formation to Prof. Corrado Rojac, who for some years in adolescence, gives him instrumental lessons, harmony and counterpoint. Subsequently, at the age of 16, he studied clarinet at the Conservatory of Cagliari. He then graduated with honours in only four years, under the guidance of Maestro Roberto Gander.
He studied further with some of the best clarinetists in the world, including Antony Pay, Alessandro Carbonare, and Wenzel Fuchs.
In parallel with the clarinet’s concert career, he undertook the study bandoneon then he decided to study with the best bandoneon teachers as Juan José Mosalini and graduating brilliantly at the Conservatory of Paris Gennevilliers, under the guidance of Juanjo Mosalini.
He is the founder and artistic director of the “Anton Stadler” Cultural Association and the “ContraMilonga” Association, as well as the creator of important musical reviews such as: the “International Chamber Music Festival”, established in 1998, “ARTango & Jazz Festival”, the ” Bandoneon International Masterclass ”, an event capable of attracting young musicians from all over the world,“ Liberavento ”an important literary festival of which he is the artistic director for the part of the musical events.