Franco Mussida

Franco Mussida
Mussida on stage with PFM, Modena 2007
Background information
Born	21 March 1947 Milan, Italy
Years active	1961–present

Franco Mussida (born 21 March 1947) is an Italian guitarist, composer, and singer.

Biography

He is best known as a founder and prominent member ^[1] of the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), established in the early 1970s and still active. An acclaimed guitar player, ^[2] in 1984 he founded the Centro Professione Musica, a popular and jazz music academy, which is widely recognized as one of the most important examples in its genre both in Italy and abroad. ^[3] Besides working with PFM, Mussida has collaborated with a number of other musical acts and released three solo albums. ^[4]

Solo discography

• Racconti della tenda rossa (1991)
• Accordo (1995)
• Sinfonia Popolare per 1000 Chitarre (1997)

Books

• Franco Mussida, La musica è fortuna, Roma, Sandro Teti Editore, ISBN   9788899918026
• Franco Mussida, La musica ignorata. Musicisti e ascoltatori, Editore Skira, 2013, ISBN   88-572-2067-2
• Franco Mussida, Il pianeta della musica. Come la musica dialoga con le nostre emozioni, 2019, ISBN   88-938-1773-X

Footnotes

1. PFM at Ondarock
2. PFM at Planando
3. "Centro Professione Musica".
4. "Franco Mussida, suoni di libertà". Corriere della Sera . 26 June 2024.