The Italian guitarist Andrea Ferrario studied classical guitar at the Guiseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in the studio of Francesco Diodovich, receiving a first-class honors degree in 2012. He was awarded a scholarship to continue his studies with Lorenzo Micheli at the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato of Aosta, where he earned an M.M. degree (summa cum laude) and a performing-artist

diploma. He participated in master classes with Giulio Tampalini, Matteo Mela, Angelo Gilardino, Frédéric Zigante, Edoardo Catemario, Andrew Zohn, and Jeffrey McFadden. He won several prizes at international guitar competitions including first prize at the Giulio Rospigliosi International Guitar Competition (2009), and second prize at the Atella Classical Guitar Competition (2011), and was a prizewinner at the 4^th Città di Lissone Music Competition. Currently he is a professor of guitar (pre-college) at the Conservatory of Aosta.