Davide Giovanni Tomasi was born on 21 November 1991 in Pavia, Italy. He took up the guitar at eight and entered the Conservatorio ‘Franco Vittadini’ in Pavia at thirteen, before moving in 2008 to the Conservatorio ‘Guido Cantelli’ in Novara, where he graduated with honors at eighteen under Guido Fichtner. He went on to study with Oscar Ghiglia at the Chigiana Academy in Siena, receiving a Diploma of Merit.

Tomasi has won more than twenty-five prizes in international competitions, including first prize at the Tokyo International Guitar Competition, the Gargnano International Guitar Competition, and the Emilio Pujol International Guitar Competition in Sassari, as well as second prize (first not awarded) at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, one of the world’s most prestigious music competitions.

Sources:

• https://www.siccasguitars.com/2017/04/04/davide-giovanni-tomasi/
• https://www.ard-musikwettbewerb.de/en/musician/davide-giovanni-tomasi/