Frank Solari

Frank Solari is a Brazilian guitar player from the city of Porto Alegre/RS. He has been highly regarded by the critics in the last years, including being cover of great magazines like “Guitar Player”, “Cover Guitarra” (Brazil) and “Guitarra Actual” (Spain), appearing also in “Total Guitar” and “Guitarist” (Spain). This reputation helped to get him playing several times around Brazil, Spain and Portugal.

Solari experiences the modern guitar style with Brazilian rhythms consolidating his personality. pop and fusion also influences his music, but he maintains a rock edge with an ever-melodic focus and rapid, precise technique. Solari joins a legion of fans and followers from all over the country of Brazil and now he is seeking to expand the popularity and respect over the world.

In the United States, the magazine Guitar Player (Spotlight by Mike Varney) dedicated words of enthusiasm to Solari’s music: “He possesses an incredibly developed talent. Frank displays a keen sense of melody, excellent phrasing and great vibrato. Using both distorted and clean tones, Frank's combination of bluesy lines and rapid, clean legato runs make mature, exciting musical statements." Another magazine, Guitar World (Hometown Heroes), said: “His tone variations and challenging, tasteful solos further enhance his well-crafted tunes. Few guitarists have Solari's chops; fewer still have the maturity and big-picture approach to make each moment of a tune purposeful, the way Frank does."

Other comments:

- Billy Cobham (Drummer): “He sounds like a very aggressive-progressive guitarist in a very positive way."

- Jornal do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro/Newspaper): "This gaucho surprises the listener with technique and feeling like the best guitarists."

- André Geraissati (D’Alma Group/Guitarist): "Frank Solari is one of the greatest virtuosos that I already saw."

- O Globo (Rio de Janeiro/Newspaper): "Frank Solari became a type of legend."