I was born in Lincoln, Argentina in 1978. At the age of 14, I begin to study guitar in a local conservatory. At 18 years old I moved to La Plata to study classical guitar at Bellas artes university which I left 3 years later. Then I chose to study electric guitar for my own.
I played in several bands like Rachel(power metal), Theatrics(heavy prog), Echoes(tribute to Pink Floyd) and many others... and my most important project: Dr Fausto (instrumental music).
In 2004 I achieved the 3rd place in the George Bellas´s contest, the same year I was named for the good work in the Kiko loureiro´s contest too.
The year 2008 came with a lot of great news, first of all I was choosen as a finalist for the Guitar Idol 2008 contest, but I couldn't make the trip. Anyway I was invited to participate in the GI 2008 album.
The other good news is that I shot an instructional DVD for an American company called Guitar Control. The DVD is available by clicking here.
Now I am going to colaborate with a pianist called Miguel Garcia from Spain in his first album.
On november 14th, the GUITAR IDOL 2008 album was released.
In Feb/March 2009 I won the Petruccifever contest.
These are some thoughts about my playing and music of some of the newest and greatest guitar players of today:
Excellent playing!!! - Derry Gabel
Yeah, fantastic tune man! I love the changes.
Dude, your vibrato is killing! - Tom Quayle
Rockin as usual Silvio. Great playing. - Sean Conklin
Great Playing Silvio! - Richard Lundmark
Really nice music Silvio and of course killer playing as always! - Rick Graham.
Silvio earned enough points to be invited to the final but couldn’t make the trip. Silvio was deemed an example of a true Guitar monster along the lines of Shawn Lane, Todd Duane and similar: unbelievable technique and genuinely different, and with his effortless command of the instrument this guys time in the guitar limelight is surely guaranteed. - Judges Comments at Guitar Idol 2008.
