Tom Salvatori: Guitar Composer, Contemporary Classical Guitar Date of Birth: December 29, 1958 Record Label: Salvatori Productions, Inc., Lombard, IL 60148 Publisher: Les productions D’Oz, St-Romuald (Quebec), CANADA (SOCAN) and Salvatori Productions, Inc. (ASCAP) Contact phone: (312) 519-6470 Fax: (312) 233-8407 Contact e-mail: tom@salvatoriproductions.com Tom Salvatori composes a deeply personal and intimate style of instrumental Classical Guitar music, which is quiet and soothing and helps people relax at the end of the day. Adults and children both listen to and enjoy his music during their quiet time or while they fall asleep at night. Most of Salvatori's music comes out sounding like quiet lullabies; probably because his favorite time to play and to compose is at night when his kids are going to bed! Tom was a First Place Winner of the Illinois Music Association Senior Open in 1973 as a first time entry in the Classical Guitar competition at the age of 15 under the watchful eye of his music teacher Duane Tutaj, Addison, IL. Salvatori exhibited a mature strength in restraint in his memorable performance of the Villa Lobos set piece Prelude #3 in Am. Tom briefly continued studies while in college at Marquette University with Ray Mueller (Milwaukee Classical Guitar Society), Milwaukee WI. Since college, Tom has chosen a career path of composing his own uniquely styled works for the contemporary Classical Guitar rather than one of stage performance and study of the works of the Masters. Recently published by Les Production D’Oz (CANADA), Salvatori hopes to share his sheet music book of eleven Classical Guitar solos with guitarists after they come home from playing their concerts: “I don’t aim to compete with the masters and their virtuoso efforts from the concert stage. Rather, I’d love for my work to be thought of as a resource for quiet enjoyment…a respite for the end of a busy day. I would be most fulfilled, as a composer, if my work could be enjoyed in an intimate, one-on-one relationship with other players…at home, late at night, when they decide to reach for just the right piece to help them (and their loved ones) relax.” Salvatori's CDs are currently released independently thorough his own record label, Salvatori Productions, Inc. Five titles are available through the website www.salvatoriproductions.com: Under Cover of Darkness (1995); Invoking the Veiled Reference (1997); Whispering for Your Attention (1998); Late Night Guitar (2002) and When Evening Falls (2007). His two most successful releases to date, Late Night Guitar and When Evening Falls are also available through New Leaf Distributing (Atlanta, GA), Amazon.com and CDBaby.com. In addition, both of Tom’s most recent CD’s made their debut at #2 on the NAR Top 100 Radio Play Charts, with each continuing to dominate top radio play honors through the end of their release years. Late Night Guitar was named 2002 Winner of the prestigious Children's Music Web Award in the Classic Recording for Children category and When Evening Falls was named Winner of the NAR Lifestyle Music Award as Best Neo-Classical Album of 2007. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Salvatori">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.