“A scrupupous interpreter of the ideas of the composer as well as a musician attentive to the expressive point of view: I was happy to collaborate with this promising musician and I wish him all the best for his future career” (Pierre Boulez – composer and conductor)
“Takemitsu’s “Toward the sea” is splendid, I have never such a beautiful interpretation before!” (Toshio Hosokawa - composer)
“Dear Emanuele, I think you have a really terrific musical mind and your work represents the wide range that I want to see the guitar moving into” (David Tanenbaum - musician)
“Je viens d’écouter votre version de La Cité Des Saules. Elle est excellente, notamment dans les reprises dynamiques et agogiques et à la superposition des strates sonores. Je vous remercie pour ce travail considérable et d’une rare intelligence” (Hugues Dufourt - composer)
“Einen exquisit gespielten Continuo-Teppisch” (Jüng Huber - NZZ)
“Il risultato (delle sue interpretazioni) non finisce mai di sorprendere” (Francesca Bellino – All About Jazz)
“Esto sí es una guitarra...Forni es entre el notable y el sobresaliente” (Roberto Diaz – Mundo Clasico)
“Thank you for the interpretation of my piece, it’s excellent” (Ulrich Krieger - composer)
“Un’avventura dell’ascolto!” (Lucia Ludovica de Nardo - Il Gazzettino)
“Able to perform to the very highest of standards, and all who attended this concert appreciated the energy and sheer joie de vivre that emanated from these Italian protégé” (Sharon Kyrke-Smith)
About “Ceci n’est pas une Guitare”:
“Sitting quietly with the headphones on I was transported to the astonishing and unexpected sound world and thoroughly managed to “lose” myself in the extraordinary musical journey...I loved it” (Steve Marsh – Classical Guitar)
“A CD of great richness that demonstrates how the musical intelligence of the interpreter can give life to a real creation” (Luigi Attademo – Il Giornale della Musica)
“The ecclectic Forni, with different guitars, renders the intricacies of these contemporary scores beautifully” (Marco Riboni – Amadeus)
“En dehors des sentiers normalment battus, tous à découvrir” (Guitare Classique)
“Di una freschezza e modernità sorprendenti! Ceci n’est pas une Guitare stupisce per l’abilità del musicista e l’idea di suono sottostante così obliquo, policromo e dalle infinite possibilità: un gran bel disco che cresce a ogni ascolto” (Chitarre e Dintorni)
“Il disco dell’ottimo Forni é veramente coraggioso, nel tentativo di render conto di come possa essere utilizzata oggi la chitarra in contesti diversi” (Sergio Staffieri – Chitarre)
"Ceci n'est pas une guitare, a beautifull CD” (Judith Grandclément – Harmonia Mundi)
“Thank you very much for your CD “Ceci n’est pas une guitare” which is indeed very beautiful” (Juliane Gross – 4’33’’ Musikverlag)
“Dear Emanuele, I listened to your CD, it's excellent. congratulations!” (Peter Kraut – Taktlos)
“Caro Forni, abbiamo ricevuto il suo CD e la ringraziamo per la sua gentile attenzione nei nostri confronti. Ci sembra un lavoro molto interessante. Ben fatto. E anche una bella scelta di un repertorio in effetti molto raro e stimolante.” (Giampiero Bigazzi - Materiali Sonori)
"I have listened to your recording, and it is very beautiful: in fact, the whole CD is really good. I particularly like your performance of my “Until it blazes”, very elegant and sensitive” (Eve Beglarian – composer)
“A very interesting record, very special. Initially I did not find the idea of having many guitar pieces together interesting, but in fact the record works very well. The work on the composition by Aperghis is excellent” (Lucio Garau – composer)
