DIANE PONZIO (USA)
FOLLOW THE ARTIST: www.dianeponzio.com
Singer, songwriter and guitarist, Diane was born and raised in New York. She graduated from Fame School of Performing Arts and has honed her skills as a performer in the cafes and venues along Greenwich Village’s renowned Bleecker Street.
Diane writes her own songs, with pop / jazz / folk inflections, to take everyone on an undoubtedly exciting journey; the pieces are performed with her mezzo soprano voice, similar to a saxophone, contrasted with the “jazzed” and sparkling guitar accompaniment. You can laugh, cry, reflect, while stamping your feet!
Diane’s formidable guitar skills inspired the Martin Guitars company in the USA to choose her as an international representative and to make her travel all over the world as a demonstrator and ambassador of the prestigious brand. Like a global minstrel, Diane performs annually in more than 100 concerts in the USA, Germany, England, Austria, Italy, New Zealand. She recorded 7 CDs.
PERFORMANCES AND APPEARANCES
Diane performed in concerts in: United States, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, Italy, Austria, France, Taiwan, Australia and New Zeland.
PRESS REVIEW
Lydia Hutchinson, Editor, The Performing Songwriter magazine:
” Diane Ponzio is a first-class writer and musician, and one of the most entertaining performers around. She’s the real deal.”
George Wurzbach, National Projects Director, Songwiters Guild of America:
” It’s remarkable how Diane’s songs take you someplace. They scoop you up, excite emotion, lay you back down, and you’re grateful for the journey.”
C.F. Martin IV, CEO, Martin Guitar Company:
” Every time she plays, I can’t help but feel she’s playing just for me. Then I look around the audience, and it seems as if everyone else feels the same way.”
Akustik Gitarre Magazine, Germany:
” What would occur if one tried to find an appropriate stylistic “drawer” for Diane Ponzio? Certainly one would pull out “folk” as the first drawer. But then a drawer for jazz would have to immediately follow. And then for Chanson and Blues. At some point, this type of thinking would have to be given up because Diane makes, if one, after all must try to categorize it, popular music in the best sense-that is, in an intelligent manner and on a high musical level.”