Hi,
I’m Frank Pilato, guitarist and educator.My journey in music began at a very young age, leading me to earn the Allan Holdsworth Improvisation Diploma at the Modern Music Institute, and later to move to Hollywood to study at the Musicians Institute, where I completed the program with the Honor Vocational. I then graduated with top honors from the O. Respighi Conservatory.
Since then, I have collaborated with internationally renowned artists and had the honor of performing in Andrea Marcelli’s Stories project alongside Jeff Berlin, Gary Willis, and Michel Forman, stepping in for Allan Holdsworth.

I have released solo albums:

• Stories (ESC Records)
• Virtuoso: I 24 Capricci di Paganini (Relaxo Records)
• Spettri (Lizard Records, Regione Toscana)
• Y.O.U. Allan Holdsworth Tribute (Lizard Records)

I am currently the guitarist for the progressive band Garden Wall and the contemporary music project Mondenstrunken. I have also performed with Dave Carpenter, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Jolly Rox, Ludovico Fulci, Miranda, Rose Villain, Frank Gambale, Matt Toka, and many others.
In 2018, an event led me to seek a deeper artistic balance in Jazz and 20th-century art music.This experience inspired me to develop “Modal Chromatization”, a method designed to help musicians build a personal and conscious musical language.