Guitarist and composer Matteo Prefumo was born on April 8th, 1991 in Genoa. At age of three, he discovered his love for guitar thanks to his father.
He started playing guitar at the age of 8 as self – taught, watching videos of Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker and Jimi Hendrix.
At age 15 he took private jazz guitar lessons with Alessio Menconi, and later on had the opportunity to study with world famous musicians, such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Peter Bernstein, Gil Goldstein, Antonio Sanchez.
In 2012 he won the international jazz competition Tiberio Nicola Award as Best Jazz Guitarist during the International Jazz Festival of La Spezia. In 2012 he started leading his own trio and quartet, and took part of the famous hammond player Tony Monaco.
In 2013 he won the International Jazz Competition Jimmy Woode Award as Best Jazz Guitarist during the Tuscia in Jazz Festival.

In 2015 he joined the quintet of the Norwegian clarinetist Felix Peikli named “Royal Flush” along with Takeshi Ohbayashi on Piano, Alexander Toth don Double Bass and Anthony Toth on Drums and in 2017 he moved to New York City.

Matteo had the opportunity of sharing the stage with are: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jeff Berlin, Leo Genovese, Peter Bernstein, George Garzone, Hector Martignon, Tony Tixier, Josh Ginsburg, Johnny O’ Neal, Dado Moroni, Michael Campagna, Felix Peikli, Francisco Mela, Jure Pukl, Pablo Menares, Kevin Harris, Ben Williams, Jason Palmer, Stacy Dillard, Uri Gurvich, Aaron Burnett among others.

He has performed on some of the most prestigious stage like Mezzrow Jazz Club (New York), Blue Note Jazz Club (Milan), NAMM Show (Los Angeles), Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club (London), Gregory’s Jazz Club (Rome), JAX Jazz Festival (Jacksonville, Florida) to name a few.

Matteo Prefumo is familiar with many musical genres and styles, because of his love for music and his extensive experience on stage.
His musical focus is in the broad field of jazz and improvised music and the creation of music with positive energy and expressiveness within the collective is always at the forefront.