Davide Ficco was born in Turin in 1962.
He received a diploma with honors in 1982 at the Conservatory of Alessandria with Guido Margaria,
and conducted advanced studies with John Williams,
José Tomàs, Betho Davezac, Jakob Lindbert,
Oscar Ghiglia and Alain Meunier, obtaining, 
from the latter, a grant from the CEE and
two Merit diplomas from the
Chigiana Accademia of Siena (1982-1993).
In 1989 he received the title of Guitar Performer
at the Royal College of Music in London,
and in 1985 completed the course in
Music Education at the Turin Conservatory.
He currently teaches guitar at the
Conservatory of Cuneo (Italy)
.
Many times awarded in national and international competitions as soloist or
in chamber groups, (1978-83), Davide Ficco has
collaborated with the Contemporary Music Group and
the Symphonic Orchestras of the R.A.I. of Turin (1982-2006) and Milan (1990-1993), with the Regio Theater of Turin,
the Labortatorio Lirico of Alessandria,
the Orchestra Sinfonica Italiana and the Filarmonica '900.
He performs primarily modern and contemporary music and has made radio and television recordings for the R.A.I. including many world premiere performances. 
He has recorded for the labels Stradivarius, GuitArt, Moisycos and Oliphant with music of the 1900's.
As a composer he has written  music primarily for guitar,
in part published by Gendai Guitar in Tokyo.