Edoardo Catemario
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Classical guitar
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Biography
Edoardo Catemario was born in NaplesNaples
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. He studied guitar with Salvatore Canino, Antimo Pedata, José Tomás
José Tomás
José Tomás Pérez Selles , was a Spanish classical guitarist and teacher. Considered a major influence on the evolution of classical guitar technique in the second half of the 20th century, he trained many guitarists from all over the world.-Biography:José Tomás was born in Alicante and began his...
, Stefano Aruta and Maria Luisa Anido
María Luisa Anido
María Luisa Anido was a Spanish classical guitarist. She was born 26 January 1907 in Morón, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina; she died 4 June 1996 in Tarragona, Spain, and was buried there.-Biography:...
, piano and analysis with Titina De Fazio and the South American composers Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer
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and Oscar Casares. At the age of 11 gave his first solo recital.
In January 1991 Catemario was the first prize winner of the "Andrés Segovia
Andrés Segovia
Andrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquis of Salobreña , known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain...
" guitar competition in Almuñécar
Almuñécar
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, and in 1992 of the Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition
Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition
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in Alessandria
Alessandria
-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...
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His performances include the romantic
Romantic music
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repertoire (played on original instruments
Historically informed performance
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), baroque
Baroque music
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, 20th century music
20th century classical music
20th century classical music was without a dominant style and highly diverse.-Introduction:At the turn of the century, music was characteristically late Romantic in style. Composers such as Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius were pushing the bounds of Post-Romantic Symphonic writing...
, contemporary
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and avant-garde
Avant-garde
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music, and include solo, chamber works
Chamber music
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and concerto
Concerto
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s for guitar and orchestra. He has performed across Europe, the United States and South America in venues such as the Grosser Saal of the Wiener Musikverein (Vienna
Vienna
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), Auditorio Nacional de Musica (Madrid
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), St John's and the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
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(London), Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
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(New York
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), Cité de la Musique
Cité de la Musique
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(Paris
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), Teatro Coliseo (Buenos Aires
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), and the Musikhalle
Laeiszhalle
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(Hamburg
Hamburg
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). He is frequently invited as a guest soloist by various orchestras, and has collaborated with many of the world's chamber musicians. Catemario has recorded for the Decca
Decca Records
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, ARTS Music, and Koch Schwann labels.
As a teacher, he has held master classes
Master class
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in Europe and the United States. He has taught at the Accademia Musicale di Firenze since 2006. He is also a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music (London) and taught in the "Sommer Akademie" of the Salzburg Mozarteum from 2001 to 2007.
Catemario is the artistic director of Associazione QuattroQuarti, which organizes several music festivals in Italy. He owns and plays on his collection of old instruments dated between 1890 and 1935.
Recordings
- Recuerdos (Decca)
- Bach for guitar (Decca)
- Conciertango (ARTS Music)
- Mauro Giuliani Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra No. 3, Gran Quintetto for Guitar and Strings, Variations for Guitar and String Quartet (ARTS Music)
- Mauro Giuliani Concertos for guitar and Orchestra n 1 & 2. (ARTS Music)
- Italian Virtuoso (ARTS Music)
- Guitar XX (ARTS Music)
- Astor Piazzolla complete works with guitar. (ARTS Music)
- Guitar Concertos (ARTS Music)
- Barocco Napoletano (ARTS Music)
- Spanish guitar music (ARTS Music)
- Concierto Sefaradi (Koch Schwann) (no longer available)