International Guitar Festival

13 luglio

Martina Barlotta

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Duo Alessandro Nobili - Mario Stefano Tonda

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868): Overture da Il Barbiere di Siviglia (transcr. Alessandro Nobili)

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Alessandro Nobili began his guitar studies with Alvaro Mantovani, then he studied with Fabio Montomoli. He graduated brilliantly at the Istituto Musicale "P. Mascagni" in Livorno. Then he studied for three years with Matteo Mela. He has been an active student in several masterclasses, held by masters of world-wide renown, such as Alirio Diaz, Eliot Fisk, Johannes Tonio Kreusch, Pier Narciso Masi (chamber music). In 2006 he was an active student at the summer courses of Accademia Chigiana in Siena with Oscar Ghiglia, and received honour diploma and scholarship. He took part in national (1st Prize at "Rospigliosi" competition in 1998, 1st Prize at "Riviera Etrusca" competition in 2002) and international competitions (3rd Prize at "Fernando Sor" competition in 1998, 2nd Prize at "Rovere d'Oro" competition in 2004). He usually performs as a soloist, as a member of a duo with piano with Mario Stefano Tonda, as a member of a guitar duo with Alessandro Benedettelli, as a member of a duo with sax with Davide Vallini. He performed as a soloist with "G. B Viotti" Orchestra from Grosseto, with "Youth Arts and Sounds" Orchestra from La Spezia and with Orchestra Regionale di Roma e del Lazio. He graduated in musicology with full marks cum laude at the Facoltà di Musicologia in Cremona (belonging to the Università di Pavia); the title of his dissertation is "Le Rossiniane opp. 119-124 by Mauro Giuliani: historic-analitycal study and critical edition". He held lectures about several musicological arguments in music schools, high schools and musical happenings. He writes on "Allegro con Brio", the musical periodical of Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma. He is guitar teacher at the “Sironi” middle school in Riccò del Golfo and at the “Piaget” middle school in La Spezia, Italy, and also at the SIEM music school in Riccò del Golfo. In the past he has been a guitar and a music history teacher in several music schools. He has been Matteo Mela’s assistant at the Mattinata courses, and a teacher at the "Summer musical masterclasses" in Piombino. As a member of the musical association "Liveart" he contributes to the organization of the "Alvaro Mantovani" International Guitar Festival, which takes place every year in Follonica. He recorded “Guitar Recital” for SAM, with music by Sor, Barrios, Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Turina and Giuliani.

Mario Stefano Tonda, musician and musicologist from Turin, got his piano degree at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Turin, under the guide of Annamaria Cigoli; he then studied with Marian Mika. He took part in several national and international competitions, winning the International Competition "Città di Pisa" and the "Rovere d'oro" prize. He begun studying harpsicord with Ottavio Dantone, then studied harpsicord and fortepiano with Emilia Fadini and got an ancient keyboards degree at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Turin with highest votes, under the guide of Giorgio Tabacco. He also got a degree cum laude in musicology, writing the critical edition of the 1576's Intavolatura de Cimbalo by Antonio Valente. He is a supporter of the Historically Informed Performance Practice and has been an active student in masterclasses held by Kenneth Gilbert, Pierre Hantai, Jos van Immerseel, Alexei Lubimov, Andreas Staier e Barth van Oort; he then devoted himself intensively to the fortepiano practice, studying with Malcolm Bilson at the Utrecht University and the Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. He usually performs on harpsicord and fortepiano both as a soloist and as a member of chamber groups; he performed at the “Festival Armoniche Fantasie” of Academia Montis Regalis, Soirees Musicali Nuova Arca, I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, Piemonte in Musica, FAI-Fondo Ambientale Italiano, Pinacoteca di Brera. He recently played the Fifth Brandeburg Concert BWV 1050 by J. S. Bach, performing with Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma conducted by Lior Shambadal. In November 2009 he has been invited to the Sixth International Convention on musical philology in Cremona, Italy. He writes for several musical periodicals (Informazione Organistica, Philomusica). Winner of a scholarship, he is cataloguing the instrumental collection of the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Turin.