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The Guitar
Duo
CAPUTO - POMPILIO
After winning the
eleventh edition of the most important
international guitar duo competition in
Montelimar ( France), the first Italians ever to have
done so, the duo Giuseppe Caputo / Luciano Pompilio firmly
established themselves on the international music scene, gaining
recognition from fellow musicians and also the press in the process.
The duo was created in 1994,
with the specific idea of seeking and developping original
repertoire from the 18th and 19th century for two guitars. In a
little over a decade of exisiting, they have imposed themselves as
one of the most interesting and admired artists to evolve from
Italy. Endowed with extraordinary professionalism and technical
mastery, the two young talents have attracted the attention of the
public and the critics alike for the equality, sensibility,
refinement and mutual agreement they show in every appearence.
Since 1994 the duo have appeared in all the major music halls in
Italy, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, France, Malta, Mexico,
Poland, Montenegro etc. performing in the most prestigious festivals
such as the “Andres Segovia Festival" in Madrid, the "House Museum"
of Andres Segovia in Linares, the Summer Festival in Toulouse, the
Guitar Festival in Syracuse and the Morelia Festival in Mexico,
receiving unanimous acclaim from critics everywhere. In the same
year the duo received numerous musical
awards and prizes in both national and international competitions
and won 14 " first prizes" unanimously.
Simultaneously, the
duo attended the "Triennial International Concert Formation Course"
near the Arts Academy in Rome, graduating with maximum marks under
the guidance of Maestro Stefano Palmidessi and further perfecting
themselves under David Russell, Alberto Ponce, Hopkinson Smith,
Angelo Gilardino, David Starobin, Carlos Bonell and the brothers
Sergio and Odair Assad. Recently some of their concerts have been
recorded and re transmitted on Rai-radio 3,
Radio Vaticana, Radio Ukraine and France Musique. Their
cd's are regularly played by Radio Vaticana .
In March 2007 they were the protagonists of the first national and
third world performance of the double concerto for two guitars and
orchestra "The book of signs" by Leo Brower. The guitar duo
have recorded several cd's: "Petit Dejeuner"
and "Works for guitar duo"
essentially dedicated to the 18th and 19th century repertoire, a cd
of Spanish music entitled "Spanish
Atmospheres" with the English
soprano Anita Biltoo, and recently the two teachers have
enriched their output with an interesting and prestigious recording
of the Goldberg Variations bt J. S. Bach,
reviewed in the January 2008 edition of the specialist magazine "
Guitart ".
Giuseppe Caputo and Luciano Pompilio also collaborate in didactic
circles and cultural promotion, such as being artistic managers to
the "International Guitar Festival" of Manfredonia and the Review
"In concert" in San Giovanni Rotondo. |
Luciano Pompilio
Giuseppe Caputo |
