Cristina Galietto - Italy

Concert - Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 4:00 PM

EuroStrings First Prize winner and internationally acclaimed recording artist.

Cristina Galietto’s musical studies have been strongly influenced by the presence of her father Alberto, a classical guitar teacher, who introduced her to this wonderful musical instrument. At the age of 10 she started attending the Conservatory of Music “San Pietro a Majella” in Naples.

Cristina participated in numerous national and international music competitions, obtaining always prestigious results and the exhortation by the teachers in the competition juries to continue the excellent work started. Artist Web Site

Irina Kulikova - Russia and U.S.A

Concert - Thursday, December 3, 2023 at 4:00 PM

"Some of the most sheerly beautiful playing I have ever heard" Soundboard Magazine, U.S.A.

Widely acclaimed for the rare beauty of her tone and her enchanting presence on stage, Irina Kulikova has established herself as one of today’s leading guitarists. She received over 30 awards for her artistry, including 1st prizes at the most prestigious international competitions. She tours far afield, with appearances at leading festivals in Europe, North America and Asia and in concert halls such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, the Musashino Hall in Tokyo and the Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai. Artist Web Site

Daniel Lippel - U.S.A.

Concert - Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Guitarist Daniel Lippel, called an “exciting soloist” (New York Times) and “precise and sensitive” (Boston Globe) has carved out a unique and diverse career that ranges through solo and chamber music performances, innovative commissioning and recording projects, and performances in diverse contexts. He has premiered more than fifty new solo and chamber works, many written for him, recording several on the independent label he co-founded and directs, New Focus Recordings. Recent performance highlights include recitals at Le Poisson Rouge in New York, Sinus Ton Festival (Germany), National University of Colombia in Bogota, Lawrence University (Wisconsin), and the New York, Philadelphia, and Cleveland Classical Guitar Societies, featured solo performances at the ZKM in Karlsruhe Germany with the SWR Experimental Studio Freiburg, MATA Festival, and WNYC's Greene Space, and chamber performances on the Ultima Festival (Norway), Dutch National Opera, Macau Music Festival (China), Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, Ojai Festival, Ottawa Chamber Festival, Aspekte Festival (Salzburg), Kunst Universitaet Graz (Austria), Sydney Festival, Alpenglow and Newburyport Chamber Music Festivals, and at Teatro Amazonas (Manaus, Brasil), Sibelius Academy (Finland), and Zankel and Weill Halls at Carnegie Hall. .Artist Web Site

Goran Krivokapić - Montenegro

Concert - Sunday, February 25 at 4:00 PM

“One of the most sought-after guitarists of today.” – Medici TV

“In a sense, this is a difficult review to write. How can I avoid repetitions of superlatives or constant reference to a thesaurus? So let’s do this: think of anything you could use to describe a performance – musicianship, musicality, technical brilliance – the list could go on. Now believe me when I tell you the Goran Krivokapić’s rendition of the six Giuliani Rossiniane is at the very highest level in anything you can imagine. This is superlative playing of such power and imagination that it elevates the works far above what can descend to mere pastiches.” – Al Kunze, Soundboard Magazine (Mauro Giuliani – Le Rossiniane, Goran Krivokapić / Naxos)

He won his first international competition in Belgrade at the age of fourteen, and continued to win eighteen more, including “Michele Pittaluga” in Alessandria, Italy (2000), “Andrés Segovia” in La Herradura, Spain (2000), Koblenz International Guitar Competition (2003), “Guitar Foundation of America” (GFA) in Montreal, Canada (2004) and “Dr. Luis Sigall International Competition of Musical Performance” in Viña del Mar, Chile (2004).
Two Chittara d’Oro awards followed at the annual “International Guitar Convention in Alessandria” in Italy – 2005 as the best young guitarist of the year and 2006 for his debut disc Goran Krivokapić Guitar Recital (Naxos). Artist Web Site

Genevieve Leitner - U.S.A.

Concert - Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM

With “elegant virtuosity”* guitarist Genevieve Leitner plays music from around the world and across time periods. She has performed in Chile, Germany, Mexico, Austria, Italy, Argentina and throughout the US. For six years, Genevieve lived in Santiago, Chile, where she delved into the music of Latin America, focusing on the composers and traditional rhythms from this region’s eclectic cultures. Her solo album, “Enamorada”, features Latin American dances and love songs.

In addition to her work as a soloist, Genevieve has a passion for collaborative music. She has performed guitar and sitar in ensembles with a wide range of instruments and singers. She has also collaborated in opera, theatre, dance and film music.

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