Special Los Angeles Benefit Concert for U.S. Classic Guitar Sunday

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

Concert - Sunday, April 2nd at 4 PM in Los Angeles (Del Vista Area)

U.S. Classic Guitar is thrilled to present a private benefit concert which is a fundraiser for the upcoming U.S. Classic Guitar International Guitar Series Season 2023-2024 at the beautiful home of the grandson of the late Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) in the Mar Vista area near Venice Blvd. and S. Palms Blvd. in west Los Angeles. We know this is short notice, but when we heard about these incredible musicians passing through town all the way from Italy coupled with the chance to hear them in such an elegant and historical place, we could not pass this opportunity up. Sometimes impromptu musical performances and gatherings are among the best experiences in life. Please come, tilt your wine glass, and enjoy an afternoon of great music with us!

This comfortable home has plenty of room for up to 60 guests and there is plenty of free street parking near the home. Famed Italian guitarist Mauizio Di Fulvio will perform with his daughter Stefania De Fulvio brilliant classical guitar duo arrangements of music by the Beattles, Sting, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, George Gershwin, Astor Piazolla and more! Suggested donation is $45 per person. The exact address and other details will be emailed to you upon your reservation. For more information or questions, you can email us info@usclassicguitar.org or call us at 971-715-8097. This event directly supports the artists and our efforts to continue to bring you live classical guitar music to Los Angeles. We hope that you can come enjoy this must see concert in this beautiful home. Please make your reservations now and thank you for your support!

Please Note: If you are a season ticket holder or an individual ticket holder of one of our previous seasons or concerts and have a credit voucher from a past event, you can use that towards tickets for this concert. If you have misplaced the voucher or you're not sure how to use it, just email us at info@usclassicguitar.org and we will send you the tickets directly. If you have any questions about this, please email us or call us and we will sort it out. The main thing is we want you to be happy and attend this wonderful event.

While Maurizio Di Fulvio is well versed in the traditional classical guitar repertoire, he is best known for his rare ability to incorporate traditional classical guitar technique, tone, and sophisticated musical interpretation with the spontaneity of improvisation more typically found in jazz and other contemporary musical genres thus combining the best of both worlds.

Guitarist, composer, and arranger, Maurizio Di Fulvio, has performed both as a soloist and with various ensembles on a global scale, playing at major festivals alongside some of the most influential musicians in the world, receiving the highest praise by the public and critics alike. Many of his concerts have been recorded and broadcasted live by television and radio stations and some of his performances have grabbed the attention of some of the most important Italian composers of our time including Sylvano Bussotti, Luciano Berio, and Salvatore Sciarrino, who often have entrusted to him the revision, adaptation, and interpretation of their works. His influencers and teachers include Julian Bream, Abel Carlevaro, John Scofield, and Pat Metheny. He has won numerous prizes in International Guitar Competitions and has taught at many conservatories in Italy such as Foggia, Verona, Modena, and Padova. He has been a member of the jury for many prestigious international guitar competitions, and he has taught master classes in universities and conservatories in many different countries on the traditional guitar literature and on the use of the classical guitar in jazz. He has received rave reviews by major newspapers and specialized critics consider him one of the most interesting guitarists on the international scene, calling him: “... versatile and eclectic, with a quick and spontaneous temperament, skilled improviser and refined arranger.”

Maurizio Di Fulvio’s discography consists of 6 critically acclaimed albums with his most recent being released in 2018. The compact-disc ‘a vucchella is a musical journey that ideally combines the expressions of the Mediterranean with the colors of Latin America, encompassing inspiration, lyricism and virtuosity. Maurizio Di Fulvio , Alessia Martegiani and Ivano Sabatini, freely and without exclusions of genres and styles, they create a very personal and varied performance of some famous songs. Through singular combinations and with lucid awareness, the three musicians bring together Tosti’s romance and the Neapolitan song with Jobim’s bossa-nova and the Nazareth choro, Piazzolla’s tango-milonga with the Venezuelan waltz, the rumba of Korea with an unreleased song perfectly inserted in the program. Fusion and contamination are the terms that best describe this recording in which technique and heart are certainly not lacking and where a continuous interaction between writing and improvisation is created with fervent imagination by the trio.

Maurizio Di Fulvio and Stefania Di Fulvio Duo Program

George Gershwin - Summertime

Sting - Fragile

Beatles - Yesterday and Michelle

Giuseppe Farrauto - Morenita do Brasil

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

Jacques Revaux - My way

Josè de Azpiazu - El Vito

Astor Piazzolla - Vuelvo al Sur - Milonga

Michael Andrews - Mad world

Lady Gaga - Shallow

Consuelo Velazquez - Besame Mucho