Bruno Battisti D'Amario (born 1937) is an Italian classical guitarist, teacher and composer. D'Amario is known for his performances on film scores by Ennio Morricone and

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, and became Professor of Classical Guitar at the

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Conservatory in

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. Morricone commented that D'Amario is "able to conjure up extraordinary sounds with his guitar" for his appearances on the soundtrack to the film ''

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''. He was a member of the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza. In 2011 he published a composition inspired by the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Amario, Bruno Battisti Italian classical guitarists Living people 1937 births