Edoardo Catemario (born 25 September 1965) is an
Italian classical guitar
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ist.
Biography
Edoardo Catemario was born in
Naples
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. He studied guitar with Salvatore Canino, Antimo Pedata,
José Tomás, Stefano Aruta and
Maria Luisa Anido
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, piano and analysis with Titina De Fazio and the South American composers
Leo Brouwer and Oscar Casares. At the age of 11 gave his first solo recital.
In January 1991 Catemario was the first prize winner of the "
Andrés Segovia" guitar competition in
Almuñécar
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, and in 1992 of the
Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition in
Alessandria
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.
His performances include the
romantic
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repertoire (
played on original instruments),
baroque
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,
20th-century music
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,
contemporary and
avant-garde
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music, and include solo,
chamber works and
concerto
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s for guitar and orchestra. He has performed across Europe, the United States and South America in venues such as the Grosser Saal of the
Wiener Musikverein (
Vienna
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), Auditorio Nacional de Musica (
Madrid
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),
St John's and the
Royal Academy of Music
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(London), Weill Hall at
Carnegie Hall
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(
New York City
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),
Cité de la Musique (Paris),
Teatro Coliseo (
Buenos Aires
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), and the
Musikhalle Hamburg. He is frequently invited as a guest soloist by various orchestras, and has collaborated with many of the world's chamber musicians. Catemario has recorded for the
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, ARTS Music, and Koch Schwann labels.
As a teacher, he has held
master class
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es in Europe and the United States. He has taught at the Accademia Musicale di Firenze since 2006. He is also a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music (London) and taught in the "Sommer Akademie" of the Salzburg
Mozarteum from 2001 to 2007.
Catemario is the artistic director of Associazione QuattroQuarti, which organizes several music festivals in Italy.
Staff page
— Associazione QuattroQuarti. Accessed 8 December 2008 He owns and plays on his collection of old instruments dated between 1890 and 1935.
Recordings
* ''Recuerdos'' (Decca)
* ''Bach for guitar'' (Decca)
* ''Conciertango '' (ARTS Music)
* ''Mauro Giuliani Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra No. 3, Gran Quintetto for Guitar and Strings, Variations for Guitar and String Quartet'' (ARTS Music)
* ''Mauro Giuliani Concertos for guitar and Orchestra n 1 & 2.'' (ARTS Music)
* ''Italian Virtuoso'' (ARTS Music)
* ''Guitar XX'' (ARTS Music)
* ''Astor Piazzolla complete works with guitar.'' (ARTS Music)
* ''Guitar Concertos'' (ARTS Music)
* ''Barocco Napoletano'' (ARTS Music)
* ''Spanish guitar music'' (ARTS Music)
* ''Concierto Sefaradi'' (Koch Schwann) (no longer available)
References
Edoardo Catemario discography
— Arts Music. Accessed 17 November 2008
— Euro Arts. Accessed 17 November 2008
Recording reviews for Edoardo Catemario
— Classics Today.com. Accessed 17 November 2008
* Tobias Fischer
Interview with Edoardo Catemario
''Tokafi'', 28 October 2007. Accessed 17 November 2008
— Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica. Accessed 17 November 2008
MusicaSiena 2008: Artist biography
— Comune di Siena, 23 May 2008. Accessed 17 November 2008
External links
Edoardo Catemario official website
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1965 births
Italian classical guitarists
Italian male guitarists
Musicians from Naples
Living people