Marcello Vitale (born in 1969 in Benevento,

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) is a performer and recording artist on the chitarra battente and

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, as well as a composer and a teacher of these instruments.http://www.alfonsotoscano.it/Prontuario-Pierfilippo2.pdf

Biography

In 1997 he performed as a soloist in ''Lezioni di tarantella'', an event organised by

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, held in

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at Città della Scienza. On that occasion he joined the group Musicanova. In 1999, together with Lilli Greco and Paolo Raffone, composes and performs the soundtrack of the film '' Ferdinando e Carolina'' by the Director

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, earning the ''European Prize Massimo Troisi'' to the music. In the same year he was elected an honorary member of the

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Academy of

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for his works in the World Music. In 2001, together with drummer Franco Del Prete, writes the song ''Pioverà'', performed at the Sanremo Festival in the same year by

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. In 2005 is called by

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to play the chitarra battente in his work, '' Il Socrate immaginario'' by

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(Director and musical review by R. De Simone) represented in the month of September to

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. Since 2001 collaborates with the ensemble ''

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'' directed by

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, with whom he recorded two CDs for the label Alpha, one for Naïve and three for

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and performed in the most important concert halls around the world such as Carnegie Hall in

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, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in

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, the Barbican Center in

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, the

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in London, the

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in Paris.

Discography

* 1990 – ''Magicorò'' (with Musicalia) * 1997 – ''Le tarantelle del Gargano'' (with Pino De Vittorio) * 1998 – ''Pape Kanoute'' (with Pape Kanoute) * 1998 – '' Taranta Power'' (with

) * 1998 – ''Lezioni di tarantella'' (with

) * 2001 – '' Che il mediterraneo sia'' (with

) * 2001 – ''Intrasatta'' (with ASSURD) * 2002 – ''La

tarantella () is a group of various southern Italian folk dances originating in the regions of Calabria, Campania and Puglia. It is characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in time (sometimes or ), accompanied by tambourines. It is among the mo ...

'' (with

) * 2002 – '' Chitarra battente'' * 2003 – ''Napoli mediterranea'' (with

Pietra Montecorvino Pietra Montecorvino (born 2 December 1962 in Naples) is an Italian singer and actress. Her real name is Barbara D'Alessandro and her pseudonym is a play on the name of the small town of Pietramontecorvino near Foggia in south-east Italy. She and ...

) * 2004 – ''All'improvviso'' (with

) * 2004 – ''Truffe & other sturiellett' vol. 2'' (with Daniele Sepe) * 2005 – ''Le tarantelle del rimorso'' (with Pino De Vittorio) * 2005 – ''AltoCalore'' * 2006 – ''Los impossibles'' (with

) * 2009 – ''Teatro d'amore'' (with

) * 2010 – ''

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'' (with

) * 2011 – ''Los pajaros perdidos'' (con

) * 2012 – '' Mediterraneo'' (with

) * 2013 – '' Music for a while'' (with

)

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080430015848/http://marcellovitale.net/ Italian lutenists Italian performers of early music People from Benevento 1969 births Living people {{Italy-musician-stub