{"id":460,"date":"2017-01-14T12:29:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T10:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcosalcito.it\/?page_id=460\/"},"modified":"2018-03-01T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:31:38","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcosalcito.it\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"MARCO SALCITO\r\nHe has started at the age of 10 studying piano and cello, graduating later in classical guitar with full marks and honours at the Conservatorio \u201cL. D\u2019Annunzio\u201d in Pescara with M\u00b0 L. Guerra. As a scholarship holder he has attended a specialization course at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, obtaining a certificate of merits. He has taken a degree of \u201cSolisten\u201d at the Musik Akademie der stadt in Basel in M\u00b0 O.Ghiglia \u2019s Konzert Klass.\r\nHe has won a lot of prizes in prestigious national and international competitions among which we remember: International competition \u201cF. Sor\u201d in Rome (1\u00b0 prize), \u201cM. Giuliani\u201d in Bari\u201d(2\u00b0prize), \u201cR.Bartoli\u201d in Salon en Provence (2\u00b0prize), the \u201cConcorso Internazionale della Scuola Civica \u201d in Milan (1\u00b0prize), \u201cG. Ansalone\u201d in Milan (1\u00b0prize), The International Competition in Mottola (1\u00b0prize). Furthermore he has received some recognitions in The International Competitions in Gargnano, \u201cYamashita\u201d in Berlin, \u201cLe Printemps de la Guitar\u201d in Charleroi and \u201cAndres Segovia Competition \u201c in Palma de Mallorca.\r\nHe has been a guest of very important concert seasons such as \u201cThe Festival Nuova Consonanza\u201d in Rome, the \u201cIstituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese\u201d in L\u2019 Aquila, Maisterkonzert in Stuttgart, \u201cStadt Casino\u201d in Basel, \u201cNew York University\u201d, etc..He has given concerts with different chamber music ensembles as the \u201cQuartetto Chitarristico Italiano\u201d, the Quintet \u201cItaliamusica\u201d and the group \u201cRosso Gitano\u201d working with leading figures of the international concert panorama. Nowadays he plays permanently with Gianluca Sulli, the first clarinetist of the \u201cOrchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese\u201d, the Harpsichordist Chiara Massini and the violinist Aurelia Macovei with whom he made a tourn\u00e9e in China in 2016 performing in Shanghai, Najing and other cities.\r\nIn June 2006 he performed in the \u201cHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts\u201d with the Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra showing a very interesting program \u201cCinema Amore Mio\u201d presenting a series of pieces belonging to the most famous soundtracks from the Italian Cinema with great success. After that he was invited a second time in 2007 to perform in Hong Kong\u2019 s City Hall as a soloist and arranger of F.P. Tosti\u2019s \u201cRomanze\u201d with the H.K.C. Orchestra, for a musical project supported by the Istituto Tostiano in Ortona, obtaining wide consents from the audience and criticism.\r\nHe has played film soundtracks composed by L.Bakalov and E. Morricone for the Twentieth Century Fox and RAI Trade.\r\nHe has recorded compositions of contemporary Italian authors for the record Company Bongiovanni in Bologna, RAI Trade and Les Production d\u2019OZ.\r\nAs a composer and interpreter he recorded in 2007 the CD \u201cRosso Gitano\u201d edited by Violipiano Records and in 2009 the CD \u201cScaramouche\u201d edited by Wide Classique with the artistic collaboration of the clarinetist Gianluca Sulli.\r\nIn 2014 the Dynamic label published his double CD \u201cJ. S. Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988\u201d for guitar solo which implied three years of hard work of transcriptions and arrangements. The CD, considered unique in its genre, has achieved widespread success by the criticism and a lot of specialized magazines:\r\n\u201c\u2026enthusiasts, and perhaps seduce a few Bach fans as well.\u201d Classic Today\r\n\u201cSalcito\u2026on the contrary, has been able to keep, for each variations, an excellent formal balance without rendering the transcriptions excessively functional to the following types of variations, philological operation well given also by his executions. He has in particular performed with even more elegance some passages that, on the previous transcriptions of the work by Bach, appeared difficult, from a technical point of view, and wooden from an expressive one.\u201d DOTGUITAR\r\n“..Salcito is master guitarist, and the complexity of his transcription was not curbed in any way by limitations in his technique.” Fanfare Magazine\r\nIn June 2017 BRILLIANT CLASSICS published his last recording \u201cIntegral works for guitar and orchestra\u201d by the Brazillian composer Radomes Gnattali (1906-1988) with the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese M\u00b0 Marcello Bufalini conductor. Also this work will represent a recording operation that will enrich the guitar repertoire since inside this CD you can find the \u201cworld premiere recording\u201d of two unpublished works by the composer which have been uncovered by Mr .Salcito from the original manuscript.\r\nSoloist Marco Salcito delivers convincing performances, tasteful and technically solid\u2026.. The works are charming and approach- able. None sounds wildly virtuosic, but each has plenty of moments of excitement, along with some nice lyrical passages. Here\u2019s hoping that this gets heard and the works are per- formed more.\r\nAMERICAN RECORD GUIDE (Nov-Dec 2017) K. KEATON\r\nHe regularly holds master classes in Italy in Venosa, during International seminars \u201cSulle Tracce di Gesualdo\u201d and at Salerno University during the Italian Guitar Camp. He is chair holder of classical guitar at the Conservatorio \u201cL. D\u2019Annunzio\u201d in Pescara.\r\nHe plays a guitar made especially for him by the guitar maker Enzo Guido.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARCO SALCITO He has started at the age of 10 studying piano and cello, graduating later in classical guitar with full marks and honours at the Conservatorio \u201cL. D\u2019Annunzio\u201d in Pescara with M\u00b0 L. Guerra. 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