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Month: August 2023

25 Aug
Italian Guitarist Andrea De Vitis interviewed on MarioCastelnuovoTedesco.com

Greeting Cards + Passacaglia: Andrea De Vitis Interview

Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco / News /

Italian guitarist Andrea De Vitis has been lauded internationally for his concert performances and recordings, and he is also a renowned teacher. Until recently he was at the Conservatory in Avellino, Italy and starting this fall, he will be Professor of Guitar at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He has recently added to his discography with recordings for the Naxos label of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s 21 Greeting Cards for Guitar as well as the composer’s rarely-heard Passacaglia “Omaggio a Roncalli”. Andrea kindly agreed to tell us about this latest project, which has already received several excellent reviews.
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04 Aug

Report from the Second Italian Jewish Studies Conference 

Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco / News /

The Second Italian Jewish Studies conference, which was dedicated this year to “The Jews and Music in Modern and Contemporary Italy” was held from 3-7 July 2023 in Camaldoli, an enchanting location to consider the music and artistic journey of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and other composers of Italian-Jewish descent, such as Renzo Massarani, Vittorio Rieti, Leone Sinigaglia and Aldo Finzi.  The gathering, comprised of talks and concerts, involved an international group of leading scholars and exceptional musicians.
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