Aniello Desiderio
GUITARIST
Aniello Desiderio emerged as a prodigious talent at the age of eight, earning acclaim as a “wunderkind” and “the Orpheus of the guitar” through his public performances. With 18 first-place wins in international competitions, including significant awards in Havana, Italy, Spain, and Madrid, he has established a distinguished concert career. Desiderio has performed in major venues worldwide, such as Carnegie Hall and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and collaborated with top orchestras and renowned musicians like Gidon Kremer. His involvement in chamber music and founding of groups like Passione Napoletana and Quartetto Furioso highlight his versatility. Desiderio’s influence extends into education, teaching at prestigious institutions and inspiring the next generation of guitarists. His recordings span labels like Deutsche Grammophon and GuitarCoop, showcasing his commitment to both classical and contemporary repertoire. As a celebrated figure in the music world, Desiderio continues to be a significant ambassador for the classical guitar, blending traditional and modern elements in his performances and teachings.
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Aniello Desiderio
GUITARIST
Aniello Desiderio emerged as a prodigious talent at the age of eight, earning acclaim as a “wunderkind” and “the Orpheus of the guitar” through his public performances. With 18 first-place wins in international competitions, including significant awards in Havana, Italy, Spain, and Madrid, he has established a distinguished concert career. Desiderio has performed in major venues worldwide, such as Carnegie Hall and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and collaborated with top orchestras and renowned musicians like Gidon Kremer. His involvement in chamber music and founding of groups like Passione Napoletana and Quartetto Furioso highlight his versatility. Desiderio’s influence extends into education, teaching at prestigious institutions and inspiring the next generation of guitarists. His recordings span labels like Deutsche Grammophon and GuitarCoop, showcasing his commitment to both classical and contemporary repertoire. As a celebrated figure in the music world, Desiderio continues to be a significant ambassador for the classical guitar, blending traditional and modern elements in his performances and teachings.
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Enrico Gatti
VIOLINIST
Enrico Gatti has dedicated himself to the XVII and XVIII century repertoire studying with Chiara Banchini in Geneva and Sigiswald Kuijken in The Hague. He has concertized extensively around all the world performing with La Petite Bande, Ensemble 415, Concerto Palatino, Hesperion XX, La Real Cámara, as leader of Les Arts Florissants, Les Talens Lyriques, The Taverner Players, The King’s
Consort, Ricercar Consort, Bach Collegium Japan, Concerto Köln, ARTEK (New York), De Nederlandse Bachvereniging and “Les Muffatti” (Bruxelles), as well as with directors such as Gustav Leonhardt and Ton Koopman. He directs the Ensemble Aurora, which he founded in Italy in 1986. He has recorded for Harmonia Mundi (France and Germany), Accent and Ricercar (Belgium), Fonit Cetra,
Tactus and Symphonia (Italy), Arcana and Astrée (France), Glossa (Spain) as well as recordings for many radio networks. He was assigned the first prize “Antonio Vivaldi” in 1993 and 1998, the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik”, and several times the “Diapason d’or”. Enrico Gatti is professor of historical violin at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and at the Conservatorio “G.B. Martini” of
Bologna and he is much in demand for giving masterclasses in many unversities and music schools. He has been a member or president of the jury in several early music competitions and artistic director of the Urbino Early Music Course. He is member of the Scientific Committee for the national critical edition of the complete works of Alessandro Stradella and has been the President of the Scientific Committee for the international Symposium “Arcomelo 2013” in Fusignano which in november 2013 celebrated Arcangelo Corelli’s death tricentenary. For the occasion, he unearthed 12 unpublished sonatas by Corelli. In 2023, he launched a new research project on Giuseppe Torelli. His latest work Praeconium Solitudinis has been called “a new paradigm of musical utopia”.
Enrico Gatti
VIOLINIST
Enrico Gatti has dedicated himself to the XVII and XVIII century repertoire studying with Chiara Banchini in Geneva and Sigiswald Kuijken in The Hague. He has concertized extensively around all the world performing with La Petite Bande, Ensemble 415, Concerto Palatino, Hesperion XX, La Real Cámara, as leader of Les Arts Florissants, Les Talens Lyriques, The Taverner Players, The King’s
Consort, Ricercar Consort, Bach Collegium Japan, Concerto Köln, ARTEK (New York), De Nederlandse Bachvereniging and “Les Muffatti” (Bruxelles), as well as with directors such as Gustav Leonhardt and Ton Koopman. He directs the Ensemble Aurora, which he founded in Italy in 1986. He has recorded for Harmonia Mundi (France and Germany), Accent and Ricercar (Belgium), Fonit Cetra,
Tactus and Symphonia (Italy), Arcana and Astrée (France), Glossa (Spain) as well as recordings for many radio networks. He was assigned the first prize “Antonio Vivaldi” in 1993 and 1998, the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik”, and several times the “Diapason d’or”. Enrico Gatti is professor of historical violin at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and at the Conservatorio “G.B. Martini” of
Bologna and he is much in demand for giving masterclasses in many unversities and music schools. He has been a member or president of the jury in several early music competitions and artistic director of the Urbino Early Music Course. He is member of the Scientific Committee for the national critical edition of the complete works of Alessandro Stradella and has been the President of the Scientific Committee for the international Symposium “Arcomelo 2013” in Fusignano which in november 2013 celebrated Arcangelo Corelli’s death tricentenary. For the occasion, he unearthed 12 unpublished sonatas by Corelli. In 2023, he launched a new research project on Giuseppe Torelli. His latest work Praeconium Solitudinis has been called “a new paradigm of musical utopia”.