Delpriora Mark (1959)
USA
Guitarist and composer, was born in New York.
English
Mark Delpriora, guitarist, has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Uruguay. He has been the recipient of grants and awards, including the first Andrés Segovia Award for Outstanding Performance (given by Manhattan School of Music with Segovia in attendance), the Beards Fund award for a New York debut, the Cooper Institute of the Arts and Humanities, the Artists International Distinguished Artist award, a Meet the Composer grant, and a United Nations travel grant.
After his debut, the New York Times wrote, “Mr. Delpriora is a guitarist to be reckoned with. Sophisticated, technically assured, a musician of authority . . . stunning.”
Mr. Delpriora has performed and given master classes at the Lake Placid Chamber Music Festival, Piccolo Spoleto, Stetson University Guitar Festival, William Paterson University, Rutgers University SummerFest, University of Illinois/Urbana Summerfest, GFA Festival, and the Summit Music Festival. He has appeared with the New York Contemporary Music Band, the New Music Consort, the Joffrey Ballet Orchestra, and the Washington Bach Consort. He has been a guest teacher at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, where he taught students from throughout South America. He has also been on the juries of several international competitions, incluing the Naumberg, Guitar Foundation of America, and the D’Addario concerto competitions. He is a regular contributor to Guitar Review and a music critic for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Mr Delpriora’s teachers include Rolando Valdés-Blain and Manuel Barrueco. He was chosen to perform in Andrés Segovia’s New York master classes in 1982 and 1987, telecast on PBS and other television stations.
Mr. Delpriora has recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundspells, Philips,Tzadik, and CRI. An active composer, Delpriora has had his compositions published by Berben Edizioni Musicali (the 50-minute Sonata 3), Editions Orphée (Tango Caffè Carciofo, 10 Short Studies in Kaleidoscope), and Guitar Arts Publishing (Four Images). In addition, his works have appeared in anthologies published by Mel Bay (Tambu) and Dover (Black is the Color...).
After his debut, the New York Times wrote, “Mr. Delpriora is a guitarist to be reckoned with. Sophisticated, technically assured, a musician of authority . . . stunning.”
Mr. Delpriora has performed and given master classes at the Lake Placid Chamber Music Festival, Piccolo Spoleto, Stetson University Guitar Festival, William Paterson University, Rutgers University SummerFest, University of Illinois/Urbana Summerfest, GFA Festival, and the Summit Music Festival. He has appeared with the New York Contemporary Music Band, the New Music Consort, the Joffrey Ballet Orchestra, and the Washington Bach Consort. He has been a guest teacher at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, where he taught students from throughout South America. He has also been on the juries of several international competitions, incluing the Naumberg, Guitar Foundation of America, and the D’Addario concerto competitions. He is a regular contributor to Guitar Review and a music critic for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Mr Delpriora’s teachers include Rolando Valdés-Blain and Manuel Barrueco. He was chosen to perform in Andrés Segovia’s New York master classes in 1982 and 1987, telecast on PBS and other television stations.
Mr. Delpriora has recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundspells, Philips,Tzadik, and CRI. An active composer, Delpriora has had his compositions published by Berben Edizioni Musicali (the 50-minute Sonata 3), Editions Orphée (Tango Caffè Carciofo, 10 Short Studies in Kaleidoscope), and Guitar Arts Publishing (Four Images). In addition, his works have appeared in anthologies published by Mel Bay (Tambu) and Dover (Black is the Color...).