Antonio Grande was born in Naples in 1960, and received his musical education at the “S.Pietro a Majella” conservatory of music, studying guitar with Francesco De Sanctis and composition with Bruno Mazzotta. He later studied with Roberto Aussel, Mario Gangi, Oscar Ghiglia and Josè Tomàs, while reading for a Law degree at the same time. He studied the ancient guitar and lute repertory with Massimo Lonardi, Andrea Damiani and Hopkinson Smith.
He regularly appears on the concert platforms of Italy, Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Brasil, frequently taking part in international events like the Montreux, Belfort, Loire, Normandie, Belèm and Sorrento Festivals. Much of his time is devoted to playing in ensembles - from duos to chamber orchestras - and to contributing to the dissemination of contemporary music, particularly that of the “Neapolitan School”. He gave many world premiere executions of guitar works composed by well known Neapolitan composers like Di Lorenzo, Jorio, Marrone, Massa, Mazzotta, Vitale and others. He has recorded for Italian, Dutch and Brasilian television and radio.
Two CD’s of Italian chamber music have been released on the labels “Saga records” (London,1991) and “Opus111” (Paris,1999) respectively with the flutist Cécile Prakken and the singer Daniela del Monaco.
He has made numerous transcriptions and revisions. Grande has also published original chamber music, musicological papers, educational material for guitar, and gives several masterclasses anually as chair professor at the Salerno “Giuseppe Martucci” State conservatory of music.
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