- Jacopo Gianninoto
Jacopo Gianninoto is an Italian lutenist, guitarist and composer.
Gianninoto has studied
Lute withTerrell Stone ,Tiziano Bagnati andFrancesca Torelli , specializing in 16th century music, and has performed research on several music manuscripts from theMedieval ,Renaissance andBaroque periods. He has published a series of books of transcriptions of ancient music for Lute, Baroque guitar andTheorbo , adapted for classical guitar, contributing to the rediscovery of ancient Italian repertoire.As a guitarist, Gianninoto graduated from the Conservatory "A. Pedrollo" in Vicenza, under the guidance of
Paolo Muggia . He also studied withNarciso Yepes andMario Gangi , and became proficient on the 10-string Guitar.Gianninoto has performed concerts in
Italy ,Europe and South-EastAsia , and has published some CD, as a performer and as a composer.He is currently the Chairman of the Department of Music Performance at the Assumption University of
Bangkok, Thailand where he is also instructor of Classical Guitar, Renaissance Lute and History ofWestern Music .References
* [http://www.gianninoto.it/ Personal website]
* [http://www.music.au.edu/ Assumption University's School of Music website]External links
* [http://www.classiccat.net/performers/gianninoto_jacopo.htm music downloads]
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