Canta Rinaldo Guitar Duo

Federica Canta, Simone Rinaldo

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Biografia
The Canta Rinaldo guitar duo is composed by Federica Canta
and Simone Rinaldo, who both graduated summa cum laude at
Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan. Federica and Simone are now
concluding their master studies in Milan with M. Francesco
Biraghi.
They improved their skills with Andrea Dieci and Bruno
Giuffredi at the G. Regondi Guitar Academy in Milan, and in
2013 they were selected as best students of the masterclass
course to perform during the concerto season of the academy.
They have been invited to play in prestigious music festivals
with a tribute to the famous guitar duo Ida Presti and
Alexandre Lagoya.
In 2014 they won the Arnaldo Rancati scholarship as best
ensemble of Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan, the Youngest
finalist prize at First Guitar Competition of Domodossola, the
Third prize at XX Guitar Vicoforte G. Rospigliosi and the
Second prize at XXXVIII Guitar competition in Vicoforte and XX
European music Competition Moncalieri.
Theyve been given instructions from the beginning by teacher
Luca Braga and they attended meanwhile the masterclasses of
Duo Bonfanti, Carlo Marchione, Lorenzo Micheli, Matteo Mela,
Andrea Dieci, Marcin Dylla, Giulio Tampalini, Piero Bonaguri,
Pavel Steidl, Margarita Escarpa, Oscar Ghiglia, Leopoldo
Saracino. They play two twin guitars made by Angelo Vailati.

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Programme
Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)
Srnade op. 96 n.1 pour deux guitares
Joaqun Rodrigo (1901-1999)
Tonadilla per due chitarre - Minuetto Pomposo
Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco (1895-1968)
Fuga Elegiaca
Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco (1895-1968)
Sonatina Canonica
Pierre Petit (1922-2000)
Toccata pour deux guitares

We open our concerts with the Srnade op.96 n.1

by F. Carulli. This is one of the few pieces performed
that doesnt belong to Lagoyas trascriptions neither
to the compositions which were dedicated to them
in 20th century.
The Tonadilla for 2 guitars of Rodrigo was created in
1959 and dedicated to Ida Presti and Alexandre
Lagoya and it provides a stylized picture of Spain,
purified from every mannerism.
Every work for 2 guitars of Castelnuovo-Tedesco
belongs to his third creative period, when he came
to this kind of composition to correspond the needs
of Presti-Lagoya duo. Sonatina canonica and Fuga
elegiaca were created in this new style, dedicated to
the recently departed guitarist, Ida Presti.
The Toccata was written in 1959 by Pierre Petit,
French composer and director for many years of the
cole Normale de Musique in Paris.

Contacts
Federica Canta
Tel.: +39/334-3243544
Mail: federica-canta@libero.it
Simone Rinaldo
Tel.: +39/3475905238
Mail: rinaldosimone@hotmail.it

www.cantarinaldo.com
cantarinaldo.guitarduo@gmail.com

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