Giulio Tampalini and Daniele Fabio with the Newcastle Guitar Orchestra

Italian Guitars; Giulio Tampalini and Daniele Fabio with the Newcastle Guitar Orchestra

Music for a midsummer evening in the wonderful space of 17nineteen, celebrating the sunshine of Italy and the classical guitar.

The first half of the programme will feature baroque music from Italy by Vivaldi and Marcello, composed at the same time that 17nineteen was founded. This includes Vivaldi's popular concerto for two mandolins (now more often heard on guitars), and the haunting second movement of Marcello's oboe concerto in D minor.

The second half moves us into the twenty first century through Max Richter's reworking of Vivaldi's Spring, recently brought to a larger audience when it was used to great effect in the first series of Bridgerton. This will be followed by Ludovico Einaudi's Divenire, originally written for a summer evening concert in the open air high up in the Italian Dolomites, and the first time Einaudi composed for orchestra.

The concert will include a new work especially written by Daniele Fabio for the Newcastle Guitar Orchestra. Daniele is rapidly establishing himself as an important composer. His works bring influences from jazz, blues, flamenco and folk music to the world of classical guitar, together with a certain Mediterranean flair due to his roots in Calabria in Italy's deep south.

Giulio Tampalini

Giulio Tampalini is a Warner Classics Artist and has recorded over 25 CDs. He has performed over 2,000 concerts all over the world, including in 2001 at the Christmas concert in the Vatican in honour of the Pope. He has been awarded many prizes in international competitions, including the Arts and Culture Prize (Milan, 2014). He plays the guitar as a solo performer, but is also renowned for his collaborations with other artists.The collaboration between Giulio Tampalini and the Newcastle Guitar Orchestra goes back many years, creating a very special link between Italy and guitarists in the North-East of England. Giulio has performed with the orchestra all over the region, including at Hexham Abbey and St. Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle, most recently with his duo partner Daniele Fabio.

BIOGRAPHY – Giulio Tampalini

Giulio Tampalini - YouTube

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Daniele Fabio

Daniele Fabio is an Italian guitarist and composer from Calabria. He studied at the Conservatory of Nocera Terinese and Milan, and he has received many prizes and awards for his artistic achievements, including the Ali Sul Mediterraneo International Award in 2022. In 2017 he released his first solo CD as a guitarist and composer, "Mondi Interni". In 2018 he began a stable collaboration with Giulio, performing in important festivals throughout Italy and abroad.

In 2019 the duo recorded their critically acclaimed first album, entitled "Duosfera", and Daniele won the first prize at the prestigious international composition competition Egidio Carella, with his piece “Compas” for solo guitar. In 2020 he created the soundtrack of a documentary dedicated to the Camini community and the Jungi Mundu humanitarian cooperative. He later composed "The Edge of The Moon" for the Vietnamese guitarist Thu Le, who included it in her repertoire, performing it on tour all over the world.

In December 2023 Daniele released his album Mediterranean Secrets, a series of works dedicated to and inspired by the Mediterranean, its music and sounds, but also its stories, legends, memories.

Daniele Fabio - YouTube

Daniele Fabio - Facebook

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Seventeen Nineteen - Holy Trinity Church, Church Street East, Sunderland, United Kingdom