Raffaele Carpino

Raffaele Carpino
Raffaele Carpino
	Raffaele Carpino
Background information
Born	1969; Caserta, Italia
Genres	Classical music
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, researcher, concert player
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1985 – present
Labels	Tactus Records
Website	www.raffaelecarpino.com

Raffaele Carpino (Caserta, 1969) is an italian guitarist, concert player, researcher and guitar teacher.

Biography[edit]

Born in Caserta, he begins the guitar studies at a early age and graduates brilliantly at the S. Pietro a Majella music Conservatory of Naples. He appears in public for the first time at the age of sixteen. He plays both as a soloist and with important italian and foreign orchestras.

In 1995 he played at the Nervi Hall in Vatican City with the Arcum Orchestra of Rome in the presence of his holiness Pope John Paul II. In 2004 he was inserted in the "Enciclopedia de la Guitarra" by Francisco Herrera and Vincenzo Pocci (Piles Editions - Valencia - España) and in 2008 he was included in the "Dizionario dei chitarristi e liutai italiani" by Benvenuto Terzi and Giacomo Parimbelli. He graduated cum laude in guitar, specialising in interpretation at the S. Pietro a Majella music Conservatory.

He's interested in musics for solo guitar and with guitar of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He collaborates with several italian guitar magazines and writes musicological e historiographical articles linked to the guitar. besides his concert performances, he also holds the teaching guitar activity in academic institutions.

In 2008 he participated in the Franco Margola festival held in Brescia, on the centenary of the composer's birth, overseeing the publication of some important collection of unpublished compositions for guitar, with a study on his work of composition.

He recorded CDs of musics for film for Rai TV and, in world premiere recording, for the Tactus music label, monographic CDs, subsequently presented by Radio France in the programme La Matinale de France Musique and by Rai Radio 3 in the programme Primo Movimento.

He partecipated in international guitar festivals and conventions.

Discography[edit]

Ennio Morricone-Marco Frisina Musics from the movie Jacob - Orchestra of the S. Cecilia Conservatory of Rome - Raffaele Carpino (guitar) - CGD - Warner Music - Lux Vide - RAI
Ennio Morricone-Marco Frisina Musics from the movie Samson and Delilah - A.MO.DI.R. Symphony Orchestra - Raffaele Carpino (guitar) - CGD East West - Warner Music - Lux Vide
Ferdinando Carulli Unpublished Works for guitar (World premiere recording) - Raffaele Carpino (guitar) - Tactus Records - TC 770302
Luigi Legnani Guitar Works (World premiere recording) - Raffaele Carpino (guitar) - Tactus Records - TC 791201

Publications[edit]

The works for solo guitar and with guitar published by Raffaele Carpino, for the most part, deal with italian authors who lived between the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. He publishes for publishing houses Esarmonia, Bèrben, Armelin/Zanibon, Baryton.

Domenico De Giorgio Il sospiro del prigioniero Passo doppio for guitar - Esarmonia - 1999
Domenico De Giorgio Gran Valzer for guitar - Esarmonia - 1999
Domenico De Giorgio Quattro Valzer tedeschi for guitar - Esarmonia - 1999
Domenico De Giorgio Fantasia for guitar - Esarmonia - 2000
Domenico De Giorgio Transcription for guitar of the opera aria "Salve guerrier magnanimo" from the opera Orazi e Curiazi by Saverio Mercadante - Esarmonia - 2000
Stefano Pavesi Canzonetta "Oh inaspettato felice istante" for guitar and tenor - Esarmonia - 2000
Federico Moretti Tirana del Caramba for guitar and two voices - Esarmonia - 2000
Domenico De Giorgio Transcription for guitar of the opera aria "Ah forse lui che l'anima" from the Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi - Esarmonia - 2001
Michele Giuliani Variazioni op. 9 for guitar - Bèrben - 2001
Pietro Dutillieu Cavatina "Teneri miei sospiri" for guitar, two oboes, harp, soprano and cello - Esarmonia - 2002
Ferdinando Carulli Duo op. 11 for guitar and piano - Bèrben - 2002
Alessandro Cuozzo Antica Fantasia concertante for guitar and orchestra - Esarmonia - 2002
Antonio Nava Tema con Variazioni op. 41 for guitar - Bèrben - 2004
Napoléon Coste Souvenirs de Flandres op. 5 for guitar - Bèrben - 2005
Gaetano Donizetti Quintetto in Do Maggiore for guitar and string Quartet - Armelin/Zanibon - 2007
Franco Margola Dieci composizioni inedite for guitar - Armelin/Zanibon - 2008
Salvatore Pappalardo Serenata op. 3 for guitar, violin, alto, cello, flute, clarinet e bassoon - Armelin/Zanibon - 2009
Mauro Giuliani Six Variations op. 49 sur la chanson nationale "J bin a kohlbauern Bub" for guitar - Esarmonia - 2009
Franco Margola Quindici composizioni inedite for guitar - Armelin/Zanibon - 2010
Ferdinando Carulli Trois Rondeaux op. 172 for guitar - Armelin/Zanibon - 2013
Luigi Legnani Pot-pourri en Caprice op. 32 for guitar - Baryton - 2017

Articles[edit]

The articles written by Raffaele Carpino deal both with historiographic and musicological topics. He writes for several specialized magazines.

"The found Serenade" Article about the Serenata op. 3 by Salvatore Pappalardo - SeicordE - Milan - 2008
"The guitar works by the musician of Brescia" Article about the composer Franco Margola - Giornale Brescia Musica - Brescia - 2008
"Franco Margola: Neoclassicl but not too much" Article about the composer Franco Margola - SeicordE - Milan - 2008
"The guitar at the opera" Article about the composer Gaetano Donizetti and the Quintet in C Major - SeicordE - Milan - 2009
"Joseph Küffner: An author wrongly forgotten" Article about the composer Joseph Küffner - SeicordE - Milan - 2009
"A woman that played the guitar: Catharina Sidney Pratten" Article about the guitarist Catharina Sidney Pratten - SeicordE - Milan - 2010
"Advances in instrument making: The mistery of the sixth string" Historical-guitarist article - SeicordE - Milan - 2011
"The Fürstenau dynasty" Article about the Fürstenau family - SeicordE - Milan - 2012
"Luigi Legnani: A genial guitarist" Article about the composer Luigi Legnani - SeicordE - Milan - 2013
"The mobile capo guitar - History and evolutions" Historical-guitarist article - GuitArt - Avellino - 2017
"Guitar methods of italian authors or of italian origin from 1761 to 1857" Historical-guitarist article - GuitArt - Avellino - 2017
"La dinastia Vinaccia - History and insight from the origins to the 19th century" Historical-guitarist article - GuitArt - Avellino - 2017
"Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber - His time and his guitar" Article about the composer Carl Maria von Weber - GuitArt - Avellino - 2017
"Ricordi editions' guitar works published at Milan from 1808 to 1869 - History and work catalog (1^st and 2^nd part)" Article about the history of the publisher Ricordi and about the published works for solo guitar and with guitar - GuitArt - Avellino - 2018

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