Aniello desiderio biography
Aniello desiderio biography
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Aniello Desiderio
Italian musician (born 1971)
Aniello Desiderio (born 1971) is an Italian virtuoso classical guitarist and teacher, professor at the Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa [it] in Avellino.
He is known for his intricate touch, speed and precision on the instrument, delivering "acrobatic arpeggios and scales of extraordinary brilliance", which has led to comparisons with Paganini.[1] He is particularly renowned for his interpretations of Paganini, Scarlatti, Carulli, and lesser known Italian composers on a world scale.
Early life and career
Desiderio belongs to a family of musicians; his father plays percussion instruments, and of his two younger brothers, Gaetano is a pianist and Gennaro is a violinist.[2] A child prodigy, he started performing in public locally at the age of eight.[1][2] He studied under Stefan Aruta, Bruno Battisti D'Amario, Costas Cotsiolis and Emero Cordero, and attended interpretation e