FREE TICKETS REGISTRATION AT: http://tinyurl.com/nzy7k89Winner of the Tokyo International Guitar Competition, Marco Del Greco is regarded as one of the leading classical guitar players of his generation.Born in Rome in 1982, he received his musical training in the class of Carlo Carfagna at the “Santa Cecilia” Conservatory in Rome, where he graduated with “menzione d’onore” .He has subsequently post-graduated with a Master’s Degree (Konzertdiplom) in Concert Performance with highest honours at the prestigious Musik-Akademie der Stadt – Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland, under the lead of Stephan Schmidt.He won numerous first prizes in international guitar competitions: at the 53rd Tokyo International Guitar Competition, “Alirio Diaz”, “Nicola Fago”, a second prize at “Mauro Giuliani”, a third prize at the Miami International Guitar Competition and many others.He performed in concert halls all around the world, including: Auditorio Nacional de Mùsica in Madrid, Bunka-kaikan, Nikkei Hall and Yamaha Hall Ginza in Tokyo, National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing, Grosser Saal Basel, Auditorium Conciliazione in Rome, Drama Theater of Kaliningrad.In 2014 he recorded for the German label NEOS the works for solo guitar by the Japanese composers Toru Takemitsu and Toshio Hosokawa, CD acclaimed by the critics, radios and magazines all over the world: Rai Radio3, NDR Kultur, KulturRadio, ORF OE1, Bravo Radio, Il Fronimo, Seicorde, Gendai Guitar, Fono Forum, Classic Voice.He is currently guitar professor at the Conservatories “Nino Rota” in Monopoli and “Ottorino Respighi” in Latina (Italy) and he’s artistic director of the Roma Guitar Festival.PROGRAMMEMauro Giuliani (Bisceglie 1781-Napoli, 1829) Grande Ouverture op. 61Niccolò Paganini (Genova 1782-Nizza 1840) 8 Ghiribizzi n. 3 Valtz n. 14 Allegro Assai n. 15 Allegro n. 16 Nel cor più non mi sento (Paisiello), Larghetto n. 17 Le streghe, Andantino n. 18 Là ci darem la mano (Mozart), Andante n. 36 n. 38 Vivace Sonata n. 29 I. Minuetto II. Andantino —- oooo —-Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach, 1685-Leipzig, 1750) Ciaccona from Partita for Violin n. 2 BWV 1004 Agustín Barrios (San Juan Bautista de las Misiones 1885-San Salvador, 1944) Mazurka Appassionata Julia Florida, Barcarola Vals op.8 n. 4