Massimo Marchese (born in
Savona
Savona (; ) is a seaport and (municipality) in the west part of the northern Italian region of Liguria, and the capital of the Province of Savona. Facing the Ligurian Sea, Savona is the main center of the Riviera di Ponente (the western se ...
,
Italy
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) is an
Italian
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musician,
lutenist
A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.
More specifically, the term "lute" commonly r ...
,
theorbist and
recording artist
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.
Biography
Born in Savona in the Italian region of
Liguria
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, Marchese was a student of
Jakob Lindberg
Jakob Lindberg (born 16 October 1952) is a Sweden, Swedish lutenist, performing solo, in small and large ensembles, and also directing operas, using instruments of the lute and guitar families. He is known for the first ever recording of the Compl ...
at the
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...
in London.
Collaborations
He collaborated with the
pipa
The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets rangi ...
player
Jiao Xiangwen and the poet
Sandro Boccardi
He accompanied
Nigel Rogers,
Ottavio Dantone
Ottavio Dantone (born 9 October 1960) is an Italian conductor and keyboardist (primarily harpsichord and fortepiano) particularly noted for his performances of Baroque music. He has been the music director of the Accademia Bizantina in Ravenna sin ...
,
Flavio Colusso,
Flavio Emilio Scogna, and many ensemble as a
Basso continuo
Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...
musician.
He played in
Europe
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,
Asia
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and
South America
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.
His recordings include the works of
Francesco Spinacino,
Franciscus Bossinensis Franciscus Bossinensis (''fl.'' 1509 – 1511) ( Francis the Bosnian) was a lutenist-composer active in Italy in the 16th century.
Bojan Bujić, "Navigating through the Past": Issues Facing an Historian of Music in Bosnia, ''International Review o ...
,
Joachim van den Hove,
Robert de Visée
Robert de Visée (1652-1730) was a French lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of the kings Louis XIV and Louis XV, as well as a singer and a composer for lute, theorbo and guitar.
Biography
Robert de Visée's place and d ...
,
Gabriele Fallamero Gabriele is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Surname
*Al Gabriele, American comic book artist
*Angel Gabriele (1956–2016), American comic book artist
*Corrado Gabriele (born 1966), Italian politi ...
,
[Massimo Marchese, "The lute music and songs of Gabriel Fallamero" in Lute News No. 111 (UK Lute Society quarterly, October 2014)] and
Roman Turovsky-Savchuk
Roman Mykhailovych Turovsky-Savchuk (born May 16, 1961) is an American artist-painter, photographer and videoinstallation artist, as well as a lutenist-composer, .
Partial discography
*
Roman Turovsky-Savchuk
Roman Mykhailovych Turovsky-Savchuk (born May 16, 1961) is an American artist-painter, photographer and videoinstallation artist, as well as a lutenist-composer, - "Dialogues with Time" (daVinci Edition C00028, 2017)
*
Francesco Spinacino - ''Intavolatura di Leuto, Libri I e II'' (Tactus, 2006)
*
Franciscus Bossinensis Franciscus Bossinensis (''fl.'' 1509 – 1511) ( Francis the Bosnian) was a lutenist-composer active in Italy in the 16th century.
Bojan Bujić, "Navigating through the Past": Issues Facing an Historian of Music in Bosnia, ''International Review o ...
- ''Petrarca ed il cantare a Leuro'' (Tactus, 2007)
* ''The journeys of
Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of clas ...
- Music from the courts of Europe'' (Centaur Records 2011)
* ''Virtuoso
Vihuela
The vihuela () is a 15th-century fretted plucked Spanish string instrument, shaped like a guitar (figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of t ...
music from Spain and Italy'' (Centaur records, 2013)
*
Robert de Visee ''La musique de la chambre du Roi'' voll I, II and III (Brilliant Classics 2013)
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Joachim van den Hove - ''Florida'' (Brilliant Classics 2015)
See also
*
Lute
A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck (music), neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.
More specifically, the term "lu ...
*
Theorbo
The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck that houses the second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box with a flat top, typically with one or three sound holes decorated with rose ...
*
Vihuela
The vihuela () is a 15th-century fretted plucked Spanish string instrument, shaped like a guitar (figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of t ...
*
Basso continuo
Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...
References
External links
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Living people
Italian lutenists
People from Savona
1965 births
Centaur Records artists
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