Filippo Gragnani was a friend and possibly a student of Ferdinando Carulli, a slightly younger Neapolitan composer and guitarist.
Composer Biography
Gragnani initially wanted to write liturgical music and started as a violinist before becoming more interested in the guitar.
Compositional Technique
Gragnani's Duos for Two Guitars are aimed at professional players, giving both instruments concertante importance and featuring three-movement structures with sonata form first movements.
Performer Biography
Jørgen Skogmo, a Norwegian guitarist, theorbo player, and mandolinist, has won international prizes including the Admira Young Guitarist of the Year and the Ivor Mairants Guitar Award.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Gragnani combined Viennese musical rigor with a fresh Latin temperament, using contemporary musical conventions to create evocative musical scenes.
Performer Biography
Jens Franke, a German guitarist and theorbo player, specializes in Baroque, Classical, and early-Romantic repertoire but also commissions contemporary works, such as a theatre cycle based on 'Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies'.
Composer Biography
Filippo Gragnani, an Italian guitarist-composer, came from a family of musicians; his father Antonio Gragnani was known for making violins, and his brother Onorato was also a luthier.
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