CHRISTIAN SAGGESE
Born in Verona in 1974, he approached the classical guitar at the age of eleven, studying privately with Candido Lodezzano and subsequently perfecting himself also in electric guitar and harpguitar.
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In 1994, under the guidance of Angelo Giardino, he obtained the classical guitar diploma with the vote of "Ten with honors" at the A. Vivaldi Conservatory of Music in Alessandria.
He began his concert career in 1992 and holds concerts as a soloist and in chamber ensembles in Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, Russia, England, the USA and Japan.
Winner of some of the most important guitar competitions, from the "Andres Segovia" International Competition in Almunecar, Spain (1999), to the "Vincenzo De Bonis".
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Christian Saggese teaches classical guitar at the Domenico Cimarosa Conservatory in Avellino.
"Angelo will forever live on in my way of playing and making Music.
He knew well that the guitar is just the small tip of a giant iceberg called life.
The death of my Master has determined in me only a physical distance, but a damned painful distance..."
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Christian Saggese.
