Thomas heck mauro giuliani biography

Mauro Giuliani, guitar virtuoso, heir to the lutenists of old, friend of Beethoven and Rossini, composed concerti, chamber music, and songs, as well as guitar solos and duets.

Mauro Giuliani was born in Bisceglie, a small town on the Adriatic coast of Italy not far from Bari, in 1781. In about 1806 he arrived in Vienna and immediately made a huge impression as a guitar virtuoso, composing and publishing there his first and most famous guitar concerto and many other works. A witness who heard him play at this time wrote: “he played so perfectly that he frequently called to mind the marvellous old era of genuine lute-playing”.

I think that those words give a clue to approaching this music in terms of the lighter early 19th century instrument, with its clear sound and lower string tension: virtuoso playing with cascades of notes on the upper strings and lyrical passages on the lower ones: brilliant and dazzling music. Of course todayR Mauro giuliani right hand studies.