Chicago Guitar Festival
June 3-4, 2023
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
The Chicago Guitar Festival strives to create a community of guitarists and musicians of all ages, levels and backgrounds through engagement with internationally celebrated artists judging, leading ensembles, giving masterclasses/clinics, lectures and live concert performances.
With support from the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, the Festival will host a special concert, open to the public, by Italian guitarist Domenico Mottola.
Domenico Mottola
Free Live Concert
Saturday, June 3 at 7:30pm CT
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
Domenico Savio Mottola (born in 1993) studied guitar with Fabio Mastroianni, Marco Caiazza, Vincenzo Amabile, Frèderic Zigante, under the guidance of whom he graduated with full mark, honors and special mention at the Conservatory A. Vivaldi in Alessandria. He attended separate master classes with Aniello Desiderio, Leo Brouwer, Marcin Dylla, Lorenzo Micheli, Manuel Barrueco, Judicael Perroy, Adriano del Sal. He has been awarded in more than 30 International competitions including: First prize, audience prize and prize for the best interpretation of Francisco Tarrega’ works at 53 International Guitar Competition Francisco Tarrega in Benicassim; First prize at Premio Nazionale delle Arti; First prize at the international guitar competition Niccolò Paganini in Parma; First prize at the international guitar competition in Mottola (Italy); First prize at the XVIII International Guitar Competition in Comarca el Condado (Andalucia); First prize and special prize for the best interpretation of a XIX century piece at Ruggero, Chiesa International Guitar competition. Domenico won the Golden Guitar in 2018 as young promise and in 2020 as revelation of the year at the International Guitar Convention of Milan and Alessandria. His first album “Sueño” was released in July 2020 and distributed by “Contrastes Records”. The album is focused on the music by F. Tarrega and M. Llobet. He performed in several cultural events as soloist, also with Orchestra, in Croatia, Finland, Italy, Spain, Russia, Bosnia ed Erzegovina, Austria, Estonia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Poland. He has been a jury member in international competitions and is in high demand to teach masterclasses in prestigious festivals. He combines his performing career with his well attended teaching profession at Conservatory of Benevento (Italy). Domenico Mottola is a D’Addario Artist and plays a guitar made by Alessandro Marseglia (Pozzuoli, Italy)
Program
M. M. Ponce (1882-1948): Suite in la min (Preludio, Allemanda, Sarabanda, Gavotta, Giga)
M. Giuliani (1781-1829): Rossiniana n°5 op.123
A. Barrios (1885-1944): Valse Op.8 n 3; Valse op. 8 n 4; Julia Florida
A. Tansman (1897-1986): Cavatina (Preludio, Sarabanda, Scherzino, Barcarola)
M. Llobet (1878-1938): Variazioni su un tema di Sor op.15