Booklet "favola in musica.alte neue musik"

Rosario Conte was born 1966 in Taranto (Italy). He studied baroque guitar,
lute, theorbo and basso continuo at the N. Piccinni Conservatoire in Bari
and received his diplomas in guitar and lute with the highest distinction.
From 2002 to 2004, he studied with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum
Basiliensis (CH), and he has since lived in Basel.
In addition to an active career as a solo musician, he
also participates in a number of different ensembles
and orchestras which specialize in performance
using period instruments, such as the Orchestern La
Lyra di Amphione, La Confraternita de Musici, Accademia
Bizantina, Kammerorchester Basel barock, Freiburger
Barockorchester, dem Zürcher Barockorchster
Musica Inaudita, L’Amoroso, dem Baltasar Neumann
Ensemble and the Ensemble La Tempesta. He also regularly
performs at a number of Early Music Festivals.
Rosario Conte has recorded for various major record
labels, including Deutsche Grammophon and Sony,
as well as for numerous radio stations. He released
a Baroque solo guitar album titled ‘Une Larme’ and
a solo-arch lute album, ‚Piccini‘, with the label Carpe
Diem. Since 2007 he has been lute, theorbo, baroque
guitar and basso continuo teacher at the N. Piccinni
Conservatoire in Bari. He began his musical education
by studying the violin and guitar, before later turning
his attention to plucked period instruments and
historically informed performance. He performs with
directors and musicians such as Stefano Montanari,
Giuliano Carmignola, Ottavio Dantone, Cecilia Bartoli,
Guido Balestracci and Thomas Hengelbrock.
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