ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Like an athlete stretches and warms up before doing an exercise, classical guitarists too, should return to basic movements before attempting the complex. Lorenzo Bernardi will take us back to our first guitar lessons about the essentials for left hand, right hand and seating position including stability and finger independence. This routine is for beginners, intermediate students and essential for the advanced players.

In addition, Lorenzo will talk about guitar tone and dedicate a section of this workshop to nail shape and sound production.

ABOUT LORENZO BERNARDI

Born in Trento in 1994, he graduated from the Conservatory F.A Bonporti of Trento in 2015. He then continued his studies under the guidance of Emanuele Buono at the Conservatorio L. Canepa in Sassari, obtaining a Master’s degree with honors. Thanks to a scholarship offered by the European community, he further specialized at Conservatorio de Musica Manuel Castillo in Seville, Spain, under the guidance of internationally renowned Professor and guitarist Francisco Bernier.

As a soloist, but also as a member of chamber groups and with orchestra, he constantly performs in Italy, Spain, Argentina, Chile, United States, Costa Rica, Bahrain, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and India.

He has performed in prestigious halls such as the Real Alcazar of Seville, the Munetsugu Hall of Nagoya (Japan), Victoria Memorial Hall of Calcutta (India), Vietnam National Academy Recital Hall (Vietnam), Principal Theater of Castellón (Spain), Nave Cultural UnCuyo (Mendoza – Argentina) and the Cabildo Histórico (Cordoba – Argentina).

He is often invited as a jury of international competitions such as Calcutta International Guitar Festival in India, Alma Hanoi Guitar Festival. Saigon Guitar Fest in Vietnam, Enquetros de la Guitarra de Panama in the homonymous city.

He held Masterclasses for important academic institutions such as the Conservatori Superior de Música Salvador Seguí de Castelló (Valencia – Spain), the Universidad de Costa Rica (Palmares – Costa Rica), the Universidad de Chile and L’UTEM (Santiago de Chile) , the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina) and The University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam).

He collaborates with the Vietnamese guitarist Thu Le and with the Italian mandolin player Carlo Aonzo, one of the most internationally known interpreters of the instrument, with which this year he is presenting the project “The Golden Age of the Mandolin” in Asia and the United States.

In 2019 the DaVinci label publishes AGUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ: AL ESTILO ANTIGUO, the culmination of a research work started as a thesis at the “Canepa” Conservatory of Sassari: which aims to research the influences of Italian musical forms, and more in European Generals, in the Opera of Paraguayan composer Agustin Barrios.

He is the official endorser of Savarez Guitar Strings and Altamira Guitarras.