Antonino Ielo

Antonino Ielo: Born in Reggio Calabria, he began studying modern guitar at the age of 13 with Vincenzo Baldessarro.

He then began studying classical guitar with Francesco Pepè and Adriano Walter Rullo. Master’s degree in Musical Interpretation with the highest marks under the guidance of Giorgio Albiani at the Cesena Conservatory. He participated in national and international master classes with Alberto Ponce (Ecole Normal de Paris), Angelo Gilardino, Piero Bonaguri, Oscar Ghiglia, Lorenzo Micheli, Matteo Mela, Aniello Desiderio, Giampaolo Bandini, Luis Quintero, Maurizio Norrito, Johan Fostier, Luc Vander Borght, and obtained excellent placings in national and international competitions. As part of the Erasmus project, he carried out teaching at the "Manuel Castillo" Conservatorio Superior De Musica in Seville (Spain), under the guidance of Francisco Bernier. He has been a member of the "Ensemble Macramè" with whom he has performed regularly on various occasions and concert seasons, such as "Concerts at San Donato-A.Gi.Mus Florence, 2011" and the Festival "I mondi della chitarra 2012" (Cesena), "Le nuits musical de Ciuex”. He recently won the 2015 chamber music competition dedicated to the guitarist Davide Lufrano Chavez, organized by the "G. Verdi" school from Prato. Graduated in Musical Disciplines with a Technological Address at the "F. Cilea", in 2006 he received a three-year degree in Telecommunications Engineering. In June 2016 he obtained the DSPM Diplome Superieur de Perfectiontionment Musical (DSPM) at the "Ranieri III" Academy of Monaco - Montecarlo (Principality of Monaco) under the guidance of Maestro Luc Vander Borght.