Federica Canta

Federica Canta: Born in Milan in 1991, Federica Canta discovered the classical guitar world at the age of ten.

Following her Cum Laude graduation at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan with Paolo Cherici (June 2013), she studied with Francesco Biraghi in the same institution, obtaining the Second Level Academic Degree with highest marks Laude and Honors (October 2016) with the Recital and the written thesis “Italian Capricci through the centuries”. In June 2017 she got her Master in Performance Practice with High Distinction at the Koninklijk Conservatorium of Brussels, where she studied with Antigoni Goni, and a Postgraduate in Music in June 2018.
Between 2010 and 2013 she attended the prestigious “Giulio Regondi Guitar Academy” in Milan with Andrea Dieci and Bruno Giuffredi. Federica has attended masterclasses given by Giulio Tampalini, Lorenzo Micheli, Matteo Mela, Carlo Marchione, Elena Papandreu, Margarita Escarpa, Pavel Steidl, Marcin Dylla, Leo Brouwer, Sergio and Odair Assad. During her concert activities, she focused her attention on the romantic repertoire for guitar, on modern and historical instruments too, stimulated by the profound passion of her teacher Francesco Biraghi. In 2014 she played in the big hall of the Conservatory G. Verdi in Milan for the production “Don Pasquale” by G. Donizetti and in September 2018 she collaborated with the Academy Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala in Milan for the Opera “Alì Babà” by L. Cherubini.
Federica performed for some of the most important Guitar Societies in Italy, Belgium, Germany and United States.