Federico Maddaluno

Federico Maddaluno was born in 1999,he started his musical studies with his father (Mario Maddaluno).

Than when he was eight he began the mandolin's studies with his teacher Nunzio Reina. Two years later Federico has been admitted in the mandolin class of the Conservatorio S.Pietro a Majella with the teacher Fabio Menditto, where he graduated, just eighteen years old, with top marks and laud.
Among the music competitions won, we mention "2° Concorso Internazionale per Mandolino Solo" and 20° – Concorso di Esecuzione Musicale “Rotary Club Teramo est”. In 2016, Federico got an important success, at the final phases of the International Competition "T.I.M."(Torneo Internazionale di Musica), where the jury considered his interpretations "At the top of professionalism in dynamics, phrasing and technique", being the only Italian and the only soloist of string instrument that reached the semi-finals.
In December of same year, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 2nd Centenary since the death of Giovanni Paisiello (1816 – 2016), was invited to perform with the prestigious "Bulgaria Classic Orchestra" the famous Concert in Eb Major for Mandolin and Arches by the great Neapolitan Maestro.
In 2018, for the “VII St. Petersburg Cultural Forum”, with the Music Hall Theater's Orchestra,conducted by the M° Fabio Mastrangelo,performs the "Cavatina di Lindoro" (from Barbiere di Siviglia) in the prestigious setting of the "Hermitage Theater" in St. Petersburg.
Despite his youth, some composers already wrote for him, like Bruno Battisti D'Amario. He followed Masterclasses with the most important mandolinist, quoting one for all, Ugo Orlandi.