Giovanna Buccarella

Giovanna Buccarella: Born in Bari, graduated in cello under the guide of Vito Paternoster at the "N. Piccinni" Conservatory of Bari.

She studied with Amedeo Baldovino and Michael Flaksman and followed, for several years, the chamber music courses taught by the Trio of Trieste at the Music School of Fiesole, the International High School of Chamber Music of Duino at the Collegio del Mondo Unito and the Accademia Chigiana of Siena, where he obtained the Diploma of Merit twice in a row.
She devoted herself permanently to the chamber repertoire, always obtaining broad consensus from the public and critics: under the guidance of the Trio of Trieste she formed the trio Clara Haskil and later formed the Duo Schumann with the pianist Francesco Monopoli. She currently performs with the guitarist Francesco Diodovich as Duo Mateaux, with whom she has already released three CDs: "ONDE" ed. DotGuitar, "VIAJES" ed. GuitArt, "DOUBLE CONCERTO" ed. Stradivarius Milano Dischi with the Pugliese Philharmonic Orchestra.
She was a founding member and principal cello of the COLLEGIUM MUSICUM Chamber Orchestra of Bari, with which she has 15 musical seasons, collaborations with artists of undisputed prestige including Giuliano Carmignola, Claudia Antonelli, Sergio Fiorentino, Aldo Ciccolini, Angelo Persichilli, Gigi Proietti, Moni Ovadia, Leopoldo Mastelloni, Micaela Esdra, Michele Mirabella, Maurizio Micheli, Emilia Fadini, Mauro Maur, Susanna Mildonian, Sonia Bergamasco, and also recordings for RAI RADIOTRE (among others "I Concerti del Quirinale" in 2007 in the presence of the President of the Republic ") and CD publications.
She has collaborated with numerous orchestras and theaters: the Rome Opera House, the Petruzzelli Theater in Bari, the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, the Italian Youth Orchestra, the Magna Grecia Orchestra of Taranto, the Province Symphony Orchestra of Bari, Orchestra Ensemble "The Soloists of the Italian Opera" (United Arab Emirates - "Madame Butterfly").
For some time she has also dedicated herself to other musical genres ranging from jazz to tango to ethnic music: with the VERTERE STRING QUARTET, a formation that includes numerous projects and collaborations with well-known jazz musicians such as Javier Girotto, Marco Tamburini, Daniele Di Bonaventura, Paolo Fresu, Achille Succi, Robertinho De Paula, Michael Rosen, Stefano Onorati, Stefano Paolini. With the Vertere String Quartet has released the following CDs: "NAHUEL" (2007) ed. Il Manifesto alongside the saxophonist Javier Girotto, "COLORIADE" (2007) ed. Dodicilune with the "Pasquale Mega Emsemble", "SINE NOMINE" (2010) ed. Harmonia Mundi with the bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura, "VERA CRUZ" (2011) ed. Dodicilune with guitarist Robertinho De Paula and "CONTEMPORANO IMMAGINARIO" (2011) ed. Note Sonanti with Marco Tamburini and Three Lower Colors.
She was part of the MIRKO SIGNORILE QUINTET, with whom he made the CD "MAGNOLIA" and several concerts. From 2000 to 2005 she collaborated with the ethno-pop group RADIODERVISH, performing concerts and participations in important festivals in Italy and abroad (Paris-Olympia theater, Beirut, Brussels, Athens, Rome Concert of 1st May, Auditorium Parco della Musica Rome, Ravenna, Imola, Turin, Milan, Carrara, "Arezzo Wave festival", "Friuli Folkest 2002", Sanremo "Tenco Award", "Mantova Festival", Ancona, Catania, Palermo, Agrigento, Bari etc.). With Radiodervish she has also made numerous concerts with the participation of the Israeli singer NOA and has released three CDs "IN ACOUSTIC", "CENTRO DEL MUNDO" and "IN SEARCH OF SIMURGH". The prestigious "CLASSIC VOICE" magazine mentioned her among the hundred artists who most distinguished themselves in the concert seasons of 2009 and 2010.
She is the winner of the GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS 2019 for the performance of the "Tres Preludios Tanguìsticos" for cello solo (dedicated to her) on the CD "CANTO POR EL AGUA" by the Argentine composer Miguel Bareilles.
She is a cello teacher at the "N. Piccinni" Conservatory of Music in Bari.