Giuseppe D'Amico

Giuseppe D'Amico got his double bass degree in 2007 at “G. da Venosa” Conservatoire in Potenza, followed by a Masters from “E.

Duni” Conservatoire in Matera where he graduated in 2012 with highest honours. He continued his studies at Chigiana Academy in Siena with M° Franco Petracchi, achieving a “diploma di merito” for three times, also he attended Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona (2011-2017). As orchestral player in 2006-2007 he became part of the Italian Young Orchestra (Orchestra Giovanile Italiana) conducted by Gabriele Ferro, performing in Berlin during the Young Classic Festival and a live concert for the national radio, also in Finland, Lituania and Estonia, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Taormina (Sicily) with a recording for Radio 3, Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome, Teatro di Udine, Reggio Emilia and Bologna. During these same years he studied with M° Alberto Bocini at Fiesole Music Academy where he had the opportunity to attend masterclasses with M° Eugine Levinson (1st double bass of New York Philharmonic). In 2011 he attended the Mahler Academy where he had the chance to play for outstanding musicians as Ilya Gruber, Carmelo Andriani, Christophe Coin and Ermanno Calzolari. Since 2010 he collaborates with the actor Ulderico Pesce, performing live for the event Materadio broadcasted on Radio 3. In 2012 he performed with Matera Conservatoire the première of the composition “La sinfonia eucaristica” written by Armando Pierucci in Jerusalem in the Garden of Gethsemane; more re-run have been performed in Geneva's ONU Hall, Milan's Cathedral and in Matera. Also, he regularly performs with the Chigiana Academy best students with several double bassists from all over the world. Since 2015 he collaborates with the Sanremo Orchestra Sinfonica as 1st and 2nd double bass, in 2017 he started collaborating with Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari. In 2016 he had the opportunity to give recitals in Mexico City at the Italian Culture Institute, in 2017 in Lima, Peru, in the cathedral. In the same period, he has been invited to give a double bass masterclass at the National Conservatoire in Lima.