Artist · Clavichord
Michele Chiaramida
Biography
Michele Chiaramida
Michele Chiaramida lives in Rome and teaches Organ, Modality and Gregorian Chant at the Conservatory of Latina.
After the diplomas in Organ and in Harpsichord (1990, 1994) and the degree in Musicology (2000) with a dissertation on musical pedagogy of Girolamo Chiti, he has been dedicated on continuo playing and renaissance/baroque keyboard repertoire. He is interested in performance practice on the clavichord and he is a builder of a lot of models of this instrument. In 2005 founds his own company where produce copies of early keyboard instrument, especially clavichords. His workshop is in Rome.
He is also interested in studying the modal systems and the early musical pedagogy and recently has published a volume titled Manuale di canto fermo. Modelli e consuetudini nella prassi didattica tra XVI e XVIII secolo, ed. LIM, Lucca.