Valerio Celentano

Valerio Celentano: Graduated in classical guitar with maximum vote cum laude at Conservatory of Music “G.

Martucci” in Salerno under the guidance of Antonio Grande, he has participated in several Master classes with famous guitarists as Alirio Diaz, Pavel Steidl, David Russel, Jyrki Myllarinen, Mario Gangi, Carlo Marchione, Oscar Ghiglia at the Chigiana Academy in Siena and Athens and with Frédéric Zigante at Corelli Music Academy in Castellaneta. He has won many music competitions (1° prize: Mondovì, 2° prize: Premio delle Arti, Gargnano; “A. Diaz Rome”; 3° prize: “E. Pujol” Sassari, Sanremo I.G.C.) He has a bachelor degree in Modern Literature from the Salerno University with a thesis in Musical Aesthetics entitled "The 17th Century in Naples Through the Spanish Guitar Trend". He obtained a Master’s degree in Ancient Music at the Conservatory of Naples under the guide of Franco Pavan and Toni Florio and continued his baroque guitar and theorbo studies with Massimo Lonardi. Celentano has collaborated with many baroque music ensembles (ScarlattiLab, Effimere Corde) and famous artist such as Renata Fusco, Massimo Lonardi and Pino de Vittorio. Among the chamber music field he expands the guitar repertoire by adapting various works that range from erudite folk songs through Lieder (ICASduo) to instrumental music (Chi Asso duo- a guitar and double-bass project). In 2018 he was invited by Luigi Picardi at the Radio Vaticana show L’Arpeggio for the release of his first CD with Chi Asso duo: “Sul Sur- a South American Anthology” (dotGuitar.it).
He is devoted to teaching and holds an annual specialization course for guitarists in Baronissi and is a classical guitar professor at the 1st degree secondary schools in Trieste.