Antonello Paliotti: Four Studies in Alternate Tunings, for Guitar

Antonello Paliotti, born in Naples in 1963, is an Italian composer and guitarist. A pupil and long-standing collaborator of Roberto De Simone, he has worked as a composer and conductor across concert music, music theatre, dance and film.

His works include Canto della possibilità di sopravvivere for Michael Brecker and orchestra, Messa per il tempo di guerra, the music collected on Musica Obliqua for soloists of the Teatro di San Carlo, and Concert du Printemps, commissioned for mandolinists Hamilton de Holanda and Mike Marshall. His collaborations also include Lucilla Galeazzi, Marco Beasley and the Quartetto Borciani. Neapolitan musical traditions, contemporary composition and improvisation meet throughout his work.