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From Paganini to Piazolla

Barga Art and Music Festival 2022

Chamber concert – 7 August 11.30 – 12.30 at The Portrait Painting Gallery, 55051 Barga (LU).

The fourth concert of the BARGA Art & Music Festival will take place 7 August at 11.30 am until 12.30 pm. Performed by Damiano Bertucelli (guitar) and Ester Saccenti (violin). An exciting musical journey, accompanied by the romantic sounds of the guitar as well as the warm brilliance of the violin!

As seats are limited, early booking is highly recommended!

Ester Saccenti, violin

Born in Florence in 1999, she graduated with maximum grades at Istituto Mascagni di Livorno under the guidance of Maestra Chiara Morandi. During her Conservatory years she performed regularly in the orchestra of Istituto Mascagni under the direction of Valerio Galli.

Ester was part of the string orchestra directed by Chiara Morandi which performed at the exhibition of contemporary music “Suoni Inauditi”. She is part of several chamber music ensembles which performed at XV rassegna Nardini and at Effetto Venezia di Livorno. Ester won a bursary “Cesare Chiti”in 2017 to perfect her studies at Istituto Mascagni.

Having a long career ahead, she continues to work with great teachers like Tomasz Tomaszewski, Pavel Berman, Eva Bindere and Addison Teng.

Damiano Bertuccelli, Guitar

Damiano completed his studies in 2021 at Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali P. Mascagni with maximum points of 110 and Laude, having studied with Maestro Nuccio d’Angelo. Before that he studied with Maestro Antonio Rondina and Fabio de Ranieri, after having competed at several national competitions, as well as performing regularly as a soloist with l’Orchestra Regionale Toscana e l’EstrOrchestra.

Dividing his time between classical and modern music, Damiano is also a composer and arranger for recordings live for Progressive and Hard Rock.