XVIII edition: 12-21 July 2024

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The faculty:

• Guitar
  Antigoni Goni (Greece) Bio
  Solo Duo (Lorenzo Micheli e Matteo Mela - IT.)  Bio
  Luca Isolani (Italy) Bio
  Maarten Vandenbemden (Belgium) Bio

• Music physiology
  • Corentin Delpierre (Belgium) Bio A musician is an athlete, your body is your first instrument.
    
  • Rbbie Bowman (UK) Bio - The acting guitarist

• Business seminars
  Martha Masters (USA)  Bio
  

Alumni showcase:

• Gerardo Zarate Terrazzas - edition 2013 (Mexico) Bio
  
• Eleonora Perretta - edition 2023 (Italy) Bio

Media artist:

• Cedric Honings (Belgium)
  

The students:

• Nikos Arvanitis (Greece)
  
• Nicolò Foppiano (Italy)
  
• Laurel Harned (USA)
  
• Kukka Lukkarinen (Finland)
  
• Matteo Magaraci (Italy)
  
• Thomas Neeckz (Belgium)
  
• Andoni Pedone (Italy)
  
• Isaac Peruzzi (Italy)
  
• Davide Picci (Italy)
  
• Samuel Rosado Rived (Portugal)
  
• Nicolò Sasso (Italy)
  
• Yulian Stanchev (Bulgaria)
  

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Download the Program 2024

The concerts:

Saturday 13 July, 21:00
Rocca Sillana - San Dalmazio - Pomarance (admission free)

Parole in Musica
Music by Bernstein, Granados, Hadzidakis, and Grieg
the Volterra Project Guitar Trio - Antigoni Goni, Luca Isolani, and Maarten Vandenbemden
Opening act: Eleonora Perretta

The Volterra Project Trio (Antigoni Goni, Luca Isolani and Maarten Vandenbemden) presents n an extraordinary setting their dazzling arrangements of music by Grieg, Hadzidakis and Bernstein.
The astonishing Italian guitarist Eleonora Perretta will open the concert with Spanish and Latin-American music.

Location

Monday 15 July, 21:00
Sala del Maggior Consiglio - Palazzo dei Priori - Volterra (admission free)

Concerto Italiano
Music by Respighi, Scarlatti, Debussy
SoloDuo - Matteo Mela e Lorenzo Micheli
Opening act: Gerardo Zarate Terrazas (alumnus Volterra Project 2013)

The internationally acclaimed SoloDuo (Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli) is this year's guest artist at the Volterra Project. and will bring thrilling programme with original compositions for guitar duo and arrangements of masterworks by Domenico Scarlatti, Claude Debussy and Ottorino Respighi.
Opening the concert is the young Mexican guitarist Gerardo Zárate Terrazas (alumnus Volterra Project 2013)

Location

Friday 19 July, 19:00
Agriturismo Scornello - Volterra (admission free)

The Volterra Project Laureates 2024:
In alphabetical order:

- Nikos Arvanitis (Greece)
- Nicolò Foppiano (Italy)
- Laurel Harned (USA)
- Kukka Lukkarinen (Finland)
- Matteo Magaraci (Italy)
- Thomas Neeckz (Belgium)
- Andoni Pedone (Italy)
- Isaac Peruzzi (Italy)
- Davide Picci (Italy)
- Samuel Rosado Rived (Portugal)
- Nicolò Sasso (Italy)
- Yulian Stanchev (Bulgaria)

After ten days of intense work on all aspects of musicianship, the Volterra Project alumni and alumnae will present their music during the traditional closing concert. Once more, the beautiful historical agriturismo Scornello of Fattorie Inghirami in the midst of the hills near Volterra will provide the unique setting for this concert.

Location