Massimo Laura
Massimo Laura (* 1957 in Sanremo ) is an Italian concert guitarist .
Life
Massimo Laura studied at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Milan and with Oscar Ghiglia in Basel .
From 1980 he played at La Scala in Milan under the direction of Lorin Maazel , Riccardo Muti , Wolfgang Sawallisch , Roberto Abbado , Carlos Kleiber and Giuseppe Sinopoli , among others .
Massimo Laura plays both solo concerts and orchestral concerts on guitars made by the guitar maker Hermann Hauser I from 1929. His repertoire includes works by Italian composers such as Luciano Berio , Franco Donatoni and Goffredo Petrassi .
Laura produced two albums, Giochi and Carrilon , dedicated to the Italian guitar virtuoso Benvenuto Terzi .
Massimo Laura teaches at the Conservatory of Como and is head of the master class of the Conservatory in Lugano .
Laura has been performing as the Aranjuez Guitar Duo with the German guitarist Ulrich Steier since 2006 .
successes
- 1986: 1st prize in the international guitar competition in Alessandria
- 1987: 1st prize in the international guitar competition in Milan
- 1988: 1st prize Certamen Internacional de Guitarra Francesc Tàrrega in Benicàssim
Web links
- Works by and about Massimo Laura in the catalog of the German National Library
- Massimo Laura's website (Italian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laura, Massimo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian concert guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sanremo |