Guitar duo Marec-Ferraro

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Fabrizio Ferraro and Adam Marec an Italian and a Slovak guitarists first met in 2005. Their shared tastes and love for music gave rise to the thought of performing their own projects and concerts for the public and they created the international guitar duo Marec-Ferraro.

Both of them are the participants of the finals of a prestigious international competition taking place at Paganini´s guitar festival in Parma, and the laureates of many national and also international guitar competitions.



Adam Marec (Slovak)

Adam Marec started studying the guitar in 1996 and enrolled in the music school in Čadca. Between 1998 and 2002 he studied at the Conservatory in Žilina with Professor Dušan Lehotský. After studying at the University of Arts in Banská Bystrica under between 2002 and 2007, he was awarded the Chancellor's Prize (Slovak Republic). In 2005 he spent five months at the Conservatorio A. Boito di Parma a Academia del Teatro Cinghio in Parma (Italy). He obtained a scholarship to of Giampaolo Bandini`s class, a well known virtuoso. In addition, in 2006, he spent a two month work - study programme in the Centre de Musique Baroque in Versailles (France), where he attended Olivier Chassain`s class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse in Paris. He has actively participated in masterclasses with Odair Assad, Roland Dyens, Pavel Steidl, Marcin Dylla, Carlo Marchione, Jorge Morel, John W. Duarte, Máximo Diego Pujol, Štěpán Rak, etc.



He regularly gives the solo concerts and plays as a soloist with the orchestra and various chamber ensembles. He plays the duo „Pianocorde“ with the Slovak pianist Eva Kosorínová and the Italian guitarist Fabrizio Ferraro in duo Marec-Ferraro. With guitarist Peter Tomko he played his diploma concert with the State Chamber Orchesta in Žilina, in the Slovak premiere of Concerto for Two Guitars and orchestra by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. With the orchestra of the State Opera in Banská Bystrica he performed famous Joaquín Rodrigo`s Concierto de Aranjuez.

He has given concerts in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Great Britain, in concert halls such as the Dom Umenia Fatra in Žilina, Royal Festival Hall in London, Millenáris-Fodadó in Budapest, Hlahol-velký sál in Prague, Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Palazzo Reggio in Cagliari and the Sala Mompou in Barcelona.

Adam Marec is Laureate of three international guitar competitions: The Festival of Ivan Balla, Dolný Kubín, SK; The London Music Festival; The Interpretation competition of Milan Tesař, Brno, CZ. He has gained several prizes in national and international guitar competitions: The Slovak Conservatories Students Competition, SR; Karl Ditters Dittersdorf, Vídnava, CZ; Giulio Rospigliosi, Lamporecchio, IT; Villa Nova Mondoví, Cuneo, IT; Festival Paganini, Parma, IT; Konkurs Gitarowy Medzinarodowy, Krynica, PL.

Nowadays, in addition to his guitar performances, he works as a guitar and chamber music tutor at the Conservatory of Ján Levoslav Bella in Banská Bystrica, as well at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica. He has recorded several programmes for radio and television.



Fabrizio Ferraro (Italy)



Fabrizio Ferraro comes from Sardinia. He started to study with Paolo Alfonsi and continued his studies with Riccardo Carta. After just four years he was the first pupil in the region of Sardinia who became a guitar teacher at ”Scuola Civica di Musica” and who also adjudicated the first prize in the national competition “Associazione Segovia”. After this experience, Mr. Ferraro graduated successfully from the Conservatorio di musica „Gesualdo da Venosa” in Potenza, supervised by a well known virtuoso Giampaolo Bandini. He also attended his courses at the Accademia musicale del Teatro Cinghio in Parma. Subsequetly he was admitted to interpretive courses for higher musical education at the Academia musicale in Cremona under the guidance of Giovanni Puddu. He also actively participated in interperetative courses and masterclasses with internationally known concert artists such as Pavel Steidl, Leo Brouwer, John Williams, Alirio Diaz, Hopkinson Smith, Tilmann Hopstock, Paolo Pegoraro, Giulio Tampalini, Lorenzo Micheli, Matteo Mela, Andrew Zohn and for the composition with Azio Corghi.

He has cooperated with the American composer Paul Joseph and premiered his compositions for the guitar in the Elmont Library in New York. As the winner of prizes of many national and international guitar competitions he has performed in several European and American cities and in China, being appreciated by the audience and critics. He has given concerts at guitar festivals such as “Festival mediterraneo della chitarra” in Cervo, “Festival Niccolo Paganini” in Parma, “Festival internazionale della chitarra” in Zagarolo, “Festival Isola degli Sparvieri” Carloforte , “Guitar Festival and Symposium” in Georgia in the USA , ,”Classical Guitar Workshops” in Slovakia.

As a teacher, he gives conferences and masterclasses in Italy and in the Slovak Republic. Every year, he is invited to give masterclasses for students of some Conservatories and Academies in eastern Europe in the prestigious “Jan Albrecht’s Music and Art Academy” where he performs regularly.

Fabrizio Ferraro has important collaborations with artists at the highest level. Currently he performs with the German cellist Robert Witt and with the Slovak guitarist Adam Marec in the guitar duo Marec-Ferraro where they regularly perform concerts around Europe. He has recorded several programs for radio and television.