“La interpretación por Giuseppe Mennuti de Turris Eburnea me ha parecido de un nivel excepcional, plena de colores y matices sutiles que me han hecho redescubrir desde otra perspectiva mi propia obra. ¡Bravo por el excelente trabajo!”
(Luis de Pablo)
Bio
“Con obras de Sor y de Ponce, Giuseppe Mennuti manifestó una gran madurez musical y una
importante carga de expresividad afectiva, especialmente con Sor. Con sonido limpio y brillante,
lució también agilidad y sentido del ritmo en la obra de Ponce.”
(Andrés Mengíbar, Diario de Sevilla)
Giuseppe Mennuti is an Italian classical and electric guitarist.
Since 2010, he has studied at the “Gesualdo da Venosa” Conservatory in Potenza (IT), with Michele Greci and Gianvito Pulzone, and at the Conservatorio Superior de Música “M.Castillo” in Seville (ES), with Francisco Bernier, completing his studies in 2019. Until 2023, he attended the Master in Music Performance and the Master in Music Pedagogy at the Hochschule der Künste Bern HKB, with Elena Casoli. He participated in the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt from 2016 to 2021, under the guidance of Yaron Deutsch. During his studies, he received the Swiss Government Excellence scholarship and Research-led performance, funded by the Fondazione Cini. He placed second in the 37th edition of the International Competition for the Interpretation of Contemporary Music “Premio Valentino Bucchi” and in the competition organized by the “Manuel Castillo” Conservatory in Seville for solo instrument and orchestra. He also obtained third prize in the “Abate Marchena” Chamber Music Competition in Utrera, with guitarist Antoine Guerrero.
He focuses his artistic activity on contemporary repertoire, collaborating with Collegium Novum Zürich, Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain, Basel Sinfonietta, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Israel Contemporary Players, and UFA Sextet, performing in Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Portugal, and Israel.
He has performed as a soloist with the Sinfónica Conjunta de Sevilla and the Berner Symphonieorchester. As interpreter, he recorded for the record labels Liquen Records, Contrastes Records, and Bastille Musique.
Giuseppe presented lectures and masterclasses at the Instituto Superior de Bellas Artes in Asunción (Paraguay) and the Music Universities of Madrid, Barcelona, and Albacete (Spain).
Always interested in promoting contemporary repertoire, he collaborated with the Guitart magazine until 2023. Since 2024, he has managed the blog “Obiettivo Contemporaneo” with Pierpaolo Dinapoli.
He is also a member of the IGNM Bern committee.
In 2023, his first recording project, “OCHRA” (Contrastes Records), dedicated to the guitar music of composer José María Sánchez-Verdú, was released.
Agenda
2020
07/02/20 – Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome
Chitarre: Classica vs Elettrica
with Francesco Palmieri
Music by L. De Pablo, J.M. Sánchez-Verdú,
E. Carter, M. Pérez Díez, J. Malaussena
09/02/20 – Salotto di casa Tucci, Milan
Music by C. Camarero, L. De Pablo,
J.M. Sánchez-Verdú, B. Britten, J. Malaussena
25 – 28/02/20 – La Muse en Circuit, Paris
15/06/20 – Società Dante Alighieri, Basel
In duo with Francesco Palmieri
26/06/20 – Società Dante Alighieri, Thun
In duo with Francesco Palmieri
16/09/20 – GKS, Hochschule der Künste, Bern
Noel Schmidlin
Self checkout, für elektrische Gitarre und Smartphone*
*world premiere
03/10/20 – Conservatorio “G.Verdi”, Sala Puccini, Milan
Convegno internazionale della chitarra classica,
with Elena Casoli and Francesco Palmieri
Music by J. Malaussena, S. Steen-Andersen, J.M. Sánchez-Verdú
19/11/20 – >>zoom in<< Festival für Improvisierte Musik, Grosse Halle Reitschule, Bern
(Cancelled Due to COVID–19)
with Shifter Ensemble
Music by Phil Niblock
13/12/20 – La Voirie, Biel
(Cancelled Due to COVID–19)
with Shifter Ensemble
Music by L. González*, A. Corrales*, F. Di Salvo, T.Krebs*, J.Gómez Alemany*
*world premiere
15/12/20 – Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zúrich
(Cancelled Due to COVID–19)
with Shifter Ensemble
Music by L. González*, A. Corrales*, F. Di Salvo, T.Krebs*, J.Gómez Alemany*
*world premiere
16/12/20 – Druckereihalle, Basel
(Cancelled Due to COVID–19)
with Shifter Ensemble
Music by L. González*, A. Corrales*, F. Di Salvo, T.Krebs*, J.Gómez Alemany*
*world premiere
2021
06/02/21 – Salotto in prova, Milan
(Online event:
https://salottoinprovastreaming.vhx.tv/packages/giuseppe-mennuti-trailer/videos/giuseppe-mennuti-recital-06-04-2021)
Music by M.Ohana, R.Lazkano, M.Pérez-Díez, J.M.Sánchez-Verdú, L.Francesconi, J.Malaussena
22 – 26/03/21 – Universidade NOVA, Lisbon
(Online event)
with Shifter Ensemble
Music by Fabrizio Di Salvo*
*world premiere
with Basel Sinfonietta
14 – 15/09/21 – Instituto Superior de Bellas Artes, Asunción
Online Masterclass and Lecture
with Shifter Ensemble
In collaboration with Arturo Corrales and the composition class of CPMDT
Music by Corrales, Escobar, Miyai, Cattin, Pontecorvo, Wen
26/10/21 – Centre Dürrenmatt, Neuchâtel
Coproduction HKB/NEC
Music by Rebecca Saunders
Coproduction HKB/NEC
Music by Rebecca Saunders
15 – 17/12/21 – RadioStudio, Zürich
with Collegium Novum Zürich
with Shifter Ensemble
Soapbox Festival
2022
12 – 19/02/22 – Art Museum, Tel Aviv
with Israel Contemporary Players
Les amplitudes 2022
with Nouvel Ensemble Contemporaine
29/05/22 – Lucerne Guitar Concerts, Lucerne
11/06/22 – Radiostudio, Zürich
27/08/22 – Openair Konzert, Bundesplatz, Bern
1-4/09/22 – Mendrisio
23/09/22 – ZhDK, Zürich
Ufa Sextet & Elena Rykova, asymptotic freedom II
26/09/22 – Société de Musique Contemporaine, Lausanne
7-24/12/22 – Morges, Neuchâtel, Yverdon-les-Bains, Delémont
2023
21/01/23 – Casa da Música, Porto
Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
25/03/23 – Museum Tinguely, Basel
Tinguely Entangled, Linda Leimane, Basel Infinity Festival
05/05/23 – Kölner Philarmonie, Cologne
Basel Sinfonietta
Basel Sinfonietta
14/05/23 – La Casa del Vapore, Milan
Rondó 2023, Divertimento Ensemble/Hochschule der Künste Bern
Rondó 2023, Divertimento Ensemble/Hochschule der Künste Bern
17 – 24 – 27/08/23 – La grange aux concerts, Cernier / Salle de spectacles, Saint-Imier
Les Jardins Musicaux
27/08/23 – La grange aux concerts, Cernier
Sequenza I, Les jardins musicaux
20/10/23 – Auditorio Cicus, Sevilla
Festival de la guitarra de Sevilla
23/10/23 – Biblioteca del Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid
Conference/Concert, with J.M. Sánchez-Verdú
24/10/23 – Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete
Masterclass – Concert
25/10/23 – Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, Barcelona
Masterclass/Conference
2024
24/01/24 – HKB, Grosser Konzertsaal, Bern
Music by José-María Sánchez-Verdú
30/04/24 – Salón de Actos de la Delegación Provincial de Educación, Albacete
Music by A.Alvarez Ponce, M. Sansalvador Pérez, F. Moll Carrión, Q. Albiñana Ibáñez, M. Puchol Forniés, J.E. Guillén Álvarez
07/06/24 – Black Diamond Library, Copenhagen
with Basel Sinfonietta
with Basel Sinfonietta
30 – 31/08/24 – La grange aux concerts, Cernier
with Orquestre des Jardins Musicaux
Zoom in Festival
with Basel Sinfonietta
with Theater Orchester Biel Sotothurn
18 – 21/12/24 – Neuchâtel, Delémont, Cortaillod
with Orquestre des Jardins Musicaux
2025
03/01/25 – Sala Consiliare, Venosa
Solo
16 – 17 – 19/01/25 – Stadttheater, Biel
with Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn
24 – 26/01/25 – Theater, Winterthur
with Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn
29 – 31/01 – 02/02/25 – Stadttheater, Solothurn
with Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn
with Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn
01 – 02/03/25 – Stadttheater, Schaffhausen
with Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn
with Collegium Novum Zürich
13/03/25 – Auditorium Ansermet, Genève
with Collegium Novum Zürich
with Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn
07/05/25 – Gare du Nord, Basel
with Stanislas Pili and Chloé Bieri
22 – 27/05/25 – Stadtcasino, Basel
with Basel Sinfonietta
20/06/25 – Palazzo Ducale, Genova
Giovine Orchestra Genovese
Media
Projects
Obiettivo contemporaneo
GuitArt Magazine n.92
L’altra faccia della Spagna, l’opera per chitarra sola di Luis De Pablo
GuitArt Magazine n.96
Incontro con Julien Malaussena
GuitArt Magazine n.97
Come sta la luna? La musica di Maurizio Pisati da un’altra prospettiva
GuitArt Magazine n.98
I giovani e la musica contemporanea. Incontro con Carlo Siega e Ruben Mattia Santorsa
GuitArt Magazine n.99
A través del sonido, intervista a César Camarero
GuitArt Magazine n.100
“Je n’invente rien, je découvre”. Maurice Ohana e la chitarra.
GuitArt Magazine n.101
Oltre le sei corde: Maurice Ohana e Abel Carlevaro. Part one.
GuitArt Magazine n.102
Oltre le sei corde: Maurice Ohana e Abel Carlevaro. Part two.
I giovani e la musica contemporanea. Il nostro incontro con Francesca Naibo, Pierpaolo Dinapoli e Francesco Palmieri
“Oración”, Jose Carlos Cabrera, Review
GuitArt Magazine n.103
“Phasing in/Phasing out”, Yaron Deutsch
GuitArt Magazine n.104
“Pelle corde, legno”, intervista a Maurizio Azzan
GuitArt Magazine n.105
“Wrap the space”, dialogo con Elena Rykova
GuitArt Magazine n.106
“La forma prima di tutto”, la musica per chitarra di Edoardo Dadone
GuitArt Magazine n.107
“Il suono frutto dell’ergonomia”, Ramon Lazkano
Contrastes Records
Memorias IV, “Señales desde el cielo”
Live recordings by the guest artists from
the Seville Guitar Festival 2016
