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 began his guitar studies at the age of 11 with Davide Cervellino and continued with Michele Greci and Gianvito Pulzone at the Conservatorio “Gesualdo da Venosa” in Potenza, finishing in 2014 with honors. During the same year he worked as a guitar instructor at “Istituto Musicale Mario Bruno” en Lavello (Potenza), and was selected by the Associazione “Musicare” in Nuoro to participate in the “Rassegna di Giovani Artisti” (Review of Young Artists). The following year he enrolled at the Conservatorio Superior “Manuel Castillo” in Seville Spain under the guidance of guitar professor Francisco Bernier, finishing with honors and Fin de Carrera Price in 2019.
He has performed in numerous concerts in Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, France and Israel, in various festivals and concert halls such as: Capilla Gótica del Alcázar (Seville), Iglesia de San José (Seville), Museo de Bellas Artes (Seville), Sala Turina (Seville), Juventudes Musicales (Seville), Fundaciones Cajasol in Córdoba and Huelva, the Lutheran Church of Geneva, the Sala Casella in Rome and La Muse en Circuit in Altfortville.
In 2016 and 2018, Giuseppe participated in the Darmstadt Ferienkurse, under the tutelage of Yaron Deutsch, collaborating with Julien Malaussena. He performed the world premieres of the pieces “Mar the Mirror”, by the American composer Clint McCallum, and “Un nouveau morceau de musique surréaliste’’ by Joan Gómez Alemany, for guitar, double bass, bass clarinet and electronics. Giuseppe was invited to perform at the Seville Guitar Festival during the festival’s 2016 “Festival Off” young guitarists concert, in which was recording the live cd “Memorias IV, Señales desde el cielo” by Contrastes Records, and at the 2017 edition premiering a composition for guitar and electronics entitled “AlliveS” by Portuguese composer Josè Carlos Sousa.
He was also selected to participate in the “Research-led performance” workshop organized by the Fondazione Cini, featuring classes and lectures held by Elena Casoli, Florindo Baldissera and musicologist Gianmario Borio among others. He has collaborated with Guit Art magazine as well as the Neuguitars blog for interviews and articles.
Giuseppe has been the recipient of several awards in music competitions both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. In 2017 he earned the 2nd prize at the “Bucchi” contemporary music competition for all instruments in Rome (Italy) and in 2018 he earned the 3rd prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of a classical period piece at the “Abate Marchena” chamber music competition in Utrera (Spain) with French guitarist and colleague Antoine Guerrero. In 2019, he played as soloist with Orquesta Sinfonica Conjunta, in Seville, with the guidance of Juan García Rodriguez, and earned the “Swiss Government Excellence” scholarship.
After completing the Master of Arts in Music Performance, he is attending the Master in Musical Pedagogy at the Hochschule der Künste of Bern, with Elena Casoli.

Agenda
05/10/19 – Kirchgemeindehaus,Basel
In duo with Francesca Grilletto
Music by A. Piazzolla
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
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
12 – 19/02/22 – Art Museum, Tel Aviv
with Israel Contemporary Players
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
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
Basel Sinfonietta
Basel Sinfonietta
Rondó 2023, Divertimento Ensemble/Hochschule der Künste Bern
Divertimento Ensemble/Hochschule der Künste Bern
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