Peter Argondizza has recently given masterclasses and performances at the Mannes New York Guitar Seminar Twentieth Anniversary and was an adjudicate for 2020 the New York Guitar Competetion.
Dr. Peter Argondizza is an internationally recognized guitarist, performer, and educator. Known as one of the premiere performers in recitals, chamber music, and as a concerto soloist, he has appeared in a variety of prestigious international guitar and research events, including the Twentieth Guitar Seminar at Mannes, the Dundee International Guitar Festival, the San Francisco Conservatory, and the Big Guitar Weekend at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). His recordings include a solo guitar CD, ensemble recordings for BBC radio and television, and performances with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In 1995, Classical Guitar magazine described Dr. Argondizza’s performances, noting, “Each piece received a fresh approach full of vigor and vitality… brilliant.”
Dr. Argondizza is a versatile performer on several instruments across a broad range of genres. He has performed works on electric guitar ranging from The National, Electric Counterpoint to commercial recordings, television broadcasts, and various orchestral pieces. In 2013, critic Eric Karoulla hailed a UK Edit-Pointe performance as: “Peter Argondizza’s virtuosity on the electric guitar – demonstrated especially during the furiously fast plucking techniques required for Luciano Berio’s Sequenza XI – is undoubtedly remarkable.” As a guitarist, mandolinist, and banjoist, Argondizza has played in the Scottish Opera’s production of Il barbiere di Siviglia, the BBC’s Edinburgh Festival broadcasts of Moses und Aron and Agon, and he accompanied Luciano Pavarotti’s performance of Italian popular songs in Pavarotti’s only Scottish appearance at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in 1993. He currently plays Baroque guitar and theorbo with the New York Continuo Collective.
He is actively involved in expanding the classical guitar literature for solo and chamber works, and he has received a series of awards for commissions and world premieres. His recording of Romance for Cello and Guitar by Eddie McGuire was cited in Gramophone and included as a CD insert in the 1996 “Explorations” issue.
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