Dr. Peter Argondizza is an internationally recognized guitarist, performer, and educator. As one of the premiere performers in recitals, chamber music, and as a concerto soloist, Peter has appeared in a variety of prestigious international guitar and research events, including the Twentieth Guitar Seminar at Mannes, the San Francisco Conservatory, and the Big Guitar Weekend at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). His recordings include a solo guitar and ensemble CDs, ensemble recordings for BBC radio and television, and performances with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In 1995, Classical Guitar magazine described Peter’s performances, noting, “Each piece received a fresh approach full of vigor and vitality… brilliant.”
Peter 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.
Fanfare Magazine writes:
Australian composer “Richard Charlton has been reviewed previously in Fanfare…Here we have his two-movement Inner Voices from 2013. Highly atmospheric, parts of the first movement sound improvised; the second (Allegretto con moto) is tighter. The soloist for this piece, Peter Argondizza, is clearly highly skilled as both a soloist and chamber musician; he knows exactly how to gauge his lines in relation to the surrounding activity.”
Contact: peterargondizza@gmail.com