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Perle del Barocco cdc 008 Perle/Paganini cdc 008/009 |
Giuseppe Prencipe took his diploma at S.Cecilia under Pina Carmirelli and continued his studies with Georges Enesco. He was one of the founders of the "Scarlatti" in Naples in the post-war period and taught for over twenty years at the "San Pietro a Majella" conservatory. As a soloist he has won a large number of prizes both in Italy and abroad. He was a soloist with the |
After thirty years
of activity in the world of chamber music he moved to symphonies when
invited by the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (the National Academy
of St. Cecilia) to be the first solo violinist in that institution’s permanent
orchestra. He has been responsible for numerous original performances
and recordings both for RAI (the Italian state broadcasting corporation)
and abroad. He also organised special courses at Fiesole for over fourteen
years. At the present
time he is in charge of the special training course for orchestral work
of the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Since 1991 he has been the
artistic director of the Cameristi Italiani.
With this ensemble Prencipe has engaged in a large number of tours and
during the tricentenary celebrations to mark Tartini’s
birth he was invited by the Commune of Pirano to be one of its star participants.
On this occasion he had the honour of performing in a special concert
with the famous Amati violin owned by Tartini, an instrument which was
thus played for the first time in over two centuries. He here plays a
G. B. Guadagnini which was made in 1754.
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