ELIA PORTARENA
Elia Portarena, a young Italian talent, was born in Orvieto in May 2000 and the guitar became part of her life at the age of two.
She first studied with her father and, at the age of 13, she entered the ‘G. Briccialdi’ Conservatory in Terni with maestro Roberto Fabbrici. Briccialdi’ Conservatory in Terni with Maestro Roberto Fabbri, where he graduated at the age of 19.
In the course of his musical activity, he has won the podium of about 60 national and international competitions. Among them, the ‘J. S. Bach International Guitar Competition’ in Tokyo in 2017, where he received the overall first prize. This was followed by the ‘Seville International Classical Guitar Competition “Spanish Composers”’, the ‘Ciudad de Coria’ Guitar Competition and the ‘Alhambra de Valencia International Guitar Competition’, all in 2021.
In September 2016 he was selected by the Scientific Committee of the International Guitar Competition ‘Michele Pittaluga’ and, on the occasion of the 50th International Guitar Competition, he made his debut at the Alessandria Conservatory.
He has won several scholarships and prizes, including those of the Stefano Strata Academy in Pisa, awarded by maestros Aniello Desiderio, Paolo Pegoraro and Zoran Dukic.
In his musical training he has attended master classes with the most prestigious masters of the guitar scene, such as Marcin Dylla, Leo Brouwer, Carlo Marchione, Frédéric Zigante, Marco Tamayo, Pavel Staidl, Thomas Offerman, Giulio Tampalini and many others.
Angelo Gilardino composed for him the song ‘Sicut lilium inter spinas’ (Poemetto per chitarra dedicated to Elia Portarena).
In 2021 he released his CD ‘Le Départ’ (Dotguitar label) with pieces by Coste, Ponce, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Gilardino, Llobet, Rodrigo, Zani de Ferranti.
To know more about Elia Portarena:
Instagram @eliaportarena
TikTok @eliaportarena
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