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Guitarist Giacomo La Vita has performed as both a soloist and ensemble musician in major halls in New York City, as well as in many cities across the U.S., in his native Italy, and throughout Europe. Highlights of the 2010-11 season include performances in Geneva, Berlin, and New York at Merkin Hall, with the Garden State Philharmonic, and with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra under the baton of Maestro James Levine.
Giacomo received his Master’s degree from Mannes College of Music, under the tutelge of guitarist Frederic Hand, and went on to be a top prize winner of 15 international guitar competitions. He founded the La Vita-Williams Guitar Duo, which released a commercially available CD of classical guitar duets, and performs in a voice-guitar duo with his wife, soprano Jeanai La Vita. Always seeking to enlarge the repertory, Giacomo is an avid arranger of music for guitar and has published many solo and ensemble works, ranging from Scarlatti to Rachmaninoff. Currently he is transcribing and recording the great keyboard works of J.S. Bach for solo guitar and guitar ensemble (a project which has won Giacomo a place as a finalist for a 2012 Fulbright Award). In addition to performing, Giacomo is also a well-known guitar instructor and has an active private studio in Manhattan. He has taught at many music schools as well, including the State University of New York at Purchase. For more information please visit Giacomo’s web site at www.GiacomoLaVita.com