Bruno Battisti D'Amario

Bruno Battisti D'Amario in 1969

Bruno Battisti D'Amario (5 October 1937 – 5 August 2026) was an Italian classical guitarist, teacher and composer.[1][2][3]

D'Amario is known for his performances on film scores by Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota,[4] and became Professor of Classical Guitar at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome.[5] Morricone commented that D'Amario is "able to conjure up extraordinary sounds with his guitar" for his appearances on the soundtrack to the film The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.[1] He was a member of the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza.[6][7][8]

In 2011 he published a composition inspired by the Tarot cards.[9]

D'Amario died on 5 August 2026, at the age of 88.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Morricone, Ennio (1 February 2019). De Rosa, Alessandro (ed.). Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words. Oxford University Press. pp. 80, 330. ISBN 978-0-19-068103-6.
  2. ↑ "Intervista con Bruno Battisti D'Amario". Blogfoolk. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Seffer, Vanessa. "Bruno Battisti D'Amario: "Io, Morricone e quelle nostre affinità elettive"". Il Giornale OFF. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Sciannameo, Franco (2020). Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone: Fame and Legacy. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-4985-6901-9.
  5. ↑ "Bruno Battisti D'Amario (Guitar)". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Feedback". Light In The Attic Records. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  7. ↑ Wierzbicki, James (8 February 2019). Double Lives: Film Composers in the Concert Hall. Taylor & Francis. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-429-67149-4.
  8. ↑ Aguzzi, Andrea. "Four Pieces for guitar by Ennio Morricone on #neuguitars #blog". Neuguitars. Archived from the original on August 17, 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  9. ↑ D'Amario, Bruno. Tarot cards: meditation and music. Gangemi Editore. ISBN 9788849270532. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  10. ↑ Il Grande Oriente d’Italia abbruna i labari per il passaggio all’Oriente Eterno del fratello maestro Bruno Battisti d’Amario (in Italian)
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