Giampaolo Di Rosa (Organist)
Born 1972 in Cesena, Italy.
The musical portrait of Giampaolo Di
Rosa presents a remarkable musician with an autonomous approach to the art of
performance and improvisation, an established performer, improviser, composer,
researcher and teacher.
Completing his musical studies under
the tutorship of world famous professors such as F. Di Cesare (piano), Mons.
Valentino Miserachs (composition), Gьnther Kaunzinger and Jean Guillou (organ),
Glen Wilson (harpsichord), Jхao Pedro Oliveira (analysis and theory), he has had
the opportunity to collaborate with many distinguished musicians. He holds seven
academic diplomas, in particular a Master’s Degree in organ performance and a
Ph.D. in music analysis.
Giampaolo Di Rosa boasts a vast
repertoire of music from every historical period up to the present day,
including the complete works of Cйsar Franck, Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann.
His discography includes a number of recordings, mainly piano and organ
improvisations. In 2010 he has played the complete organ works of Johann
Sebastian Bach.
He has developed a personal approach to
the art of improvisation, with which he delights audiences in recitals that also
include a wide variety of his own virtuoso compositions.
The Iberian organ is increasingly
becoming a focus of his musical interests, with an accent on early music as well
as new music with improvisations.
After being a faculty member of the
Catholic University of Portugal, he became Professor of the Department of Music
at the Institute for Letters and Humanities of the University of Minho in Braga,
where he teaches improvisation and analysis. He is a dedicated lecturer, and a
strong supporter of talented young artists. As a researcher he works in several
different units in Europe and has published several papers and music
recordings.
2010-2011 he is artist in residence at
Ratingen, in Germany, venue of a well-known organ festival directed by Ansgar
Wallenhorst.
Away from the concert stage Giampaolo
Di Rosa is founder and art director of a number of international organ
festivals. In the past several years he has been appointed titular organist in
several European countries. Since May 2007 he has been titular organist of the
great Iberian organs of the Cathedral of Braga and organist ad honorem of the
church of the High Seminary in Oporto. Since 2008 he has been General Music
Advisor for the Order SCMG at Guimarгes.
In 2008 he was appointed by the Rector
Mons. Agostinho Borges titular organist and art director of the Portuguese
National Church in Rome, where he gives concerts every Sunday throughout the
year. In 2010 he was awarded by the President of Portuguese Republic with the
Order of Prince Henry the Navigator degree’s of Officer.
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