Ferdinando Piscopo

Graduated in classical guitar with honors in 1987, he followed the course of harmony and composition at the same time. In 1991 he began studying the mandolin as a self-taught performing in various formations of the folk music circuit, in particular that of the Campania region, subsequently devoting himself to the classical Neapolitan melody. In the same year he opened the world music style with the Sonacammanese. In 1995 he was lead guitarist with Sergio Bruni performing the guitar arrangements of Maestro Roberto De Simone, a Neapolitan classical repertoire. As a mandolinist he collaborated with I Virtuosi Di San Martino and later with the group E ZEZI (European tour 1996). Founder of the Paranza of Marcello Colasurdo, voice and soul of Neapolitan popular culture, he takes care of the arrangements of the first CD "E manco 'o sole ce' a sponta" (edizioni.CNI) participating in important European festivals of ethnic music. He has been a member of the Trio Napolicanto since 1998 to 2011, making four CDs (editions. Itaca, Polosud). The mandolin arrangements in this line-up are based on an extemporaneous (improvisation). The trio performs in Italian theaters, performing an intense activities abroad: New York, Massachusetts (Harvad University), Estonia, Germany, Switzerland, Russia. In 2004 in Rome they held a private concert for Cardinal Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI). Interested in new musical languages, from 1990 he devoted himself to the study of music from the 1900s, in particular to the expressionist and dodecaphonic style. Subsequently he arrives at the composition of electronic music through the use of computers (computer music), an instrument that allows him to create numerous compositions. Currently his production uses 115 CdRom (private realease).