Alessandro Deiana - Johann Kaspar Mertz: A Guitar Portrait (2020)

Alessandro Deiana: Born in a teachers’ family and encouraged by his father to follow his natural inclination towards music, since a very early age he has studied classic guitar under the guidance of M° Armando Marrosu at the Conservatorio “L. Canepa” of Sassari. After graduation, he attended courses held by the late M° Alberto Ponce, one of the greatest guitar performers and founder of an unprecedented in the history guitar school, perfecting at the École Normale de Musique de Paris where, in 2002, he obtained the Diplôme Supérieur d'Exécution en Guitare. Upon returning, he furthered his studies in musical education, receiving the diploma in Musical Didactics with full marks and honours in 2007. Subsequently, in 2009, he concluded the Biennial Superior Course of Instrumental Music Teaching. He has been awarded in several national and international musical and guitar performance competitions (Emilio Pujol International Competition of Sassari, Fernando Sor International Competition of Rome, Maria Luisa Anido International Competition of Cagliari, and others). Since the early years of study, he has performed intense concert activity, both as a solist and in various chamber music ensembles. He has held hundreds of concerts for important institutions and associations in Italy and abroad (Austria, Australia, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Portugal, England, Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland and Ulster). He often performs solo concerts for guitar and orchestra (Mainzer Kammerorchester of Mainz, Chamber Orchestra of Frankfurt, Incontri Musicali Orchestra of Cagliari, Ellipsis Orchestra, and others). As a teacher, he worked at the Conservatoires Municipaux of Bussy Saint-George and Savigny le Temple (France) and many years at the Scuola Civica di Musica of Olbia (Sardinia - Italy). Currently, he teaches guitar at the Istituto Comprensivo of Tempio Pausania in Sardinia and holds the role of artistic director at the Scuola Civica di Musica in the same city. He has made numerous CD, radio and television recordings in Italy and abroad.
He normally plays instruments of the luthier Rinaldo Vacca and uses Optima Strings N.6.