Giampaolo Bandini – Cesare Chiacchiaretta Duo, guitar and bandoneon, formed in 2002, pursuing the clear aim to propose Argentine music through the charm and magic of its most representative instruments. The duo immediately became an important point of reference in the international concert circuit thanks to their great communicativeness joined to an extraordinary charisma. Invited by the most important festivals and theatres in the world, they have toured in more than 50 countries of Europe, America and Asia, meeting outstanding critical and audience approval.
Celebrating the 15 years of activity the duo releasedthe CD Escualo (DECCA label) in 2017, their discographical debut dedicated to Astor Piazzolla music. The duo had the privilege to play Astor Piazzolla’s Double Concerto Hommage a Liége conducted by Leo Brouwer at the Auditorium Paganini of Parma and for Unione Musicale of Turin with the renowned Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra conducted by Pavel Berman.
They are usually invited to perform as soloists with many orchestras in Europe, Mexico, Korea, USA etc. In 2004 Bandini-Chiacchiaretta Duo was awarded the 15th “Beniamino Joppolo” Città di Patti Prizefor remarkable artistic achievements in the field of music. In 2005 the duo made their debut in the prestigious Grand Hall of Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonic achieving such great success that they were immediately asked to play for the following years.
Important composers wrote original compositions for Bandini-Chiacchiaretta Duo, among which Leo Brouwerdedicated to them the Folía a través de los siglos(in 2017), premiered at the Hong Kong festival. Maximo Diego Pujol dedicated to them the Double Concerto for guitar, bandoneon and orchestra “Luminosa Buenos Aires” (2009), distributed all over the world for the Concerto label.
Their peculiarity of living music to the full and without boundaries leads them to work together with many prominent artists. They have recorded for the most important radio and television broadcasters in Italy and abroad. In 2013, during a long Russian tour, the duo made their debut with great success in the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow. In the same year they played an important concert for the Guitar Foundation of America in South Carolina.
As teachers, they are requested by the most renowned Academies and international Universities and hold classes at the Higher Institutes for Music Studies “Luigi Boccherini” in Lucca and “Umberto Giordano” in Foggia, and for Portogruaro International Music Festival. Bandini and Chiacchiaretta are D’Addario endorsees.
