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Carlo Domeniconi’s Koyunbaba

Taught by virtuoso guitarist Aniello Desiderio

Discover the famed Koyunbaba suite, and the new world you can create with a refined performance of it. Hone your skills in phrasing, tonality, and other aspects of musical interpretation.

Find your “sense of self” in an atmospheric guitar masterpiece.

Carlo Domeniconi’s Koyunbaba stands on its own in the modern classical guitar canon. It paints a picture of semi-nomadic Turkish shepherds, while evoking the instrument they played (the saz) with rich Middle Eastern ornamentation and atmospheres.

Discover how to infuse your personality into this unique work, while fully exploring what you and your guitar can do together. Globally-celebrated guitarist and teacher Aniello Desiderio unveils all the artistic possibilities through considerations of color, dynamics, tempo, and much more.

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    Learn how to use Koyunbaba as an open canvas for creativity, with the score as a jumping-off point.
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    See how you can apply multiple atmospheric effects to the same passage, through careful attention to tempo, dynamics, and phrasing.
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    Explore how you can add remarkable emotional context through varied stroke selection, recognition of motifs, and good execution of the many majestic glissandi and arpeggios.
meet YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Aniello Desiderio

Aniello Desiderio has noteworthy abilities as a guitarist, which he has parlayed into his pedagogical career at the S. Giacomantonio University of Music in Cosenza, Italy.

An avid interpreter of Italian composers such as Scarlatti, Paganini, and many others, Desiderio is a highly-esteemed soloist known to the global classical guitar scene, being a prolific prizewinner of 18 1st-place International Awards across both national Italian and international competitions.

Desiderio has performed with prominent orchestras worldwide as well as his own ensembles, including the Quartetto Furioso — a group he formed with his brothers Gennaro (a violinist) and Gaetano (a pianist) to explore the fusion of Baroque and tango music.

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