November 25th, 2015 – Marco Battaglia has a great passion for music and history, and for this reason his is the star of the event organized for November 27 in the Theater of the Italian Institute of Culture in Beijing. The famous Italian guitarist will offer the public a concert featuring original music by Paganini (who wrote an important number of pieces for guitar), Rossini and Verdi. Battaglia will go on stage with a guitar labeled ” Gennaro Fabricatore / anno 1811 Napoli / Strada S. Giacomo n.° 37 ” that belonged to Giuseppe Mazzini. The 19th century music specialist was born in 1969 in Milan, and has been very active as a soloist with orchestras, performing in the five continents in hundreds of concerts. The musician – an esteemed interpreter of classical and romantic period scores – has participated in numerous and prestigious festivals. In his private collection, there are two guitars that belonged to Giuseppe Mazzini and to the founder of Futurist music, Francesco Balilla Pratella. In 2008, Battaglia founded the ‘800MusicaFestival, held for eight consecutive years in prestigious venues such as the Sforza Castle in Milan. He is also the creator and coordinator of the 800 Music Ensemble and of the TrioQuartetto. Battaglia has also composed music for MAP and published musicology essays. (Red)
