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Davide Ferella
The Italian mandolin player, Davide Ferella, gradueted in mandolin from the Conservatorio "A. Casella" in L'Aquila under the guidance of Fabio Giudice. In April 2016 he majored with full marks from the Conservatory of Brescia with Dorina Frati, a soloist of international renown and first mandolin at Milan's Teatro alla Scala. From the same Conservatory, he also majored in chamber music, summa cum laude, with Luca Morassutti.
Specialized in performing an original instruments (five-and six-course mandolins, Neapolitan Baroque mandolin, Brescian mandolin), Davide Ferella has performed as a soloist at numerous Italian festivals. He has collaborated with the Teatro alla Scala and with ensembles such as IVirtuosi Italiani. In 2015, he published for Lilium Editions a collection of four Concertos by J.S. Bach transcribed for mandolin and orchestra. For the same publisher, he also edited the revision of Carlo Arrigoni's Sonate a Mandolino e Basso.
Gabriele Levi
born in 1991, is an Italian organist and harpsichordist. He studied with great teachers, such as Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot, Fabio Bonizzoni and Patrick Ayrton at the Royal Hague Conservatory and with Giorgio Benati at the "Luca Marenzio" Conservatory of Brescia. He obtained a master Degree in Ancient Organ (Summa cum Laude), discussing a thesis on "Girolamo Frescobaldi and the Rhetoric". Over the years he has played as a soloist and chamber musician in numerous concerts in Italy and abroad. He is Vice President of "Clockbeats Orchestra" and "Clockbeats Baroque Ensemble". He is the artistic director of the "Giuseppe Bonatti" International Organ Festival at the Sanctuary of the Madonna di Valverde di Rezzato (BS).
