Guido Fichtner, Claudio Marcotulli, Stefano Palamidessi, Adriano Walter Rullo: in other words, Guitalian Quartet!!
Founded in 2006, it is composed of soloists who have established themselves in the most important National and International Guitar Competitions and who, in their respective activities, have made recordings for important record labels such as Dynamic, Opera Tres, Antes Concerto, Phoenix Classics, Tactus, Brilliant Classics, Nuova Era, Niccolò.
They have made numerous television and radio recordings for the main Italian and foreign broadcasters; the quartet’s first CD, entitled “Guitalian Quartet Live”, has received enthusiastic acclaim from audiences and critics. They have performed successfully in the most prestigious concert venues in the world: from the Salle Cortot in Paris to the Triphony Hall in Tokyo, from the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto to the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires, from the Bath Festival in England to the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto in Italy.
The quartet, very attentive to new musical frontiers, has been dedicatee and premiere performer of works by some of the most important Italian composers such as Paolo Arcà, Giovanni Sollima, Fabrizio de Rossi Re, Carmelo Nicotra, Mauro Schiavone, Nicola Jappelli, Giorgio Spriano, and Francesco Pennisi: from this in-depth study of the contemporary scene in Italy came the second CD, entitled “Contemporary Italian Music for Guitar Quartet” published by the New York label Bridge Record and received with great favor by specialized critics.
After the premature death of Maurizio Norrito, founder and member of the Guitalian Quartet, Adriano Walter Rullo, his great friend, joined the quartet.
Alongside their concert activity, they also teach at the respective Conservatories of Como, Fermo, Frosinone and Avellino.