(August 31, 2017) "Guitar and its Transcripts Through The Centuries" is the title of the concert that Lorenzo Bernardi will hold at the Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka, directed by Stefano Fossati on September 9: a musical journey through geographical areas, different periods and styles, ranging from JS Bach to Ennio Morricone, passing through Barrios, Napoléon Coste (1805-1883), Joaquin Turina 1882-1949), Augustin Barrios Mongoré (1885-1944) and Alexandre Tasman (1897-1986). After Osaka, Bernardi will perform in Fukuoka on September 10, at the Italian Center led by prof. Doriano Sulis. Born in Trento in 1994 and graduated at the conservatory Francesco Antonio Bonporti of his hometown, Bernardi is currently attending the Second Level Master at the L. Canepa Conservatory of Sassari under the guidance of maestro Emanuele Buono. He attended masterclass with some of the best international guitarists such as Andrea Dieci, Lorenzo Micheli, Frederic Zigante, Emanuele Segre, Margarita Escarpa, Adriano Del Sal, Luigi Attademo, Enea Leone, Petrit Ceku and Jonathan Leathwood. He has participated in numerous events in Italy and in countries such as Spain, USA and Argentina, where he has recently performed at the Semana de las Artes festival at the Universidad de Cuyo in Mendoza and at the Italian Consulate of the city. (Red)

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The concert at Osaka Iic will be enriched by a guest performance by flute player Yukari Yamamura, which will perform with Bernardi two songs from the Astor Piazzolla's Histories du tango: Cafe 1930 and Nightclub 1960. Graduated at the Prague Music School and Conservatorium Maastricht (with Radomir Pivoda, Philippe Benoit and Peter Rjx), Yukari Yamamura mastered at the Royal Welsh College of Music with Peter Verhoyen. Winner of numerous international competitions, she’s currently living in her native city of Kyoto, sharing her time between flute teaching and intense concert activity.