| Turning
point
Two weeks after the Di Cagno Abbrescia
recital, I played at Teatro Piccinni in Bari. The way I felt
that first time on stage is exactly the same way I feel today...34 years
after. The picture below is a view of Teatro Piccinni from the main stage.
Teatro Piccinni,
Bari Italy. I made my debut here at age 9
This recital was a turning point
in my life. It was a short 3 pieces recital on board the transatlantic
Cristoforo Colombo. I was asked to play as a celebration because
the ship was passing through the equator that evening. A Flamenco player
that was staying 2 rooms from mine, heard me practice in the mornings and
told the events organizer (man in white) about my skill....
I realized for the first time the awesome power that a musical instrument
has over our fellow human beings. The wood box with its 6 strings and my
interpretation as a 9 years old boy, kept 300 people of all ages in absolute
silence and hypnotized. The girl I was Platonically in love with finally
had her eyes for me only... I knew then that the guitar was to be a part
of me. 1 hour daily practice was nothing in exchange !
This is a Carlevaro Masterclass
in Buenos Aires Teatro San Martin, Renato
Bellucci is playing Bach Chaconne.
This picture was taken in Alirio
Diaz home in Rome.
Translating for Abel Carlevaro in
Asuncion-Agustin Barrrios Competition/festival
Akron Civic. Fisk made people
go wild. Russell was simply too tired.
TV program for RAI
 
This (right) is a rare picture of
a 10 strings guitar cake made to honor Narciso Yepes' 1989 concert
in Asuncion (left) .
It is me on the left and Asuncion greatest cook, Miss Pastrone. I had been
operated of appendicitis the day before Yepes arrived and he took the time
to come and visit me at the hospital. Simple souls are the greatest.
 
The picture on the left was the first
professional picture I had taken by one of Spain greatest photographers
Gyenes, in 1984, the one on the right was taken by my wife (the greatest
photographer ever...) in 2001
Renato with David Russell
after a masterclass series.
Andres Segovia
at USC.
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