Mark Delpriora

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Mark Delpriora (born 1959) is an American classical guitarist and composer.

Delpriora is Co-Chair of the Guitar Department at the Manhattan School of Music, where he has been on the faculty since 1989. Beginning in 2007, Mark will also be on the faculty of The Juilliard School, where he will teach guitar studies. He studied with Rolando Valdes-Blain and Manuel Barrueco. Mr. Delpriora has recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundspells, Philips, Tzadik, and CRI. His compositions have been published by Bèrben Edizioni Musicali (the 50-minute Sonata No. 3), Editions Orphée (Tango Caffè Carciofo, 10 Short Studies in Kaleidoscope), and Guitar Arts Publishing (Four Images).

One of the few students chosen to participate in masterclasses by Andres Segovia, Delpriora has performed and championed music written for, but rarely played by, Segovia, known as The Segovia Archives. The collection is published by Berben Edizioni Musicali and edited by Angelo Gilardino. He has performed and taught master classes in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Uruguay, and the United States and has been recognized with many awards, including the Andrés Segovia Award for Outstanding Performance, the Beard’s Fund Award, and the Artists International Distinguished Artist Award, and by grants, including a United Nations Travel Grant and grants from Meet the Composers and the Cooper Institute for the Arts and Humanities. In addition, he has performed at the Lake Placid Chamber Music Festival, Piccolo Spoleto, Stetson University Guitar Festival, Rutgers University Summerfest, and the Summit Music Festival; and with the New York Contemporary Music Band, New Music Consort, Joffrey Ballet Orchestra, and the Washington Bach Consort.

More recently Mark Delpriora has been performing on the baroque guitar, giving his first all-baroque guitar recital at William Paterson University's 2007 Guitar Fest.

[edit] External links

• Biography at the Manhattan School of Music
• Picking Through the Repertoire: A HyperHistory of the Contemporary American Classical Guitar (Article by Mark Delpriora; June 1, 2004)
• Interview with Urban Guitar Magazine, September 2006

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