Antonio Pompilio – Italy

After graduating with full marks and honours at Monopoli Conservatory of Music (master’s degree) under the guidance of Goran Listes and Marco Piperno, he began studying at Accademia Strata in Pisa, Italy, with Aniello Desiderio, who awarded him two scholarships as one of the best students of his course. He attended many masterclasses held by famous musicians, such as Lorenzo Micheli,Zoran Dukic, Stefano Grondona, Rovshan Mamedkuliev, Paul Galbraith, Duo Assad, and Anabel Montesinos.

He concluded his Postgraduate Master’s Degree in High Specialization in Musical Interpretation at the Conservatory of Music in Parma with full marks and honours. He pursues his career as a soloist and as a chamber music member, attending various music festivals.

Among guitar competition prizes there are:

  • Grand Prize 9th Pleven Guitar Competition in Bulgaria
  • First Prize 9th Amigdala International Music Competition
  • First Prize “Città di Latiano” International Music Competition
  • Second Prize 26th Guitar Competition “Giulio Rospigliosi” in Lamporecchio, Italy
  • Second Prize 7th Guitar Competition “G.Marziali” in Milan, Italy
  • Second Prize 4th International Guitar Competition “Giuseppe Caputo”
    in Manfredonia, Italy
  • Second Prize “EduGuitarProgram” Guitar Competition
  • Second Prize 9th SGF International Guitar Competition
  • Special Prize 5th International Guitar Competition in Madrid, Spain