recording by Duo Kontaxakis-Ivanovich (Veria, Greece) for the Third prize at "Veria International Guitar Festival" 2022

Veria International Guitar Festival 2019-2020 Guitar Duo Composition Competition - The Prized Works.

The Journey for Guitar Duo Album Recording - 2022

For me, the image plays a primary role in the composition of a piece. The creative process that has the aim to translate what I see into what I hear is what interests me the most. I like to prepare from the beginning
the key moments and steps, on which I build the musical storytelling but without being too much “caged” into a rigid schemes. I always let a “window” open to new chances, to the “unexpected”. I like to put my pencil on the paper and see where it goes, which forms, lines and even drawing come out from that improvised moment.
The infinite possibilities of “telling” with sounds always push me to go further, to experiment always new possibilities, to try constantly to translate the untranslatable.


After the BA in classical guitar at the Conservatory “San Pietro a Majella”, he achieves a MA in Didactics and Music Pedagogy and a Master in Composition. He has been awarded at the “XVIII International Lavagnino Film Festival”, the “XV Veria International Composition Competition”, the “Acerra Guitar Composition Competition” (John W. Duarte Centenary Celebration), the “Composition Competition – Mario Pagano”, the “Premio Veretti 2023” – Fiesole Music Academy, the “Jacopo Napoli “Call for Score 2022 and finally at the “VIII Thessaloniki International Music Festival”.
His music has been presented in many Festivals as “Foresty International Music Festival”, “Guitar Education and Research”, “Falerna Music Festival”, “Prospettive Music Festival”, “Livorno Music Festival”, “Accademia Chigiana”, “UrtiCanti Festival”, “Veria International Guitar Festival”, “Incontri di Musica Contemporanea”, “Sydney Contemporary Festival”, “Festival di Musica Pontino”
He has worked with several contemporary ensemble and soloists as Dissonanzen, AltreVoci ensemble, L’ Orchestra d’ archi di Alessandria, Quartetto Prometeo, Matteo Cesari, Francesco Salime, Kontakaxis-Ivanovich Guitar Duo, Fotis Koutsothodoros, Felicita Brusoni, Six-memos Ensemble, Marina Boselli e Maria Grazia Bellocchio.
His works have been published by several editors as Les Production d’ Oz,  The Bergmann Edition, Studio & Studio Edition, Et-Cetera Musica and DaVinci Edition.

The Journey for Guitar Duo Album Recording - 2022

Francesco Sgambati