Giorgio Signorile
Sonatina Suite for Guitar (2026)
- Publisher: Ut Orpheus
- Code: CH 423
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This “Sonatina Suite” was born out of my friendship with Giulio Tampalini who, when recording his CD dedicated to my music, asked me to compose a work that was different from the “single” pieces that generally characterise my writing.
It was the middle of winter, and all around me the cold held the buds and scents of a spring that was still far away. The music that began to take shape brought with it a nostalgia that immediately reminded me of a book of haiku that I occasionally leafed through... I looked for verses that would give me hope for the return of the sun and the first warm days, and the music came, in the wake of the seventeen syllables that form a haiku, which I reread several times and included as the subtitle of each piece.
The titles of the Sonatina are deliberately in Spanish, recalling the classical tradition from which I come and which I always carry in my heart, in my search for musical “modernity” that seeks above all to communicate, writing songs without words, in a journey where the listener is invited to enter in an almost confidential way and my guitar becomes the narrator.
It was the middle of winter, and all around me the cold held the buds and scents of a spring that was still far away. The music that began to take shape brought with it a nostalgia that immediately reminded me of a book of haiku that I occasionally leafed through... I looked for verses that would give me hope for the return of the sun and the first warm days, and the music came, in the wake of the seventeen syllables that form a haiku, which I reread several times and included as the subtitle of each piece.
The titles of the Sonatina are deliberately in Spanish, recalling the classical tradition from which I come and which I always carry in my heart, in my search for musical “modernity” that seeks above all to communicate, writing songs without words, in a journey where the listener is invited to enter in an almost confidential way and my guitar becomes the narrator.
Author: Giorgio Signorile (*1962)
Publication Date: 4/27/2026
Pages: pp. 12
Size: 230x310 mm
Binding: Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-2153-2937-9
Code: CH 423
Codice int.: ch423
Born in 1962 in Cuneo, Giorgio Signorile began studying guitar at the local Conservatory, first with Pino Briasco and later with Paul Manzo, graduating in 1986 with honors. He subsequently worked with Betho Davezac and Leo Brouwer and started appearing as a soloist and in chamber music groups. During this period he was particularly dedicated to contemporary music performing with L'Assieme Chitarristico Italiano and recording two CDs on the Dynamic and l'Olandese Etcetera labels.Inspired by his travels, he began composing for guitar. After a success at the composition competition "Suoni Nuovi 2007", he began collaborations with publishers such as Zedde, Sinfonica and especially Ut Orpheus creating music, both educational and professional in nature, for solo guitar and flute/guitar duo. His works have been performed in recent times by several well-known artists and ensembles - Giulio Tampalini (Strong emotions), Lucio Matarazzo (LM and friends) and Giorgio Mirto (Notturni).
His most recent CD ‘Reflessi’ (Reflections), produced by CNI Music in Rome, is a collection of works for solo guitar published in recent years by Ut Orpheus.
Since 2013 he has served as an official endorser for Aquila Corde Armoniche.
He considers teaching an important part of his work as a musician, a comparison between two realities, a dialogue where respect and knowledge are exchanged and interact, creating culture, risk, interest and mutual growth.
