Aniello Desiderio

Italian guitarist Aniello Desiderio is considered one of the world's leading guitarists. Born in Naples, Italy in 1971, he started playing the guitar at the age of 8 with professors B. B. D'Amario and Stefano Aruta. While attending musical interpretation classes with the legendary Leo Brouwer, he was chosen for special group lessons. In 1992 he graduated with honors from the Conservatory of Music in Alessandria.

He performed in public for the first at the age of eight. Showing such outstanding gifts, critics spoke of him as an "enfant prodigy", a Wunderkind. At an early age he took part and won many prizes in both national and international co...