Concert by Duo Thu Le & Lorenzo Bernardi
 
A unique opportunity to enjoy in Madrid a duo of great guitarists who have performed all over the world in the best stages.
 
 
THU LE
Thu Le is an International award winning classical guitarist and one of the world’s leading female proponents of her art.
 
She brings to her mesmerizing performances a unique blend of passion, colour and personality which perfectly compliment her undoubted musicality and technical prowess.
 
Her love affair with the guitar began at the age of four thanks to her father, Le Hanh, At the age of five she gave her first public performance in Vietnam under his tutorship.
 
Thereafter her relationship with her guitar blossomed and her journey continued at a relentless pace. She passed the entrance examination for the National Conservatory of Music, Hanoi at the age of only seven, making her the youngest ever student to be admitted to this prestigious establishment. Her teachers included Nguyen Hai Thoai, Vu Bao Lam, Nguyen Nhu Dung and Nguyen Quoc Vuong.
 
Thu Le’s passion for guitar has seen her perform solo as well as hosting a series of successful master classes across several continents including North America , UK and Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In Turkey alone, she has performed in over twenty cities to critical acclaim. Her passion for Spain, in particular, has meant that she’s a regular at the Joaquin Rodrigo Guitar Festival both as an artist and as an inspiring master class host.
 
Besides her solo career she also collaborates and performs with orchestras, string quartets, vocalists, violinists and flutists.
 
Currently Thu Le is performing internationally in a guitar duo with Italian guitarist Lorenzo Bernardi.
 
 
Lorenzo Bernardi
Born in Trento in 1994, he graduated from the Conservatory F.A Bonporti of Trento in 2015. He then continued his studies under the guidance of Emanuele Buono at the Conservatorio L. Canepa in Sassari, obtaining a Master’s degree with honors.
 
Thanks to a scholarship offered by the European community, he further specialized at Conservatorio de Musica Manuel Castillo in Seville, Spain, under the guidance of internationally renowned Professor and guitarist Francisco Bernier.
 
As a soloist, but also as a member of chamber ensembles and with orchestra, he has performed in numerous national and international events.
 
Between 2016 and 2018 he performed in prestigious events of international importance in Spain, Argentina, Bahrain, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and India where he was also invited as a jury member of international competitions such as Calcutta International Guitar Festival in India, Alma Hanoi Guitar Festival and Saigon Guitar Fest in Vietnam.
 
In December 2018 he made his debut in India performing in many cities on a tour organized by the Indian Guitar Federation where he had the honor of being among the artists invited to the VIII Calcutta International Guitar Fest.
 
Program:
- Fantasie dramatique "Le depart" Op. 31 (Napoleon Coste)
- Confesion (Agustin Barrios)
- Film Suite (Ennio Morricone)
- Vals for Atom (Laurent Boutros )
- Six Balkan miniatures (Dusan Bogdanovic)
- Yuksek Yuksek Tepeler (Turkish Traditional song, arr. Reentko Dirks)
- Felicidade (Antonio Jobim, arr. Roland Dyens)
- Preludio e Corrente (Antonio Vivaldi)
- Overture dal Barbiere di Siviglia (Gioacchino Rossini)
- Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone)
- Tarantella (Mario Gangi)