{"id":2275,"date":"2026-07-27T20:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/?page_id=2275"},"modified":"2026-09-10T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:24:03","slug":"biografia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/en\/biografia\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Education <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Born in 1976, Michele de Martino graduated with top marks and honours in mandolin from the \"C. Pollini\" Conservatory in Padua, under the guidance of Ugo Orlandi.<\/p>

He subsequently obtained, again with top marks and honours, the second-level specialisation in performance at the Conservatory of Naples. The programme concluded with a concert entirely dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach, performed on historical plucked instruments.<\/p>

In 2002 he also obtained a piano diploma. During his studies he furthermore won first prize outright at the national competition for young musicians held by the \"Napolinova\" Musical Association.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Concert career<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Over the course of his career, Michele de Martino has given concerts in 23 countries across Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

As a soloist he has performed with ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, the Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Orchestra of the Teatro Verdi in Salerno, the Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, the Orchestra of the Teatro Verdi in Trieste and the Jan\u00e1\u010dek Orchestra of Prague.<\/p>\n

His concert activity spans different repertoires and contexts, from solo mandolin to collaborations with major orchestras and theatre productions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Theatre and collaborations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Michele de Martino has collaborated with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta and Daniel Oren.<\/p>\n

Since 1996 he has collaborated with the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, taking part in its musical and theatrical activities.<\/p>\n

Over the course of his career he has also worked with artists from various fields of entertainment, including Roberto De Simone, Mariano Rigillo, Lina Sastri, Moni Ovadia, Ron, Renzo Arbore and Peppe Vessicchio.<\/p>\n

In 2000-2001 he held the role of first mandolin in the European Youth Orchestra, taking part in the ensemble's activities in Spain and Italy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A central role in Michele de Martino's current career is his musical direction of the Orchestra a Plettro Penisola Sorrentina, also known by the acronym OPPS.<\/p>\n

At the helm of the ensemble, de Martino brings the experience gained as a mandolinist, concert performer, teacher and interpreter involved in major theatrical and orchestral contexts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Recordings and repertoire<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Michele de Martino has made numerous television and radio recordings for Italian and foreign broadcasters.<\/p>\n

He has also taken part in several recording productions dedicated to the mandolin repertoire and Neapolitan music.<\/p>\n

In 2021, for the publisher Ut Orpheus, he edited the revision of six Neapolitan romances for solo mandolin by M. Pica.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Teaching and musical direction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Alongside his concert activity, Michele de Martino carries out constant work in the field of music education.<\/p>\n

Since 2015 he has been regularly invited to give masterclasses at the International Academy of Mandolin and Guitar.<\/p>\n

He is currently a tenured mandolin professor at the \"Nicola Sala\" Conservatory of Music in Benevento<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Legal Information<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Michele de Martino
VAT No.: 10526961213<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Contacts<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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micheledemarti@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Biografia La Formazione Nato nel 1976, Michele de Martino si \u00e8 diplomato con il massimo dei voti e la lode in mandolino presso il Conservatorio \u201cC. Pollini\u201d di Padova, sotto la guida di Ugo Orlandi. Ha successivamente conseguito, sempre con il massimo dei voti e la lode, la specializzazione di…<\/span> Read More \"Biografia\"<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-2275","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275"}],"version-history":[{"count":96,"href":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3849,"href":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2275\/revisions\/3849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micheledemartino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}