ABOUT
Stephen Marchionda
classical guitar

"Impeccable artistry and eloquence, Stephen Marchionda is always convincing."
Gramophone Magazine, critics selection of the month.
Stephen Marchionda is known on the international concert scene as a performer who blends the expressive, colourist playing of the past with modern technique, flair, imagination and scholarship. He has been featured in highly acclaimed performances at London’s Wigmore Hall and New York City’s Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere he has been invited to perform at such notable venues as the Kennedy Center, Frick Collection, Aspen, Bravo and Cheltenham Summer Music Festivals, Lincoln Center, South Bank Centre, BBC Radio 3, Radio Nacional de España, National Public Radio, El Gran Teatro del Liceu de Barcelona and the Royal Opera House, amongst other important venues throughout four continents.
Stephen’s recordings feature both premiered new works and his own adventurous transcriptions. Among his recordings on the MDG label are his transcriptions of “Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti”, “Serenata, transcriptions of works by Isaac Albéniz” and “La guitarra poética, musica de Enrique Granados“. These recordings have received exceptional attention and plaudits. With the award winning “Songs for Tenor and Guitar” he made the premiere recording of Nicholas Maw’s masterpiece “Music of Memory” for solo guitar, along with other works by Benjamin Britten and John Dowland. He has recorded as well the complete series of variations and preludes of Manuel María Ponce.
Active in concertos with orchestra and chamber music, Stephen has appeared in special collaborations in concert and recordings with famed British tenor Philip Langridge, mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager, the London Sinfonietta, Sebastian Bell amongst others. Exploring a popular mix with cantaoras (flamenco singer) Rocío Márquez and Marina Heredia. Stephen as well has premiered many new works, including ones written for him by internationally renowned composers, including Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Nicholas Maw.
Along with studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Stephen is a graduate of Yale University’s School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Stephen has had homes in New York City, London, Granada and currently lives in Barcelona.
