Alessandro Giunta - Classical Guitar

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Alessandro Giunta - Classical Guitar 🎵 Concert Artist for CIDIM
🏆 Award-Winning Guitarist
🎓 Imola Academy, S. Cecilia Conservatory

08/10/2026

For years, I envied what the piano could do.

More range.
More volume.
More counterpoint.

I often found myself thinking about what the guitar was missing compared to the piano.

And somewhere along the way, I forgot to look at what makes the guitar special.

The immediacy of the attack.
The speed and sharpness of the sound.
That particular bite and energy it can have.
The incredible variety of colours.
And the physical beauty of the gesture itself — the way the hands interact with the strings to create the sound.

The guitar doesn't need to compete with the piano.

It doesn't need to become something else.

It just needs to be itself. 🎸

I think I’ve finally made peace with my instrument.

And instead of constantly thinking about its limitations, I’m learning to make the most of its strengths.

Have you ever wished your instrument could do something another instrument does better?**

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07/10/2026

We often seem to find an excuse not to practice when we have the chance.

“I’m tired.”
“I don’t have enough time.”
“I’ll do it tomorrow.”
“I’ll practice properly when I have more time.”

And then suddenly, you spend a couple of days without being able to touch your instrument…

And you miss it like crazy.

I’ve just come back from the hospital after a small procedure. Everything went well, thankfully, but I couldn’t play guitar for a few days.

And honestly?

I really missed having music under my fingers.

easy to take something for granted when it’s always available.

So if you have the chance to play today, take it.

Have you ever had to stop playing for a while? Did you miss your instrument too?

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04/10/2026

You think performing in a historic medieval church is romantic? Try doing it when it’s freezing. 😂

This morning I played in Alba Fucens for Harmonia Novissima, in an incredible historic location.

The only problem?

Historic buildings usually weren’t designed with heating in mind.

And if it’s not summer, your hands can get really cold.

For a classical guitarist, that’s not exactly ideal.

Cold hands mean less flexibility, less sensitivity and less control.

So you develop a few strategies:

🔥 Warm-up exercises before playing.
👐 Keep your hands (fingers) moving.
🧣 Put your hands against your neck between pieces.
👕 Wear an extra layer under your shirt or sweater.
🎸 And keep playing right up until the last possible moment before the concert starts.

It might not look very glamorous, but sometimes preparing for a concert is less about perfect conditions and more about adapting to the conditions you actually have.

Have you ever had to perform somewhere with absolutely terrible conditions? What was your strategy?

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02/10/2026

Playing for people you know is a different kind of nervous.

When you play for strangers, they probably don’t know what to expect from you.

But when you play for people who know you, there are expectations.

They know you’re a musician.
They know how much you’ve studied.
They know how seriously you take it.

And suddenly, making a mistake feels a little more embarrassing.

You want to play well. You want to give them something worth listening to. And, honestly, you’re a little afraid of making a fool of yourself.

But there’s also something incredibly special about sharing music with people you know and care about.

You get to share what you love with them, and for me, that’s one of the most beautiful things about being a musician.

I know. It sounds incredibly cheesy.

But yesterday, while playing at Ferrarin Pianoforti, I actually got emotional. ❤️

Do you feel more nervous performing for people you know or for complete strangers?

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30/09/2026

Sometimes you don’t pick up your instrument because, without even noticing, you already know something won’t come out perfectly.

You think:

“I’m not going to play this well today.”
“I’m too tired.”
“I’ll do it properly tomorrow.”

And suddenly, you’ve spent more energy avoiding the practice session than you would have spent actually practicing.

This is one of the easiest ways to self-sabotage your progress.

You don’t need every practice session to be a complete success. And you definitely don’t need to be perfect from the first minute.

Start with a warm-up.
Give your hands and your brain some time to switch into playing mode.

Then set yourself a goal that is actually achievable.

Maybe you’ll improve one passage.
Maybe you’ll work on one technical problem.
Maybe you’ll just get the piece back under your fingers.

That’s still practice.

Stop waiting to feel ready. Start with something you can realistically accomplish.

Have you ever avoided practicing because you already knew it wouldn’t be perfect?

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29/09/2026

Sometimes the hardest part of teaching music isn’t teaching something new.

It’s convincing a new student that what you’re asking them to do is actually more useful than what they’ve been doing so far.

They already have habits.
They already have their way of practicing.
They already know what feels comfortable.

And then you ask them to slow down, change a fi*****ng, isolate a movement, use a metronome, practice differently, or spend five minutes on something that seems completely unrelated to the piece.

And their inevitable thought is:

“But why am I doing this?”

That’s where teaching becomes more than simply explaining technique.

Sometimes you have to build enough trust for the student to temporarily leave what feels familiar and try something that doesn’t make sense to them yet.

Because what feels familiar isn’t always what actually produces progress.

And honestly, this applies far beyond music.

Have you ever had to convince yourself to change a habit that you thought was already working?

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27/09/2026

Sometimes one imperfect note is enough to make us think an entire performance was bad.

We hear the mistake.
We replay it in our head.
We start judging ourselves.

And suddenly, the mistake itself isn’t the biggest problem anymore.

Our reaction to it is.

Especially when you’re playing live, you can’t go back and fix the previous note. The music keeps moving and if your mind stays stuck on the mistake, you risk losing the next phrase, the next musical idea, or even the connection with the audience.

A live performance doesn’t have to be perfect to be convincing.

Sometimes the best thing you can do after a mistake is simply keep playing as if nothing happened.

Because the audience came to hear the music, not your internal error report.

Do you find it difficult to let go of mistakes when you perform live?

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26/09/2026

5 misconceptions about guitar

1. It’s easier than piano.”
Because you only have six strings, right? 😂 Classical guitar may look simple, but both hands are doing completely different things at the same time while you’re also trying to control tone, dynamics, articulation and multiple voices.

2. “You only need to know chords.”
If you think classical guitar is just chords, you’re missing most of the instrument. Melodies, counterpoint, polyphony, arpeggios, articulation, tone production… there’s a lot more going on.

3. “The left hand does all the work.”
Actually, the left hand gets most of the attention while the right hand is literally responsible for creating the sound. And controlling it well is a technique in itself.

4. “You need good finger genetics.”
I hear this one surprisingly often. 😂 “My fingers aren't made for guitar.” Your fingers don't need to be genetically perfect. Coordination, movement, awareness and practice matter much more than having “guitarist fingers.”

5. “I can learn it by myself.”
Sure, you can learn things on your own. But sometimes the biggest problems are the ones you don't even know you're making.

Which one of these myths have you heard before? 👀

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