Collection: Bianculli, Pasquale

Pasquale Bianculli - began playing the guitar at the age of 13 in Brooklyn NY. His earliest musical influence was his father, Philip, an accomplished woodwind player and jazz musician. Following in his footsteps, he played popular music in dance and club bands throughout the city. In 1972, he began intensive study in classical guitar with Jerry Willard and Edgard Dana, at the Guitar Workshop in Oyster Bay, NY. Other teachers and coaches have included Alexandre Lagoya, Angel Romero and Timothy Walker, and jazz guitar with Billy Bauer.

After receiving his M. Mus. degree in Guitar Performance from Stony Brook University in 1981, he had the honor of performing for the legendary guitarist, Andres Segovia. He made his New York solo debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 1983. Tim Page, of the New York Times, in describing Mr. Bianculli's performance of J.S. Bach, said, “...a sensitive musician...he juxtaposed workmanlike playing with passages of real inspiration”. And of his Nocturnal by Benjamin Britten ..."{Mr. Bianculli} was true to the works improvisatory quality, calling up some ominous, shimmering overtones from the instrument".

In 1999, Pat released his first CD with guitarist Harris Becker entitled "Catgut Flambo". The Atlanta Audio Society Journal wrote about the CD, "The stylish, elegant playing of these artists is bound to win friends for this music wherever there are listeners who relish the rare and beautiful." He later released “Hill of Slane-Psalms, Sonatas & Sojourns”, with his wife, the flutist, Kathleen McDonald. A reviewer for classical.net writes: “They are dedicated, polished musicians, with a will to communicate, not just with their listeners, but with each other. In its own modest way, this is a "feel good” CD – perfect at the end of a trying day”.

Pat is a member of the College of Examiners of the Royal Conservatory Certificate Program, and currently teaches privately, for both Lake Tahoe Community College and Santa Rosa Junior College in California. He has been on the faculty at the United Nations International School in NY, the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (formerly The Jamaica School of Music) in Kingston, Jamaica, as well as LIU/Post and the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Colorado. He continues to perform and publish his arrangements through Bergmann editions.