Alessandro Paganelli

Guitarist, composer, and teacher, Alessandro Paganelli has worked in the last years internationally in the field of composition and as a performer.

Born and raised in Italy and now living in Berlin, Alessandro started to play the guitar when he was 7 and then entered the Conservatory of his town at the age of 11 studying with Flavio Cucchi.

After receiving his B.A. and having followed the summer guitar courses at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena under the guidance of Oscar Ghiglia (student of Segovia), he moved to the Netherlands to study with the renowned classical guitarist Carlo Marchione. He graduated with the highest marks, writing a thesis on how to perform Bach on the classical guitar..

He also attended masterclasses from the most renowned classical guitarists and composers such as Leo Brouwer, Carlo Domeniconi, Ricardo Gallen, Eliot Fisk, David Tanenbaum, the cembalo player Robert Hill, and the Viola da Gamba player Paolo Pandolfo. During this time he also gained performing experience touring with a chamber music group and participating in guitar competitions. 

He then relocated to Berlin, Germany, and started working as solo performer for numerous opera productions (Theater Vorpommern in Greifswald and Stralsund; Bode Museum in Berlin; Trentino Music Festival) and various ensemble projects.

With a strong desire to find his own way of expressing himself through music and guided by his interest in a wide range of musical genres, he started experimenting with different ways of composing music: this period of research led to the creation of his Ensemble which released two EPs, Drifting (2017) and Nebula (2018) and the full-length Album "Sum".

Since then he created music for various commissions (including Ameritz Music-Great Britain, Ostereo -Great Britain, Movement Head Quarters Ballet Company -USA, Choreographer Shannon Maynor -Berlin, Believe Music-France). 

With more than 10 years of teaching experience and successful students, Alessandro has been mentoring students from all over the world.

ALESSANDRO PAGANELLI

Composer for the Documentary “Distilled”, by Christopher Larson 

Commission of a string quartet piece by Quartet Berlin Tokyo
Commission of five pieces by “Believe Music” (Composition, recording, mixing, mastering)

Commission from the choreographer Shannon Maynor (Performance in September 2021, Pfefferberg Theater, Berlin)

Commission “Land of the Sweets” from Movement Head Quarters Ballet Company, New York (Ballet Music - Composition, Production, Mixing, Mastering)

Remix-Commission “Forgive Us” (Label: Ostereo)

3e Journees de la Guitare (Asnieres sur Seine, France) , Concert and Masterclass

Commission from the english Label Mellotron (Ameritz Music) of a solo piano piece (“Momentum”)

Commission for the short film “Kopf hoch Amigo!” bei Szilard Varnai (Filmarche Berlin e.V.)

Orchestral musician in the Opera “Don Pasquale” (Donizetti) in Theater Vorpommern Greifswald und Stralsund

Orchestral musician and Basso Continuo in the Opera “L’incoronazione di Poppea” (Claudio Monteverdi), Trentino Music Festival Mezzano

TOCC-Concept: Orchestral musician in the Opera “Die Falsche Gärtnerin” im Bode-Museum (Berlin) with C.Hagel und Berliner Symphoniker

Jury in the competition “Jugend Musiziert Deutschland”

Musician for “Jong voor Oud”, Maastricht
Guitar Teacher “Staatliche Musikschule Spandau”

Conservatorium Maastricht, Master of Music (Classical Guitar Performance) with highest scores

Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Summer Courses with Oscar Ghiglia

“Istituto Pareggiato Pietro Mascagni”, Livorno, Bachelor of Music with highest scores