Guitarist William Ghezzi has performed extensively with orchestras, chamber ensembles, choruses, dance companies, in theater and opera, and for films, radio and television. He has appeared with the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, the Harry Partch Ensemble, the Philadelphia Guitar Ensemble, and in many other solo and chamber music settings. Mr. Ghezzi can be heard on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, and YouTube Music his videos can be seen on YouTube, Vimeo, and Instagram. His latest recording, Telemann: Fantasias for Viola da Gamba, is available on all major streaming services.
Guitar Chamber Music Press has recently published Ghezzi's transcriptions of "Five Fantasias for Viola da Gamba by Georg Philipp Telemann". He has been working on a project to transcribe, record and perform these works originally composed for viola da gamba. The physical similarities and the shared ancestry of the guitar and viola da gamba make the Fantasias attractive candidates for guitar transcription. Ghezzi has commissioned numerous solo and chamber music compositions for himself, the Newman/Ghezzi Guitar Duo, the Baxter/Ghezzi Flute & Guitar Duo and the Philadelphia Guitar Ensemble including works by Robert Maggio, Laurie MacGregor, Kile Smith, Robert Capanna, Paul A. Epstein, and Jan Krzywicki. Ghezzi holds a music degree from Temple University, College of Music where he studied with Peter Segal and Anna Kotsarenko. He has studied privately with Phillip de Fremery, Eliot Fisk and Vladimir Mikulka. He has been on the music faculties of Temple University, Chestnut Hill College, and Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. Mr. Ghezzi lives in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. Currently, he is giving private guitar instruction at all levels from his home. |