Dennis Cinelli maintains an active international career as a soloist, chamber musician and basso continuo player on early guitars, lutes and mandolins. A well-known personality with a range of repertoires, he is heard by a worldwide audience from his recorded selections on the tour "Music & Paintings" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and on a Christmas CD with pop artist Jewel on Atlantic Records.

An acknowledged expert in fretted instruments with a recent feature in Acoustic Guitar magazine, he is the consultant of historical stringing for early instruments at LaBella Strings/E.& O. Mari. His editions of lute and guitar repertoire, performance treatise studies and arrangements have met with critical acclaim.

A member of The Ivory Consort and the O'Brien/Cinelli Duo with Pat O'Brien, he has concertized throughout North America and Europe. Mr. Cinelli has also performed at the International Toscanini Early Guitar Festival/Competition Stresa, Italy; Festival de Wallonie, Belgium; Lincoln Center, Boston Early Music Festival and the Lute Society of America's Summer Seminar.

Additional appearances include collaborations with the American Symphony, The Bach Aria Group, Artek, Ars Antigua, the American Virtuosi, the New York Collegium and Lord Chamberlain's Consort. As a soloist, accompanist and lecturer, Mr. Cinelli has performed at Yale, Ohio and Wake Forest Universities and in recitals sponsored by many American classical guitar societies.

Reviews:

"...excellent instrumentalist ..."

New York Times

"...sympathetic, attentive collaborator on lute and guitar ..."

New Haven Register

"...The sound was bright and mellow...quick and vibrant ... Cinelli displayed particularly masterful technique."

The Montclarion

"...Cinelli's exquisite work on Spanish guitar..."

In Theatre Magazine

"As a performer, Cinelli does the music full justice: keen phrasing and dynamics, smooth virtuosity, and a full range of tone colors from this amazing guitar. Dennis Cinelli is without a doubt one of the world's foremost authorities on the 19th century guitar..."

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"Playing an 1830 Staufer guitar, the American Dennis Cinelli interprets strictly a Viennese repertoire. His performances-precise and properly styled-contain successful phrasings and hints of virtuosity . . . an amiable ceremonial of bows and reverences in accordance with the dictates of "bon ton" and the orderly charm of the Biedermeyer style."

SeiCorde April 2003 (Milano, Italy)

"Mr.Cinelli's solo outing has beaucoup de charm. It's light without being insubstantial and it is definitely not cloying. What it is, mainly, is beautiful.

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