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VANNI MONTANARI (flute) and DONATO D’ANTONIO (guitar) Eclectic and supportive musicians, they have been playing stably as a duo since 1996. They have investigated focused and performed much of the published repertoire for flute and guitar which include: the 18th century “biedermeier” and opera (Rossini, Schubert, Carulli, Molino, Giuliani, Sarti); the Latin American music of the major artists (Villa-Lobos, Gnattali, Piazzolla, Assad, Domeniconi, Ginastera, Guastavino, Queràlto); the repertoire going from the 20th century music to contemporary music (Ravel, Rodrigo, De Falla, Badinks, Shankar, Bartok, Beaser, Corea, Ourkouzounov, Riley, Raats, Mahoney, Tan Dun, Hi, Gianopoulos); a repertoire dedicated to Japan (Takemitsu, Bozza, Falcon, Ogawa, Aki, Miyagi, Hinohara). They are deeply interested in new music and sounds; they actively participate in projects linked to contemporary artistic languages and they collaborate with various Italian composers (Benati, Samorì, Cangini, Baldi, Biscarini, Telli, Furlati, Geminiani, Luppi, Cavallone, Spinosa, Vacchi, Sollima, Corghi). They have performed in Italy and abroad (Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, Finland, Japan, USA). It is from 2007 "Fremito naturale," a collection of pieces contemporary pieces dedicated to Faenza (Italy) - ceramic sculptor Carlo Zauli. In 2008 they performed in Japan at the invitation of the Uragami Museum in Hagi. In 2010 , 2014 and 2022 they gave concerts and master classes in the U.S., at Columbus State University, Hunter College in New York City, Susquehanna University, Penn State University and Georgia State University. In 2016 he released: "The Other voices" for London-based RMN music, which has received excellent reviews. Published in March 2022 for the record label EMA Vinci "Argentina y Oriente" that have performed in numerous concerts in Italy and Europe with positive reviews also by Swiss Radio Italiana.