"A journey, on the strings of two classical guitars, in the fascinating world of the Argentinian Tango."
“Tango keeps unaltered its charm and therefore a disk which offers some great touches of it, with a distinctive and evocative soul, is more than welcome: the guitar duo formed by Massimo Riva and Gian Paolo Lopresti.
It exhales a romantic serenade fragrance that ideally suits to a genre which is maliciously connected, somehow, to sinful things.
Tango, although popular origins in an “etiquette-less” background, has caught everyone's heart. This must, in the end, have a meaning. It demonstrates that Tango, as a musical genre, is artistic to the utmost.
It is certainly not a coincidence that not only "Specialists" like Astor Piazzolla, but also high rank musicians and eclectic composers of undoubtedly "classical" sphere (in the broad sense of the word) took possession of it - like Stravinsky and Schnittke did.”
(Leonardo Osella - music critic of “La Stampa” - Turin)
Duo Lopresti - Riva GIAN PAOLO LOPRESTI
“[…] today he lives in a dimension of the guitarist/composer, who is attentive to the many stylistic influences imposed in our time, sensitive to the thousands of messages, receptive and adaptable, and to even more than the world of sound that it offers. [...]” (Maurizio Colonna, Guitar Club)
Along with the Orchestra dell'Arsenale della Pace he performed, in the Vatican, in the presence of Pope Wojtila, and under the direction of Salvatore Accardo, in Turin.
MASSIMO RIVA
A guitarist awarded a diploma with honors at the Conservatorio “G. Verdi” di Torino, under the guidance of Maestro Pier Luigi Cimma. In 2006 he completed his studies, graduating in Musical Disciplines with Maestro Paolo Garganese.
He has participated in other various Masterclasses with Alirio Diaz, Wolfgang Lendle, Leo Brouwer and Leonardo De Angelis.
His musical career as a soloist has taken him to many important events, such as at the Piccolo Regio and at the Auditorium of Turin.