Andrea De Vitis was born in Rome in 1985, and has established himself as a guitarist able to win over audiences with his extraordinary talent.  He graduated from the Conservatory “Morlacchi” (Perugia, Italy), and continued his studies at “Segovia Guitar Academy” (Pordenone, Italy).  His teachers include Leonardo De Angelis, Paolo Pegoraro, Adriano Del Sal, Arturo Tallini, Oscar Ghiglia, Carlo Marchione, Frédéric Zigante, and Pavel Steidl.  Andrea has won more than 40 prizes in international competitions, including first prizes at Guitar Masters 2016 in Wroclaw, Certamen Internacional “Julian Arcas” de Almerìa, among others.  He won Silver at the Guitar Foundation of America (2016), and in 2013 he received the “Golden guitar award” for the best up-and-coming guitarist at the 18^th Pittaluga International Competition and Convention in Alessandria.

Andrea De Vitis has performed in prestigious concert halls all over the world, both as soloist and with orchestra, and is frequently in demand to teach masterclasses; his recitals are acclaimed by audience and press alike. His 2015 debut album “Colloquio with Andrés Segovia” (Conversation with Andrés Segovia), gained great success with both critics and audience, and received the “Golden Guitar award for best cd of the year” at the 22^nd PIttaluga Convention.  His 2019 Naxos Recording (double cd) “Alexandre Tansman: Complete Works for Guitar” includes the world premiere of newly discovered pieces and urtext versions of the other published compositions.  About this recording: “everything his sound transmits isn’t limited to the category of lovely and pleasant, but constantly strives to trace forms that are drawn with extreme clarity. Thus, his ability not only occupies the transient moment but instead extends throughout the entire piece, creating a small construction in which every acoustic object has its own place and a precise function in motion”. (Angelo Gilardino, Suonare news, 2020).

Andrea De Vitis has been a D’Addario Artist since 2014.