SANDRINE LUIGI

 

Classical Guitar

France

Native of Corsica, Sandrine Luigi discovered the guitar at the age of 8. After her studies at the Conservatoire de Bastia, a First Prize of guitar at the Conservatoire de Marseille, and a License in musicology at the university of Aix-Marseille, she was unanimously admitted first nominated to the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP) in 2007 in Olivier Chassain's class. She obtained a Master 2 with honours in 2011. 

Very close to the music of her island, she composes and arranges works from the traditionnal corsica guitar music.

Soloist and chamber music player, she created in 2014 the Polycordes duo with the clavecinist Catherine Zimmer, then in 2016 the Trio Polysons.

Holder of Certificate of Aptitude (CA), Sandrine Luigi is currently teaching at the Conservatoire de Musique Henri Tomasi de Bastia. In 2017, she created and directed Corde in Bastia, an intergenerationnal set of mandolinists and guitarists.

Since July 2016, she offers a classical guitar course, progressive and interactive, on imusic-school.

Her first album Polaris, out in June 2018, is a tribute to mediterranean and greats classical guitarists.