Mark Delpriora

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Mark Delpriora (born 1959) is an American classical guitarist and composer. He chairs the Guitar Department at the Manhattan School of Music and has taught there since 1989. He also teaches guitar at The Juilliard School. He studied guitar with Rolando Valdés-Blain and Manuel Barrueco, and studied theory and composition in his teens with Roland Trogan and Giampaolo Bracali.

Delpriora has recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundspells, Philips, Tzadik, and CRI, plus six CDs with flutist Laurel Zucker on Cantilena Records. The New York Times praised his debut, calling him a guitarist to be reckoned with and noting his refined phrasing. He was chosen for Segovia masterclasses and has promoted the Segovia Archives repertoire.

He has performed and taught around the world and has received awards such as the inaugural Andrés Segovia Award for Outstanding Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, the Beard’s Fund Award, and the Artists International Distinguished Artist Award. He has appeared at many festivals and with several respected ensembles. In recent years he has performed on the baroque guitar, giving his first all-baroque recital in 2007 at William Paterson University.

Delpriora’s music is published by Berben Edizioni Musicali, Editions Orphée, Guitar Arts Publishing, and MelBay. His works include the Sonata No. 3, Elegia per Basil Keiser, Tango Caffè Carciofo, 10 Short Studies in Kaleidoscope, Creation Fugue, and Variations on a Theme of Sor. His 35-minute Variations on a Theme of Sor is his most ambitious work, inspired by music across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Two variations from this piece were used in the 2011 GFA competition. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.