Patricio Carpossi's biography |  Argentina

Biography

Guitarist Patricio Carpossi was born in Buenos Aires in 1978. He studied guitar with

Irma Costanzo and then began his formal studies at the Instituto Tecnológico de Música

Contemporánea. He also took technique lessons with Pablo Bobrowicky and Armando

Alonso and harmony lessons with Manolo Juárez and Juan Carlos Cirigliano. In 1999, he traveled to New York City to study privately with Peter Bernstein, Bruce Barth, Steve

Cardenas and Barry Harris. After this experience, he enrolled at the Conservatory of

Amsterdam, where he studied for three years. Since his return to Argentina, he has

participated in a variety of music projects. He has recorded with Hernán Merlo, Sergio

Verdinelli, Mariano Otero, Luis Nacht, Guillermo Klein, Nina y El Lobo, Ramiro Flores and

Andrés Hayes, among other musicians and ensembles. He released three solo albums: Vidrieras, La corvina alegre and Minimal. He will perform the last one at this year’s

BAJ, with Ramiro Flores (tenor sax and clarinet), Mauricio Dawid (double bass) and

Sergio Verdinelli (drums).