Duo Guadalupe - Bio
"Violinist Ellen Chavez de Leitner and guitarist Roberto Capocchi come together as Duo Guadalupe to offer a Chamber Music performance of surprising nuance and intense feeling." Ellen Chavez de Leitner and Roberto Capocchi have been performing together since 2000. Their repertoire includes mostly Baroque Sonatas, Classical Sonatas and Serenades, and Romantic Spanish music. Their debut recording "Duo Guadalupe: Music for Violin and Guitar" includes music by Azpiazu, Locatelli, Haendel, Carulli, and Paganini. The CD cover features Ms. Leitner's original artwork.
Ellen Chavez de Leitner studied at the Conservatory of Vienna, Saint John's College, the University of New Mexico, the College of Santa Fe, and with her most influential mentor, Renata Armani Mencik Skoberne. While in Austria, Ellen was a member of the Albertschweizerhaus Chamber Orchestra, Jeunesse Wien, Huebner’s Kursalon Orchestra, the Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra, and the Graz Philarmonic. In New Mexico, she has played with the Santa Fe Symphony, and the Taos Chamber Orchestra and Chorus. Ms. Leitner has produced a CD of the music of Catalonian composer Father José María Blanch, "Canticos de Fe" Ellen teaches in Santa Fe and at Northern New Mexico College.
Brazilian guitarist Roberto Capocchi has won top prizes in competitions such as the Sholin Memorial, Stevens Guitar Competition, Young Concert Artists, Villa-Lobos Competition, Souza Lima Guitar Competition, Aracatuba Festival, Saint Marcelina Chamber Music Competition, and Mozarteum Competition, and was a semi-finalist at the Guitar Foundation of America Solo Guitar Competition, Portland Guitar Festival, and Premio Eldorado de Musica. He studied with Thomas Patterson, Henrique Pinto, Sandra Costa, Conrado Paulino, and Ricardo Rizek, and is on the faculty of New Mexico Highlands University, United World College, Adams State College, and College of Santa Fe.