The guitar and bandoneon duo Giampaolo Bandini - Cesare Chiacchiaretta was formed in 2002 and honors Argentinean music through the charm and magic of its most representative instruments. 

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They were immediately successful in the international concert circuit thanks to their great communicativeness and extraordinary charisma. Invited by the most important festivals and concert halls in the world, they have toured through more than 50 countries and received outstanding critical and audience acclaim.

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The duo had the privilege to play Astor Piazzolla’s Double Concerto “Hommage a Liegi” conducted by Maestro Leo Brouwer. In 2017, the great Cuban composer also dedicated the composition “La Folia a Traves de los siglos” to them.

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Other important composers that wrote original compositions for them include Daniel Binelli and Maximo Diego Pujol, who dedicated the Double Concerto for guitar, bandoneon and orchestra “Luminosa Buenos Aires” (2009) to the duo.

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Their unique way of living music to the fullest and without limits leads them to collaborate with prominent artists such as Fernando Suarez Paz, Salvatore Accardo or Pavel Steidl and to record for the most important radio and television broadcasters in Italy and abroad. 

In 2016 they signed with Decca Records for their album “Escualo, hommage to Astor Piazzolla”, followed by “Tango, Misterio y Folia” in 2020.

As teachers, they are requested by the most renowned academies and international universities and hold classes at the institutes of higher education “Luigi Boccherini” in Lucca and “Umberto Giordano” in Foggia.

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