Born in Naples in 1971, Aniello Desiderio started playing guitar when he was very young. He studied with B. B. D' Amario and Stefano Aruta; he also attended musical interpretation classes with Leo Brouwer, who chose Mr. Desiderio for special group lessons. In 1992 he graduated with honors from the Conservatory of Music in Alessandria.

At the age of eight, he performed in public for the first time, displaying such outstanding gifts that music critics started to speak of him as an "enfant prodige",.. Wunderkind,…. a Ginius,... a century guitarist,… the Orpheus of the Guitar…. an “OSCAR” for Aniello Desiderio… etc.

He won 18 first International Awards in both national and international competitions, including...

	First Prize at the Donia Competition Messina, Italy (1986)
	First Prize at the International Guitar Competition in Habana, Cuba (1988);
	First Prize at the International Guitar Competition in Tokio Japon (1988)
	First Prize and Special Prize at the International Francisco Tarrega Competition Spain, (1992)
	First Prize at the International Competition "Citta' di Sanremo“ Italy (1994);
	First Prize at the International "Guerrero,, Competition Madrid, (1995).
	"Neapolitan of the Year" Award for Mr. Desiderio, Italy (1988)

His international career started in 1989 during the International Guitar Festival in Volos (Greece), this had been the starting point for his career as an international guitar artist who is performing in the meantime all over the world like Switzerland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Türkey, Cuba, Columbia, Venezuela, Japan, United States, both as soloist and with Orchestras like „Virtuosi di Mosco/ Vladimir Spivakov“ in Italy, Columbia, Spain, etc.

He played for many important associations and festivals, such as "Radio France", in Italy, "A. Scarlatti", "Megaride", "I Pomeriggi Musicali" in Germany, “Bayerische Rundfunk TV“, Musikfest Bremen, Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele, etc. In Nov. 1996 he made his New York Debut at the Manhattan School of Music (concert/masterclass).

TV Portrait: In May 1999 the German Television BR/ARD produced a music film (45 min.) and a portrait (45 min.) of ANIELLO DESIDERIO in Naples.

In Sept. 99 he received the „Artist in Residence Award 1999“ by the German Radio DLF and the Musikfest Bremen together with Gidon Kremer who received the “Großer Musikfest Preis”.

	„Nothing is impossible for Aniello with his instrument“, Classical Guitar/ England
	„He is very young, but he plays like an angel", Les Cahiers de la Guitare/ France
	„Aniello grande triunfadore“, Gramma Cuba / Cuba
	„The most brilliant talent of the decade“, Süddeutsche Zeitung/ Germany
	„Actually he knocked me out”, Chick Corea