Richard Savino

Guitarist, lutenist, theorbist, and ensemble director Richard Savino has undertaken numerous performances, projects, and recordings related to Baroque music and later periods. He is also a significant educator. Savino was born in New York in the mid-1950s into a musical family. He took up the guitar early and played and sang classic rock music enthusiastically. Attending Lindenhurst Senior High School on Long Island, he won a vocal competition that a few years earlier had been won by future rock star Pat Benatar. Savino earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from t...