His performance activities began in 1990 with a special focus on chamber music and contemporary music. His solo repertoire includes the most important compositions from Bach to the present day, including some of the most important concerts for guitar and orchestra or ensemble (Giuliani, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Rodrigo, Brouwer, Francesconi, Takemitsu, Pärt). He performs regularly with flutist Luciano Tristaino and his brother the pianist Siegmund Watty, and he is a member of trio altrove 1.3, a chamber group dedicated to the music for flute, clarinet and guitar.
He has partecipated in a large number of CD recordings as a soloist, with the flutist Luciano Tristaino, the trio altrove 1.3, the Guitar Symphonietta of Florence, the chamber music group of the Italian Youth Orchestra (Orchestra Giovanile Italiana) and the Tuchfühlungsensemble. He has also appeared in radio and television broadcasts for German Radio WDR, RAI (Italy), NRK (Norway) and the ABC (Australia).
He held masterclasses and workshops in several Conservatories in Italy and Australia and is the guitar teacher in the Music Academies in Campi Bisenzio and Prato. He performs on a ‘Royal’, a guitar made by Paulino Bernabé (Madrid, 2010).
Gisbert Watty is collaborating with numerous composers from all over the world and has commisioned a large number of new works for and with guitar.
