The Zagreb Guitar Festival attracts fans of good music, classical and jazz guitarists, students, pupils and guitar teachers. The reputation of the Zagreb guitar school is best justified by great artists and teachers originating from Zagreb music schools and the Academy of Music. Today, these artists represent Croatia in the world, and the knowledge gained […]
Eleanor Kelly (1995) is an originally self-taught classical guitarist based in Merseyside, UK. Upon starting her undergraduate studies in Music (BA) in Liverpool in 2013, Eleanor was awarded a Performance Scholarship. Completing modules in performance, composition, analysis and aesthetics, and researching and writing a thesis on flamenco guitar, Eleanor graduated with a First Class with Honours […]
The winner of the second EuroStrings Composition Competition that was held in 2019/2020 is Ozan Coskun from Turkey. His composition called “Two Phantasma” completely stunned the jury that consisted of three notable names – Sergio Assad, Steve Goss and last year’s winner, Nicolas Kahn. This piece will be the defalut composition at the third EuroStrings […]
Jonas Egholm, was born in 1997 and started playing the guitar at the age of seven. As a ten-year old, he went on his first concert tour in Denmark and Germany as part of winning the First Prize in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s competition for young musicians. He is currently finishing his Masters in […]
We are pleased to announce Nicolas Kahn (France) is the winner of the first EuroStrings Composition Competition. His prize-winning work, a set of miniatures, is entitled Les Arcanes. Sergio Assad, a EuroStrings ambassador and member of the competition jury, describes them as appealing ‘directly to our subconsciousness as classical guitarists. This set of miniatures […]
Lorik Pylla was born in 1998. He started doing music when he was six in the children’s choir. When he was nine, he enrolled in the music school where we started playing guitar and flute. He got the 5 years degree in primary school in flute then continued his musical education focusing on guitar. Lorik […]
In the 4th year of EuroStrings project, Twents Gitaarfestival organizes interesting activities whose main goal was audience development. They included a outreach concert in Dementia Home, outreach concert in a home for elderly people, outreach concerts in their Community Center as well as a collective presentation & concert pieces ba our EuroStrings Artists. Furthermore, they […]
3rd EuroStrings Guitar Competition for EuroStrings Artists 2019/2020 (from 17–20 December 2020) begins TONIGHT at 18.00 (CET) with: FIRST ROUND, part one (Thursday 17 December 2020 at 18.00) Pavel Ralev, Bulgaria Zsombor Sidoo, Hungary Silvio Bilić, Slovenia Carlo Curatolo, Italy Nino D’Amico, Italy Jonas Egholm, Denmark Dávid Fellegi,Hungary Luis Alejandro García, Spain Live on Facebook: […]
Tallinn Guitar Festival 07.06.2020. – 13.06.2020. The Tallinn Guitar Festival’s objective is to develop the guitar culture in Estonia and Europe. It co-operates with other guitar festivals, participates in various projects and is the initiative for launching new ones. The festival has been running since 2006 and is a significant factor in the Baltics and […]
Born in 1995 in Pécs, David Fellegi started studying the guitar at the age of eight. After winning a number of competitions, he started his studies at the High School of Arts in Pécs with Tamás Straub, where he also showed an interest in composition. In 2014, after graduating with distinction, he was accepted by […]
EuroStrings – European Guitar Festival Collaborative is the first European platform in the field of classical guitar founded by Zagreb Guitar Festival, gathering 20 classical guitar festivals that organize international guitar competitions and have a professional structure that enables further education and professional development of emerging guitar players. EuroStrings creates a hub of international opportunities […]
Just like it was the case the year before, Paris International Guitar Festival once again welcomed our EuroStrings Artists and organized some audience development activities. This included a concert for young blind people at the Young Blind National Institute in Paris. Jack Hancher, Marcell Nickmann, Ozberk Mirac Sarigul and Bianka Szalaty each played for young […]
We are happy to announce our third annual EuroStrings Conference hosted this year by Plovdiv GuitArt Festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from November 4th until November 6th. The conference is going to be held in a hybrid form – both live and online. So, everyone who is not able to travel to Plovdiv can watch the […]
Zsombor Sidoo, who was born in Budapest in 1997, received his early musical training from József Eötvös at the Franz Liszt Academy for Music in Budapest. From 2013, he studied with Paolo Pegoraro at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz. In 2016, he received a scholarship from the city of Graz for […]