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The EuroStrings Artists who have participated at International Guitar Festival José Tomás Villa de Petrer, held between 7 and 21 July 2018, were encouraged to teach the masterclasses at Espai Blanc, Petrer. During July 11 and 12, EuroStrings Artists offered individual classes to elementary and middle guitar students who attended Petrer from different parts of Spain, Portugal, China, […]

The classical guitarist Cheng Shi was born in Liaoning Province, China in 1991. She began learning the guitar with Professor Guangxu Jiang in Shenyang in 2006. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree from Shenyang Conservatorium in 2010, she left for Germany in 2014. There she completed a one-year professional performance course (Zertfikat) with Reinbert Evers, […]

Bozhidara Troharova was born in 1997 in Silistra, Bulgaria. Started her guitar education with Valentin Buzov in Sofia. She graduated the National Academy of Music „Pancho Vladigerov“ in Sofia in the class of Rossen Balkanski. Currently she is studying there pedagogy of music education with classical guitar. She has taken part in masterclasses with many […]

Giorgos Lyratzis (1998) acquired secondary education in 2016 in the  High music school of Komotini, Greece. Guitar teachers at the National Music School: Yorgos Yurcidis, Tassos Liratzis. Participations in the period from 2014 to 2017: Participation in the guitar festival “Trakia” in the city of Komotini, a master class with Dimitris Semertzidis and participation in […]

Ukraine Dmytro Omelchak was born in 1990 in Ukraine and first started playing the guitar when he was eight years old. From 2005 he studied at the College of Arts in Lugansk and continued his studies at the National University of Arts in Kharkov from 2010. In 2013 Dmytro Omelchak began studying in Germany at […]

Cassie Martin started playing the guitar at the age of five. By the age of nine, she started to win prizes in competitions. More recently, she won First Prize at: the International Guitar Competition in Béarn, at the Roland Dyens-Révélations International Competition Classical Guitar Magazine in 2018, and at the International Competition in Carry-le-Rouet. After […]

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. “TWO PHANTASMA” SCORES This piece will be the default composition at […]

We are pleased to announce the 18th Uppsala International Guitar Festival, the most influential guitar event in Scandinavia which takes place from October 14th until October 16th. It features four EuroStrings Artists – Cristina Galietto, Jack Hancher, Filip Mišković and Alvaro Toscano. The winner of the third EuroStrings Guitar Competition, Lovro Peretić will also visit […]

A young musician from Switzerland, Damien Theux started his guitar journey at the age of 7. 10 years later, after finishing his non-professional classes, he started studying with George Vassilev. He has been playing in public since the age of 15, in the International Guitar Festival of Nendaz, for the concert dedicated to the young […]

Nelli Kiviaho was born (2000) in Valkeakoski, Finland. She started her guitar studies in Valkeakoski music institute at the age of seven and her first teacher was Tomi Tolvanen. She has been at Tampere Guitar Festival four times (since 2013 to 2015, and in 2018). Nelli Kiviaho is the third year student of Kuopio conservatoire […]

Jack Hancher is an award winning classical guitarist. He completed his Master in Performance at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London in 2018 where he studied with Gary Ryan and Chris Stell and won the RCM Guitar Award 2014 while still in his second year as an undergraduate. In 2020, Jack Hancher won First […]

The EuroStrings Winners’ Competition, where all EuroStrings Artists of 2017/2018 will challenge themselves, will take place on Sunday 8th April at 20.00 at Zagreb Guitar Festival. The EuroStrings Artists 2017/2018 who will compete on our EuroStrings stage are: Nicola Montella-Classical Guitarist (Italy), Niklas Johansen (Denmark), Péter Girán (Hungary), Vedran Vujica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dmytro Omelchak […]

Born in Singapore, Kevin Loh is one of the leading classical guitarists of his generation, having won many international awards, including the Cambridge University Musical Society Concerto Competition and, in 2020, London International Guitar Competition. Kevin Loh has performed at Wigmore Hall, London, Konzerthaus Berlin and Suntory Hall, Tokyo. In 2013, he premièred the Guitar […]