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 […]
Cristina Galietto, Jack Hancher, Filip Miškovic and Alvaro Toscano had a great time at the Uppsala International Guitar Festival. Their time at this Swedish festival was full of interesting activities and valuable experiences. One of these experiences also includes school outreach tour they did for the school kids in the county of Uppsala. On the […]
This year’s Zagreb Guitar Festival expanded its outreach guitar activity throughout Croatia within the concert and masterclass cycle called “Guitar in Croatia”. In cooperation with Croatian cultural institutions, young European guitar virtuosos, Eurostrings Artist and the winners of European guitar competitions traveled Croatia and performed concerts with an aim of broadening classical guitar audience. The concerts were held in Maksimir […]
Dimitar Angelov was born on 29.09.1997 in Kocani, Republic of Macedonia. He has been playing classical guitar for 12 years. Dimitar finished music school at DMUC “Sergej Mihajlov” in Stip (Republic of Macedonia) in the class of Prof. MA Dejan Lazarevski. Furthermore, he graduated classical guitar at The Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts […]
Outreach activities at Plovdiv GuitArt Festival were organized virtually due to the situation with coronavirus. EuroStrings Artist who participated in their outreach program was Pavel Ralev. He did an online showcase for children on the topic of “What is the guitar?”. Pavel prepared virtual presentation and talked with children about different types of guitar, the […]
The EuroStrings Artists who have participated at Zagreb Guitar Festival 2018, have had the opportunity to be a part of many outreach activities. Beside solo concerts and masterclasses, EuroStrings Artists gave concerts at Home for children without parental care “Nazorova, Zagreb”, at the Clinical Hospital Center „Sestre Milosrdnice“, and at the Retirement home for elderly persons „Vila […]
Mottola International Guitar Festival in Mottola, Italy, hosted 7 EuroStrings Artists: Misael Barraza-Diaz, Emmanuel Sowicz, Radu Valcu, Yuki Saito, Julia Trintschuk, Zuzanna Wężyk and Mateusz Kowalski. As a part of their outreach program, which helps spark interest for classical guitar in the community, they visited a center for people with disabilities in Mottola, where the […]
We have another EuroStrings scholarship winner! He is a guitarist from Switzerland, Damien Theux. Thanks to winning the scholarship, Damien will visit the upcoming Szeged International Guitar Festival in Hungary. The festival takes place from 14 until 17 October and Damien will have a chance to attend masterclasses, concerts and other interesting events. Congratulations! Meet […]
The EuroStrings Artists who have participated at Sarajevo International Guitar Festival, held between 26 and 30 April 2018, have had the opportunity to meet with local media and young guitar players to share their experience within EuroStrings platform. At the press conference prior to the festival the EuroStrings Artists enjoyed the conversation with journalists, representatives […]
During the London Guitar Festival, EuroStrings Artists took a part in two outreach activities. The first outreach event was held at St. John’s Smith Square in central London, where Euro Strings Artists artists performed pieces from different periods and demonstrated several techniques involved in playing their chosen pieces. They also gave practice tips, advice on how to […]
The Antwerpen International Guitar Festival in Antwerpen, Belgium, hosted 4 EuroStrings Artists: Simone Rinaldo, Viktor Djuknic and Dimitris Soukaras. As a part of their outreach program, which helps spark interest for classical guitar in the community, they visited a senior retirement home, where the children and grandchildren were invited to enjoy a family event of […]
After attending Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival in August, couple EuroStrings Artists visited Romania once again for the Novum Generatio Guitar Festival. Francois Xavier Dangremont, Cristina Galietto and Alvaro Toscano has eventful few days filled with masterclasses, concerts and fun lectures. Some of their concerts were also streamed on the festival’s virtual stage, so the […]
Álex Pernas, born in 1999, started playing the guitar at the age of 13 with flamenco and classical professor Alejandro Bernáldez, His rising passion on music make him enroll in the Manuel de Falla Conservatory of Madrid, where he studies with Yinay de León and Victor Manuel Casero in addition to courses on composition with […]
Valeria Galimova is one of the most prominent Russian young classical guitarists, winner of several prestigious competitions, who passionate to continuously master her art, and curious to enlarge her repertoire through collaborations with other instruments. By the final year of the study at Gnesin Academy in Moscow (class of Artyom Dervoed), Valeriya Galimova has become […]