Guitar

Milica Ristić was born in Belgrade in 2001. She started her primary music education when she was 7 years old in class of prof. Milica Stepanoski in Music School ‘Nevena Popovic’ whereas she continued her secondary education with prof. Milkica Ponjavić, in Music School ‘Dr Vojislav Vučković’ in Belgrade. During her 10 year education, participating […]

Outreach activities at Nuertingen International Guitar Festival consisted of Tierra Mestiza live performance. This activity took place on September 6th at the City Hall K3N in Nuertingen. This performance was organized in person for live audience, but also for their online viewers. There were different line-ups during the performance, with guitar solo, duo and duo […]

EuroStrings is pleased to announce the Peja International Guitar Festival and the 6th International Classical Guitar Competition “Ehat Musa” from 18-21 November. The festival from Kosovo joined our platform this year, and it will welcome… After attending Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival in August, couple EuroStrings Artists visited Romania once again for the Novum Generatio […]

Belmin Okanović was born in 1997 and has started his companionship with the guitar at the age of eight. He completed the primary and secondary music school in his native city of Tuzla, in the class of a renowned professor Predrag Stanković. Belmin Okanovic was awarded more than 20 federal and international awards from prestigious […]

The jury of festivals’ artistic directors has selected first EuroStrings scholars, who have received the EuroStrings scholarships covering travel, accommodation and other costs to attend and participate in EuroStrings Festivals held in March and April. EuroStrings is proud to introduce you to first EuroStrings Scholars: Ricardo Brito (participating in Guimarães International Guitar Festival) Bianca Zsalati […]

Elia Portarena was born in Orvieto (Italy) on 8th May 2000. He began studying classical guitar at the age of 7 with his father. At the age of 13, he was admitted at Institute Giulio Briccialdi in Terni where he studied with Masters Roberto Fabbri, Emanuele Segre and Emiliano Castiglioni. In June 2019 he finished […]

Nino D’Amico, began studying classical guitar at the age of 12 with his father. In 2013 he enrolled to the San Pietro A Majella Conservatory in Naples (2013), where he became part of the class of Maestro Vincenzo Amabile. In 2019 he obtained the First Level Academic Diploma with honors. He attended the course of […]

Pavel Ralev is a Bulgarian guitarist based in London. Shortly after his first guitar lessons at age twelve, Pavel was accepted as a student at the National School of Music and Dance Arts ‘Dobrin Petkov’ in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, studying with Milena and Valentin Valtchev, and graduating with a special mention. He went on to study […]

EuroStrings is pleased to announce the Peja International Guitar Festival and the 6th International Classical Guitar Competition “Ehat Musa” from 18-21 November. The festival from Kosovo joined our platform this year, and it will welcome EuroStrings Artists for the first time since being our associate partner. EuroStrings Artist Francisco Luis from Portugal and 2020 EuroStrings […]

Marija Grujić was born on July 29, 1999 in Belgrade. She started playing guitar at the age of nine. She is a fourth-year student of the Vatroslav Lisinski Music School at the guitar class of Amalie Miller. She was awarded several times by the Municipality of Cukaric for the most successful student in the field […]

Bulgaria Born in 1988 in Varna, Bulgaria, Boyan Doychev took his first musical steps at “Marin Drinov” school under Stanimir Dikov. Later between 1998 and 2006, he studied at the National Music School “Dobri Hristov” under Liuben Haralambiev, Neli Nedeva and Sevdalin Stefanov. He graduated from the National Music Academy “Pancho Vladigerov” Sofia under Rossen […]

EuroStrings – European Guitar Festival Collaborative Stringing out to festival directors, professional guitar players, young emerging guitarists, guitar lovers and broader audiences, EuroStrings contributes to the development of a vibrant and diverse European classical guitar scene. EuroStrings creates a hub of international opportunities for emerging guitar players, education and training programs that foster the professional […]

EuroStrings Composition Contest was established in 2019 as an annual competition to encourage emerging composers up to 35 years old to write for the classical guitar, in order to build quality contemporary repertoire for the instrument. To be eligible for the EuroStrings Composition Contest, applicants should have either European citizenship or otherwise be based and […]