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 […]
Martin van Hees (Groningen, 1990) is, according to his professor Zoran Dukic, a musician with ‘outstanding musical expression’. Martin graduated in 2014 cum laude for his Masters at The Royal Conservatory of The Hague with a distinction for his contribution to contemporary music. During his studies Martin was chosen to be the soloist at the […]
Montenegro International Guitar Competition MIGC 2019 will be held from 23 to 26 May in Tivat, Montenegro. Guitar fans will get an opportunity to enjoy a varied program compiled of concerts and masterclasses by some of the worlds best guitar virtuosos like Manuel Canizares, Anello Desiderio, and Ayşegül Koca. During the MIGC 2019, guitar lovers […]
En intervju med Antonio Rumenović Koordinator för EuroStrings gitarrtävling och samordnare av EuroStrings Composition Contest Samtal med Thérèse Wassily Saba och Tom Kerstens Antonio Rumenović är den främsta gitarrläraren vid Bonar Music School (Glazbena škola Bonar) i Zagreb, som har ett stort antal gitarrstudenter. Antonio Rumenović: Jag har arbetat som gitarrlärare sedan 2005. Efter att […]
Four EuroStrings Artists traveled to Zagreb last week to be a part of the 7th Zagreb Guitar Festival. They played concerts in the beautiful Pavillion in the Botanical garden and attended masterclasses with Margarita Escarpa. Not only that, two EuroStrings Artists have also been involved in the outreach program. Bianka Szalaty and Francisco Luis visited […]
Outreach activities at the Szeged International Guitar Festival in 2020 included interactive online program. EuroStrings Artists Pavel Ralev, Nino D’Amico, Maja Kralj, Jonas Egholm and Agustin Nazzeta were a part of that activity. Young Hungarian guitarists were invited in a TV studio to ask EuroStrings Artists some personal questions. They were asking them what does […]
Cristina Galietto is the winner of the 4th EuroStrings Guitar Competition that was held in Petrer as a part of the IGF Jose Tomas Villa de Petrer festival. She received a cash prize of 8000 € and will play a concert at EuroStrings partner festivals. Cristina is a 20-year-old classical guitarist from Naples in Italy, […]
List of published articles in the media: 1) 10.1.2018 Interview of director Tolvanen | Radio Fun | Regional/National 2) 17.1.2018 Interview of director Tolvanen | Radio Moreeni | Regional/National 3) 6.2.2018 New guitar competition in Finland | Culture media Amusa Online | National 4) 6.2.2018 New guitar competition in Finland | Newspaper Tamperelainen | Local […]
Kasperi Leponiemi (1997) was born in Nokia, Finland. He started his guitar studies at the age of eight in Valkeakoski music institute, with Tomi Tolvanen as his teacher. Performing twice in Tampere Guitar Festival (2010 and 2012) with his siblings lightened Kasperi’s passion for guitar playing. Kasperi Leponiemi is currently studying the third year in […]
The Jose Tomas International Guitar Festival in Petrer, Spain, hosted 7 EuroStrings Artists- George Dimitrov, Tomasz Radziszewski, Gábor Hart, Emmanuel Sowicz, Peter Graneis , Zuzanna Wężyk & Katarzyna Smolarek. As a part of their outreach program, which helps spark interest for classical guitar in the community, they visited a local TV station, where they performed alongside […]
Get to know the jury of the 1st EuroStrings Composition Contest for Classical Guitar. The winner and the finalists of the 1st EuroStrings Composition Contest for Classical Guitar will be announced on EuroStrings website and… 1st EuroStrings Composition Contest for Classical Guitar closed its applications on Tuesday, January 15. The aim of the competition was […]
Intervju sa Makom Grgićem EuroStrings Umjetničkim koordinatorom Razgovara sa Thérèsom Wassily Saba i Tomom Kerstensom U svojoj važnoj ulozi EuroStrings Umjetničkog koordinatora, možete li opisati kako je raditi sa tako mnogo briljantnih mladih gitarista? Mak Grgić: Ta uloga je zahvalna ali i vrlo izazovna. Ne samo da vidimo koliko mnogo mladih talenata postoji u svijetu […]
Mateusz Kowalski is a classical guitarist born in 1995 in Koszalin, Poland. He has recently received international acclaim after winning several international competitions, including: 1st prize in the International Guitar Festival RUST, Austria (2018), 1st prize in the Joaquin Rodrigo International Guitar Competition in Olsztyn, Poland (2018) 1st prize in the XIX International Guitar Competition […]