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 […]
Tom O’Neil is a young British guitarist and a second-year music student studying classical guitar at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. He is originally from Cumbria, where he began playing the guitar from the age of 9. After only five years, he achieved his Grade 8 guitar, and then gained a further three diplomas (ARSM and ATCL, […]
Cosmin Mariciuc started his musical career as a hobby at age 12, and at 15 he enrolled to the guitar class of professor Daniel Constantin Dragomirescu at the “Ciprian Porumbescu” Music High School in Suceava, Romania. After graduating high school he moved on to the “Gheorghe Dima” National Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca, where he continues […]
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 […]
Just like many other festivals and cultural events, Twents Gitaarfestival opted for an online edition last year. But this year the festival will feature both live and online events on 22–24 October 2021, adopting some of the best new practices which have been developed during the COVID-19 lockdown. Twents will continue its outreach program and […]
The musical qualities of the classical guitarist Álvaro Toscano has been endorsed by his winning of more than 15 international awards, among which are First Prize at: 96th Concurso Permanente de Juventudes Musicales of Spain and Festival International de Guitarra de Guimarães in Portugal. He is also proud to have won several ‘Audience’ prizes that […]
Filip Mišković was born in Split, Croatia, in 2002. At the age of nine, he started his guitar studies at the Music School ‘Josip Hatze’, Kaštela with Vicko Novak and, in 2013, he continued with Maroje Brčić. At 17, two years earlier than usual, he began studying at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, […]
Интервю с Антонио Руменович Координатор на конкурса по китара EuroStrings и координатор на конкурса за композиция на EuroStrings Говорейки с Терезе Василий Шабаи Том Керстенс Антонио Руменович е и основният учител по китара в музикалното училище Bonar (Glazbena škola Bonar) в Загреб, където има голям брой ученици по китара. Антонио Руменович: Работя като учител по […]
Outreach activities at Montenegro International Guitar Competition in 2020 were divided into two parts. First part was called Traditional Music through the Sound of Classical Guitar and it consisted of two concerts. First concert was played by guitarist Miroslav Tadic and Yvette Cornelia (violin and voice). Yvette Cornelia (left) and Miroslav Tadic (right) The second […]
Italy Davide Giovanni Tomasi is considered one of the most promising soloists of his generation. He is the winner of the second prize (first prize not assigned) in ARD International Music Competition in Munich, which is considered one of the most prestigious competitions in the world. Furthermore, he has won more than twenty-five prizes in […]
We are excited to share the news about our latest scholarship winner! EuroStrings scholarship for Peja International Guitar Festival goes to Lorik Pylla, twenty-two years old guitarist from Kosovo! He will compete at the festival’s competition for free! Congratulations! Meet our scholarship winner: Lorik Pylla was born in 1998. He started doing music when he […]