Thu Lee

THU

Le

PERFORMER

Thu Le is an International award winning classical guitarist and certified guitar teacher. Born in Hanoi, Vietnam, she currently lives in Bahrain, Middle East.

Her wide ranging repertoire includes Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern and Latin American styles in addition to playing compositions inspired by local traditions and cultures from around the world.

Her love affair with the guitar began at the age of four thanks to her father, Le Hanh, At the age of five she gave her first public performance in Vietnam under his tutorship.

Thu passed the entrance examination for the National Conservatory of Music, Hanoi at the age of only seven, making her the youngest ever student to be admitted to this prestigious establishment.

To further enhance and develop her talent, Thu took master classes with world renowned guitarists such as Manuel Barrueco, Nikita Koshkin, Hubert Kaeppel and Pavel Steidle.

Her passion for guitar has seen her perform solo across several continents including North America , UK and Europe, the Middle East and Asia. And of course, she stays close to her cultural roots performing regularly in Vietnam, her beloved country of birth.

In 2018 Thu performed and held master classes at the prestigious Guitar Federation of America (GFA) convention held in Louisville, USA. In 2019 she was one of the headline performers at the renowned Roma Expo Guitar event. She has also performed, held master classes and acted as a competition jury member at numerous international guitar festivals including the famous Joaquin Rodrigo Guitar Festival in Spain and the popular International Guitar Festival in Kolkata, India.

Besides her solo career she also collaborates and performs with orchestras, string quartets, vocalists, violinists, flutists and other guitarists.

In 2021 Thu participated in the highly acclaimed “The Walls” project by Sergio Assad. A collaboration between Sergio Assad, Yo-Yo Ma and 60 leading classical guitarists from around the world. In 2022 she successfully toured across North America with IGN, Europe and Asia.

In 2023, Thu performed in Spain, Malaysia, Vietnam and China and once again participated in Nacht de Guitarren across Europe. In September 2023 Thu released her latest studio recording, Amor, a collection of mainly Spanish and Latin American pieces.

In early 2024, Thu once again toured with IGN in North America and will make several appearances across Europe and Asia later in the year.

She is a Savarez sponsored artist.

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Sergey Perelekov

Sergey

Perelekhov

PERFORMER

Sergey Perelekhov, was born in Kemerovo, Siberia. At the age of 6 he began to play the guitar under the tutelage of his father and later enrolled in music school.

After completing music school, Perelekhov began attending music university and studied with Y. P. Kuzin in Novosibirsk. Since 2017 he studies at the Russian Academy of Music in Gnesins in the class of the renowned Russian musician N. A. Komolyatov.

Perelekhov is an academic at the Young Talents of Kuzbass fund, winner of the Young Talents of Russia competition, two-time winner of the Russian Delphic Games competition, owner of the President’s grant and has won more than 40 more music competitions, including the 2020 edition of the renowned Llobet Contest that is held annually in Barcelona.

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Roberto Ausell

ROBERTO

Aussel

PERFORMER

Roberto Aussel is an extraordinary musician and an exceptional interpreter.  Born in 1954 in La Plata (Argentina), he began playing the guitar as of the age of seven.

After studying with master Jorge Martinez Zarate, his principal teacher, Aussel was awarded first prizes at some of the most prestigious competitions in the world, including the international guitar competitions of Radio France, Porto Alegre (Brazil) and Alirio Diaz in Caracas (Venezuela).

Since then, Aussel’s renown as an international concert artist has continued to spread, and he appears regularly in Europe, South America and especially since 1990, the United States (Boston, Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Dallas, New York).

Full professor at the Musikhochschule in Cologne, (Germany) between 1995 and 2021, he leads a very active concert career, which takes him to many stages in various countries around the world each year.

His repertoire ranges from the Baroque to contemporary music and includes folk and popular pieces from the various Latin American countries.

Keenly interested in 20th century music, he has collaborated with several composers, many of whom have written for him:  Marius Constant, Marlos Nobre, François Rossé, Norbert Leclerc, José Luis Campana, Francis Schwartz, Juan María Solare, Francis Kleynjans, Bob Wander, Carlos Grätzer, Edmundo Vasquez, Pascale Jakubowski.

In 1981, Astor Piazzolla wrote his well-known Five Pieces for Guitar to Aussel, his first compositions for this instrument.

In addition to performing and teaching, since 1983 Roberto Aussel has been in charge of a collection of guitar music for the Paris publisher Editions Henry Lemoine. Since 2020, he has been directing another collection for guitar „Biblioteca Roberto Aussel“ at the french publisher l’empreinte mélodique.

In 1999, Aussel won the prestigious prize of “KONEX DE PLATINO” offered by the Konex foundation of Buenos Aires (Argentina).

In 2016, Roberto received the Honorary Award José Tomás from the Petrer Guitar Festival (Spain).

His latest recording was released in 2019 „Tangos y Milongas“ is a journey through the music of Buenos Aires and the Argentine Pampas.

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Ricardo Gallén

RICARDO

Gallén

PERFORMER

Ricardo Gallén is a distinguished guitarist with a continuously flourishing career. His inspiring and innovative interpretations place him on the top musicians, while his revolutionary and influential playing and teaching are the best proof of his quality.

“Immense creativity and virtuosity, which is sensed by just looking at his hands”, the words of Maestro Leo Brouwer raise Ricardo Gallén to a level of mastery very rarely seen.

His rare combination of virtuosity and musicianship has captivated audiences around the world in solo recitals, duets or with orchestras in great concert halls such as the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the National Auditorium in Madrid, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the Auer Hall in Indiana University and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki among others.

Ricardo Gallén has performed numerous Premiers of world known composers and participated in several projects under the direction of important conductors such as Maximiano Valdes, En Shao, Juan José Mena, Monica Huggett, Leo Brouwer, Jordi Savall and Seirgiu Comisiona.

Ricardo has won numerous awards in important music competitions (Francisco Tárrega, Andrés Segovia, Markneukirchen among others) and held several teaching positions. In 2009 he received the honor of becoming one of the youngest musicians to obtain a professorship in the prestigious University of Music “Franz Liszt” in Weimar, Germany, a position that he holds until today.

Ricardo Gallén is being a jury member in several international guitar competitions and he is giving Master Classes with great response.

His recordings, since his very first album, receive sensational reviews. His last works of the Bach Complete Lute Works and Fernando Sor – Guitar Sonatas as well as his album En Silencio are being widely approved as masterpieces by the specialised press.

Recently he has been awarded the Medal of Fine Arts by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Granada, Spain.

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Rebeca Oliveira

REBECA

Oliveira

PERFORMER

In October 2020 Rebeca released her first album “Home”, a tribute to her native Madeira Island.

Rebeca began her musical studies at age fifteen, at the Conservatory – Professional School of Arts of Madeira, with Pedro Zamora. In July 2017, she completed her studies in classical guitar, with honours, at the Superior Conservatory of Music in Vigo, Galicia, in the class of Margarita Escarpa. In the same year, she started her Master degree in performance, with specialization in chamber music, at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, in Germany, with the renowned professor Thomas Müller-Pering, finishing her studies with the highest distinction.

She has won numerous awards in national and international competitions, as well as scholarships and artistic creation grants. Highlights include the Eurostrings scholarship to the Tallin Guitar Festival, the STIBET I des DAAD, from the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Charlotte-Krupp – Neue Liszt Stiftung and the Kulturstiftung der Freistaat Thüringen.

She regularly performs solo and in various chamber music formations across Europe. She is currently teaching at the Musikschule Heinrich Schütz Gera, Germany.

She plays with a guitar by German luthier Dieter Müller, uses Guitarlift and is an Augustine Strings artist.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

Carlos Seixas – Sonatas

Published by MPMP.
Sound Engineer: Javier Salvador
(2021)

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