Maria Camahort

MARIA

Camahort

PERFORMER / ARRANGER

Her unique sound and her devotion towards chamber music and collaborative projects has carried her to major concert halls of cities such as London (Milton Court, Southbank Centre, Kings Place), Paris (Salle Cortot), Saint Petersburg  (Glasunov Hall), Moscow (Scriabin Museum, Instituto Cervantes), Barcelona (L’Auditori), Madrid (Círculo de Bellas Artes), Edinburgh, Brussels (European Comission), Varsaw (Lutoslawsky Hall, Teatr Imka), Crackow, Mexico City, Chicago, Bethlehem, Auckland… and performed in several festivals such as: City of London Festival, Bath Guitar Festival, London Guitar Festival, Buxton Festival, Kings Place Festival, Edinburgh Guitar Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Barcelona Guitar Festival, Vaults Festival, Chicago Physical Festival, Almagro Classical Theatre Festival, Festival de Teatro Clásico Ciudad de México, Francisco Tárrega Guitar Festival, Áureo Herrero Guitar Festival, Clásicos en Verano, FIAS Madrid, Mediterranean Guitar Festival, Festival Stanislao Marco, Festival de Guitarra de l’Hospitalet de l’Infant, etc.

She lived in London from 2008 to 2017, developing a concert career where her facet as an arranger and composer was an essential element. This is the case of projects such as MCQ Iberian Colors, an original ensemble with whom she recorded two albums: Iberian Colors (2015, Convivium Record Int.), y Danzas, Canciones y Nanas (2018, JSM Records). Other relevant London projecs were the theatrical production Don Quixote de la Mancha (Little Soldier Productions), the musical The Last Five Years (Barbican Centre, 2010), and the classical duets with flutist Lucy Driver (Premi Pro-Musicis 2013) and soprano Laura Ruhí-Vidal.

In 2017 she returned to Barcelona, where she combines her career as an instrumentalist (projects such as Naisa Duo, Libere ensemble and other collaborations including Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música) with her activity as a composer. She was awarded the Second Prize in the I Llobet Composition Competition for guitar, the Second Prize in the Maria de Pablos III International Composition Competition (Don Juan de Borbón Foundation), the first prize at the Maria de Pablos IV Int. Comp. Contest, and was selected by the SGAE Foundation for the 2020 and 2021 premiere incentives. She premiered her work for string quartet “Nóos”, commissioned by the FIAS 2021 festival (Madrid), and performed by the Bauhaus Quartet. In 2022, she realised the arrangement for guitar duo of the works by E. Escudé-Cofiner, published by Boileau Music. Nowadays, she collaborates with Fundación Cofiner and JSM Records in an ongoing project of arrangements for solo guitar of works by E. Escudé-Cofiner. Her compositions for guitar and chamber music have been performed in Spain, France, UK, USA, Belgium and Austria.

In 2022, she released the albums Keep My Cows, SXVI and XVII revisited (together with pianist and improviser Carles Marigó) and Somorrostro, el mar baila en la playa (together with guitarist Anders Clemens Oien). This year will be published the album París-Barcelona, with Libere Ensemble.

Maria completed her studies in Classical Performance at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona. Graduating with a distinction in her Master Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she was awarded the prestigious Guildhall Artist Fellowship from 2010-12. Her main artistic influences are Emilio Molina, Feliu Gasull, David Dolan, Christian Burgess and Ramon Humet.

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Manuel Álvarez Ugarte

MANUEL

Álvarez Ugarte

PERFORMER

Manuel Álvarez Ugarte (Buenos Aires, 1975) is a guitarist, charanguista, bandoneon player, composer and teacher.
Between 1999 and 2020 he lived in Madrid, where he developed an intense activity as a teacher, professional musician and record producer.

As a composer he explores the resonances of the roots music of Argentina and Latin America.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

JACARANDÁ

Self-published

Sound Engineer: Javier Salvador
(2022)

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Luis Alejandro García

LUIS ALEJANDRO

García

PERFORMER

Luis Alejandro García has been praised by international critics as “an extraordinary musical storyteller” (L’Arena di Verona), and is one of the most awarded Spanish guitarists of his generation, as attested by his more than 30 international prizes, among them the First Prize in the ‘Viseu International Competition’, the ‘José Tomás – Villa de Petrer’ Prize, ‘El Primer Palau’ Prize, the Linares ‘Andrés Segovia’ Prize, the ‘Ciudad de Coria’ International Competition or the Festival Internazionale di Chitarra ‘Gemona del Friuli’.

In continuous growth, his career has led him to debut in prestigious venues such as the Musikverein in Vienna, the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Teatro Monumental, or the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, and his tours have reached Germany, Italy, the United States, Austria, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Andorra or a large part of Spain. He has also performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Spanish National Radio and Television Orchestra, the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vallès Symphony Orchestra, the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra or the Canary Islands Chamber Orchestra, under the batons of Karel Mark Chichon, Óliver Díaz, Xaver Puig, Luis Miguel Méndez or Alessandro Palumbo. Luis Alejandro has made numerous recordings, including his latest solo CD,  “Reflejos” (JSM Guitar Records, 2021), effusively received by critics: “A reference album for this repertoire and for the very concept of the album […]. A masterful performance” (Melomano Magazine) .

His solo activity is complemented by the chamber music, as a member of the Canary Guitar Quartet, with which he has received international awards, in addition to having released his first record, “21” and Dalek Dúo, a timple and guitar innovative ensemble in its format that currently presents its first record, ‘Diálogo entre Raíces’.

His next commitments include tours of different places in Spain, Italy, Germany, the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.  Luis Alejandro García plays with Vicente Carrillo guitars and Knobloch Strings.

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Laura Verdugo del Rey

LAURA

Verdugo del Rey

PERFORMER

Guitar concert and professor at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid and Master Guitar Maastricht (Netherlands).

Laura Verdugo del Rey was born in Toledo (Spain). She started her guitar studies at the age of 8 years in the Municipal School of Music in Santa Cruz de la Zarza (Toledo), completing his undergraduate education across the Conservatory of Music Alcázar San Juan-Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real), earning honors and extraodinario Award Intermediate Guitar. Later she joined the Madrid Royal Conservatory to complete her musical studies with Professor Guitar Demetrio Ballesteros, earning the title of Superior Professor of Guitar with the highest ratings.

Cultural Manager with the European University Miguel de Cervantes with a Master Degree in Direction and Management of Cultural Industries.

Laura offers concerts and masterclass for various auditoriums of the Spanish geography and for countries such as Holland, Italy, Iceland, Belgium, Germany, Greece, United States; in turn she is a juror in prestigious international competitions.

She has performed as a soloist with different orchestras such as Sta. Cecilia de Simpelveld Orchestra (Holland), S. Petrus Orchestra in Maastricht (Holland), Nova Cámera Orchestra of Madrid, among others.

She has made recordings for the TV producer Globo Media, and has been a member of different chamber music formations, currently being a member of the Ensemble Lilith.

Artistic Director of the Andrés Segovia International Festival for two years, she is currently Director of the International Guitar Festival of Madrid. 

She currently combines her concert work with that of a guitar teacher at the Higher Center Enseñanza Musical Katarina Gurska in Madrid.

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Kianush Robeson

Kianush

Robeson

PERFORMER

Kianush came to the classical guitar relativley late in life at the age of 19 and was self taught until being accepted to study with John Mills at the Royal Welsh College of Music. Kianush graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music in 2018 1st class with honours where he studied with where whilst studying he won the John Mills guitar prize. Kianush has participated in many international competitions and won a gold award in the IFA International Classical Guitar Competiton in 2020 placed as finalist in the Houston International Guitar Competition 2021 and semi-finalist in the London Guitar Competition 2020.

Teaching and Guitar Festivals

As a teacher Kianush has become one of the most respected educators in the country with his pupils often gaining scholarships at highly selective conservatoires and he has been a regular tutor for many years at the prestigious Royal Greenwich Classical Guitar Festival held at Trinity Laban Conservatoire where he has given lectures on technique, interpretation and nail fundamentals as well as leading chamber groups and the guitar orchestra. For two years he taught at the Royal Welsh College of Music’s music for the blind summer school providing one to one lessons for the course participants we here developed new methods for teaching those hard of sight. Kianush currently holds the head of guitar post at the Royal Grammar School for Boys High Wycombe overseeing the tuition of 30+ pupils, leading ensembles and organsing school recitals. 

Impressions of Segovia

 Inspird by his teacher John Mills, Kianush dedicated his most recent concert tour and first album recording to the guitarist Andres Segovia with an exploration of his unique techniques and tonal colours with his own impression and unique musical voice. He has toured extensively throughout the south coast of England with his new programme ‘Impressions of Segovia’ and which is much loved by audiences who praise his tone and musical sensitivity. This success has led to a landmark recording of the programme in Spain with the recording artist Javier Salvador to be released in early 2024.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

IMPRESSIONS

Self-published
Sound Engineer: Javier Salvador
(2024)

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