Ekaterina Zaytseva

Ekaterina

Záytseva

PERFORMER

One of the most acclaimed guitarists of her generation.

Born in Geneva and based in Barcelona, the classical guitarist Ekaterina Záytseva possesses a refined technique and a sensitivity that has led her to be considered one of the great soloists of her generation.

She has participated in the most important international guitar festivals being awarded in numerous competitions such as “International Competition of Belgorod”, “Comarca el Condado”, Jaén, as well as in the “Ciutat de Torrent”, Valencia, and “Arjau”, Barcelona.

He has also performed in prestigious concert halls, such as the Moscow Conservatory, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Auditorium of Castellón, the Warsaw Radio Hall or the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.

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Eduardo Inestal

EDUARDO

Inestal

PERFORMER

The young guitarist Eduardo Inestal Salamanca is considered one of the most important guitarists of his generation. He studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Salamanca and the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf under the direction of Marcos Martin, Hugo Geller and Joaquin Clerch respectively.

He graduated with Honors winning the Award “Premio de honor” and also gets Konzertexamen under the tutelage of Master Clerch with the highest rating “Mit Auszeichnung-Cum Laude”. At the same time, he studied History and got a Master in Education in the University of Salamanca.

He attended numerous master classes where he met guitarists with worldwide reputation, such as Joaquín Clerch, David Russell, Ricardo Gallén, Roberto Aussel, Demetrio Ballesteros, Eduardo Isaac, Miguel Trápaga, Alex Garrobé, Margarita Escarpa, Carlo Marchione, Eduardo Isaac, Denis Azabagic or Pavel Steidl among others.

Eduardo Inestal obtained 14 prizes in international competitions such as the “Norba Caesarina”, “Jose Tomas – Villa de Petrer”, “Villa de Aranda”, “Cesar Aira”, “Luys Milan” among others, also has developed an important concert activity as soloist and chamber musician in Europe and America. Eduardo Inestal is invited to many music festivals as the  “Festival internacional de Guitarra de La Habana” (Cuba), “Festival Internacional de Segovia” (Spain),”La guitarra en los jardines de Falla” (Spain) “Jóvenes Maestros Internacionales” (León, Spain), “Semana de la Guitarra Villa de Petrer” (Spain), “Klanken Festival Maastricht” (Netherlands) “Niederrhein-Musikfestival” (Germany), “Düsseldorf Guitar Festival” (Germany) performing in major venues such as Auditorio Manuel de Falla in Granada, the Teatro Lope de Vega in Valladolid, Teatro Conde Duque or Juan March Foundation in Madrid, Auditorio “Ciudad de León”, Robert Schumann Saal Düsseldorf, Cologne Philharmonie or National Theatre of Cuba.

He has premiered numerous works written for and dedicated to Eduardo Inestal, among which should be highlighted José María Gallardo del Rey, Joaquín Clerch, Simone Iannarelli, Pepe Payá, Javier Salvador, Francisco Albert Ricote, Santiago Quinto, Daniel Real, Pablo Rodríguez, Marius Bajog or Jan Freidlin. He also played the world premiere of works by Juan Cruz Guevara, Alberto Works, Daniel Casado, Mischa Tangian or Claudio Prieto and others.

His guitar has led him to work with music personalities like guitarrist and composer Joaquín Clerch, pianist Alberto Rosado and Anthony Spiri, bassoonist of the Concertgebouw Simon Van Holen or conductors such a Leo Brouwer, Desar Sulejmani, Thomas Gabrish, or Thomas Neuhoff among others.

Among his recordings, “La Guitarra de Burgos” (2012) is the most prominent and celebrated, being head of program of classical radio (RNE) “La Guitarra” directed and presented by Ángel Sánchez Manglanos.

He has won several scholarships such Injuve, E.On  or “Fundación La Gaceta” being the first and only guitarist in getting it.

Eduardo Inestal currently teaches at the Robert Schumann University of Music and at the “Clara Schumann” Conservatory, both in Dusseldorf (Germany) and is regularly invited to give master classes at numerous institutions and festivals and as a jury-member in international competitions.

Eduardo Inestal plays with a Paco Santiago Marín guitar and exclusively with Strings Knobloch Active.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

LA GUITARRA DE BURGOS

Published by Classic Concert Balcon Records
Sound Engineer: Javier Salvador
(2012)

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Dúo Herrando

DÚO

Herrando

PERFORMER

After crossing paths several times during their studies in Barcelona and Holland violinists Alba Encinas and Isabel Soteras decide to create the duo Herrando that performs for the first time at the Pavia festival, Notte Barroca, in 2019. Since then they offer concerts in various European cities and have recently recorded a CD with unpublished works by Brunetti and Herrando receiving the best reviews in terms of artistic quality and heritage recovery work.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

DUO HERRANDO

Published by Columna Música.
Sound Engineer: Javier Salvador
(2023)

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Domenico Mottola

DOMENICO

Mottola

PERFORMER

“Very young talent with great stage security and considerable executive maturity” (Supereva 2010)

Domenico Savio Mottola was born in Gragnano in 1993. He began to play the guitar in 2004 with M° Fabio Mastroianni and from 2006 with M° Marco Caiazza.

In 2012 he was admitted to the “San Pietro a Majella” Conservatory of Naples where, in 2015, he graduated in the class of M° Vincenzo Amabile receiving an Honours Bachelor’s Degree and special mention.

Currently he is studying with M° Frédéric Zigante at the “Vivaldi” Conservatory of Alessandria to earn his Master’s degree.

From October 2015, he has been perfecting with M° Paolo Pegoraro and M° Adriano del Sal at the Segovia Guitar Academy in Pordenone.

Since 2009, he has been performing concerts as a soloist and playing chamber music in Italy and abroad.

He has been invited to important musical festivals. He took part in masterclasses with international artists including Aniello Desiderio, Leo Brouwer, Marcin Dylla, Frederic Zigante, Lorenzo Micheli, Manuel Barrueco.

In 2017 he won important prizes: the first prize at the “National Art Prize”, established by MIUR: “The National Art Prize is a competition that involves all the Italian Conservatories and Academies, which select their best student for every instrumental and artistic specialty. A jury formed by internationally artists goes on to identify the best candidate for each specialty”; the first prize in the International Guitar Competition “Niccolò Paganini” in Parma and the first prize in the International Guitar Competition in Mottola (TA), which will enable him to make his debut record.

Some of the other awards include: the first prize in the National Guitar Competition “Giulio Rospigliosi” in 2013, the third prize (2014) and the second prize (2015) in the International Mottola Guitar Competition, the first prize in the Andrés Segovia International Guitar Competition (Pescara) in 2014 and the Second International Guitar Competition “Andrés Segovia” (Linares) in 2015, the third place in the competition dedicated to “Claudio Abbado”in Lucca in 2015 and the second place in the “Paris Guitar Foundation” International Guitar Competition in 2016. He has been a jury member in many competitions and has taught masterclasses at guitar festivals.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

SUEÑO

Published by Contrastes Records.
Sound Engineer: Javier Salvador
(2020)

VIDEOS

Production: Caméra Musique
Direction: Duilio Meucci
Audio produced by Javier Salvador

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Diego Naser

DIEGO

Naser

PERFORMER

Former Chief conductor of South American renowned National Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay (OSSODRE), Mtro. Naser is considered one of the most remarkable Latin Amercian conductors of his generation.

As a versatile conductor Mtro. Naser conducted ballet and opera productions as “The Rite of Spring”, “Carnival Der Tiere”, “Peter and the Wolf”, “El Quijote del Plata”, “Carmina Burana”, “La Sylphide”, the premiere in Spain after 220 years of F. Sor’s lost Opera “Telémaco nell’ Isola di Calipso” and “Madama Butterfly”, besides symphonic concerts in Mexico, Luxemburg, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Panama, Austria, Portugal, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain among others. Mtro. Naser has collaborated with artists as Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, Gustavo Núñez, Homero Francesch, Francesca Dego, Carlo Ventre, Michael Barenboim among many others. 

During the season 2017-2018 recorded a CD of new guitar pieces by Italian composer Simone Iannarelli with Àlex Garrobé as a soloist conducting the Murcia Symphony Orchestra in Spain. 

Mtro. Naser was violist of the“Kiel Philharmonic”, “Hamburger Camerata”, “NDR Orchester Hamburg” and violinist of the “Vienna Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra” and “West Eastern Divan Orchestra” of Mtro. Daniel Barenboim, performing in the most important music festivals worldwide as Salzburg Festspiele, Luzern Festspiele, Waldbühne Berlin, BBC Proms London.

During the 2020 season, mtro. Naser will be collaborating with great orchestras as Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil (Canada), Mexico City Philharmonic, Siberian State Symphony, Murcia Symphony Orchestra (Spain), Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra and artists as Carlo Ventre, Shlomo Mintz, Antonio Meneses, Tomatito and Stefan Dohr, among others. Mtro. Naser has been appointed Guest Conductor in Residence 2020 of “The Orchestra of the Americas” based in Washington DC (USA).

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