Gauthey Ballarè Duo

Gauthey Ballarè

Duo

PERFORMER

Composed by the Italian Giulia Ballarè and the French Pauline Gauthey, the GautheyBallareDuo debuted in 2019.

They have performed in Switzerland, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy. Giulia and Pauline use chamber music to extend their repertoire to other styles, they explore the classical and popular guitar repertoire.They will release their first CD in 2023 with the Spanish label JSM Records, composed of Spanish music (De Falla, Albeniz), South American music (Piazzola, Bellinati, Gismonti, Ginastera), and Italian opera (Rossini).

They had masterclasses with the most influential personalities in the world of classical guitar such as Marcin Dylla, Judicael Perroy, Carlo Marchione.

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Ema Kapor

EMA

Kapor

PERFORMER

Ema Kapor was born in 1998 in Belgrade (Serbia) where she graduated from primary music school and music high school “Stanković” in the class of Professor Boris Đujić. Afterwards, she completed two years of studies at the Koblenz International Guitar Academy (Germany) in Professor Hubert Käppel’s class. In 2021, she successfully attained her Bachelor diploma at the University of Music and Dance in Cologne, also in the class of Professor Hubert Käppel. Currently, she is studying for a master’s degree at the University of Music and Media “Robert Schumann” in Düsseldorf, in the class of Professor Joaquin Clerch.

In 2014, she completed a course of the Summer Academy at the University of Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria), in Professor Marco Tamayo’s class. In 2019, she completed a course at the International Music Academy – MusicAlp in Tignes (France) in the class of Professor Judicaël Perroy. She participated at the Zbaszyn International Masterclass (Poland), held by Professor Lukasz Kuropaczewski, in 2019 and 2020.

Furthermore, she has attended masterclasses with many famous guitarists and pedagogues such as Oscar Ghiglia, Pepe Romero, David Russell, Costas Cotsiolis, Aniello Desiderio, Zoran Dukić, Alvaro Pierri, Marcin Dylla and others.

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Elena Ortega

ELENA

Ortega

PERFORMER

Elena Ortega is an outstanding guitarist from Madrid, the city where she was born and where she completed her higher studies. Her extensive performing career includes concerts in prestigious auditoriums in different cities of the Spanish geography. The CentroCentro Cibeles, the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the Ateneo de Madrid or the Pabellón de Juventudes Musicales de Sevilla have successfully received each of his performances. He has also participated in several cycles and festivals in Spain and abroad, such as the Sonidos del Alcázar held in Seville, the Andrés Segovia International Guitar Festival in Madrid, the Mediterranean Guitar Festival in Barcelona, Conciertos de Palacio in Medinaceli (Soria), the Hanoi International Guitar Festival in Vietnam or the Guanacaste Guitar Festival in Costa Rica. He has also performed as a soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica Ciudad de Getafe and with the Athanor Orchestra in Split (Croatia), with which he performed the Concierto de Aranjuez. He is also a member of various chamber ensembles, such as the Artemisa duo with flutist and conductor Jorge García Cuenllas.

His support for training complements his experience in various pedagogical projects such as the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Concierto de Aranjuez organized by the SGAE, the Escuela Popular de Madrid and the Camerata Musicalis orchestra. In recent years, he has also been interested in cultural management and is a founding member of the Madrid International Guitar Festival. 

Recently, she won an international award in the ‘Best Instrumentalist’ category of the 2023 InterContinental Music Awards with the piece ‘Capricho Catalán’ by Isaac Albéniz included in her album ‘Rumores del Mediterráneo’. She has also been selected to give a concert in the 2024/2025 season of the MusaE Project, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Acción Cultural Española and Juventudes Musicales de España. 

Elena began to show a deep interest in music at an early age. After obtaining a degree in Chemical Engineering at the UPM and a Guitar Degree at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid with maestros Gabriel Estarellas, Iliana Matos and Tomás Campos, her eagerness to improve herself both artistically and technically led her to attend the I Master of Classical Guitar Performance in Seville directed by maestro Francisco Bernier, with the participation of maestros Judicaël Perroy, Zoran Dukic, Pablo Márquez, Paolo Pegoraro and Lorenzo Micheli.

Subsequently, she has also studied a Master’s Degree in Soloist Performance of Spanish Music at the Centro Superior Katarina Gurska with masters Àlex Garrobé and Laura Verdugo del Rey, inspired by the deep admiration she has always felt for this repertoire and its relationship with some popular music such as flamenco. She has also received master classes from other great interpreters and guitar figures such as Leo Brouwer, David Russell, Manuel Barrueco, Pepe Romero, Ricardo Gallén, Aniello Desiderio, Joaquín Clerch and Eduardo Fernández.

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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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