Diego Molina, a guitarist with roots in Granada and passionate about music since he was a child. His artistic restlessness has made this young man explore any musical field in which his instrument appears, with singers and singers, chamber ensembles, flamenco groups, rock and popular music groups, etc.. We are before a multifaceted musician who transforms and adapts his virtuosity to share and express feelings in the form of sounds.

The eagerness and the struggle of this musician, are focused on making known the different guitar repertoires, exploring the multiple ways in which his instrument is present. In his interpretations one can perceive delicate timbres of the classical universe, as well as the wildest strumming of traditional flamenco. It should be noted the elegance and personality in his sound that, thanks to the technical mastery of the “sonanta”, adapts to any context and enhances the spirit of each work, impregnating it with his personality.

Born in Granada in 1989, he began his musical career as a child. At the age of 13 he began his artistic career in guitar competitions and festivals, combining this activity with different projects in which the guitar is combined and merged with other arts and genres.

In 2015 he completed his classical guitar studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music Victoria Eugenia of Granada, obtaining the special prize of the jury among all instrumental specialties.

He combines his academic activity with participation in festivals and guitar competitions throughout Spain, obtaining numerous achievements of which it is worth mentioning the first prize at the international guitar festival Villa de Petrer (Alicante), a festival to which he is frequently invited and in which he gives his “Flamenco Masterclass for any guitarist”.
Later the passion for music and curiosity, lead this young musician to know and deepen the study of flamenco guitar, in all its breadth, accompaniment to singing and dancing, fusion with other music … from a different and open perspective, without prejudice, exploiting the virtues of each style and combining guitar techniques in favor of music, highlighting the expressive power of his instrument.

The knowledge of other styles and artistic curiosity cause Diego to be actively involved in cultural projects such as Huele a Caí and the duo Color Local Palos flamencos, carnival of Cadiz and popular and cultured music come together in a special way in the different facets of this musician, able to play as a soloist or as part of musical groups of various kinds. He is always looking for the conciliation between the different guitar repertoires.

Deion Cho was born in South Korea. From his early childhood Deion was deeply responsive to the sound of the guitar, an instrument which was part of pop culture of parents generations in Korea. At the age of fourteen, after happened to hear Segovia’s album, he found his first guitar from top of the his parents closet. It was the moment when he, who only knew simple chords and strokes, entered the new world of fine guitar compositions.

Only a year after, in 2008, Deion was invited to offer his debut at the ‘Vladivostok Guitar Festival’ in Russia. Concert tour in five different cities of Korea followed and later Deion moved to Spain where, in 2011, officially he started studying guitar and theory in Royal Conservatory of Madrid.

In the early 2010’s while his european reputation was established by a resoundingly successful concerts in Spain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and prizes of international guitar competitions like ‘Gredos San Diego Guitar Competition’, ‘Ciudat d’Elx Guitar Competition’, ‘Norba Caesarina Guitar Competition’, ‘Sevilla Guitar Competition’, Fernando Sor Guitar Competition’, ‘Andres Segovia Guitar Competition’. In 2018, he continued his studies in Germany, but he returned to Korea for military service.

After 2 years of honorable discharge, in 2023, he got first prizes ‘Adelaide Guitar Competition’ in Australia, ‘Eliot Fisk Guitar Competition’ in Granada and, above all, ‘Francisco Tarrega Guitar Competition’ in Benicassim, one of the most important international guitar competitions.

From this period of his life onwards Deion not only performed the guitar repertoire by great
composers of the past, but also persuaded and worked together his contemporaries such as Leo
Brouwer (Sonata No.8 Homo Ludens, 2021) and Jesus Torres (Himno a la tristeza, 2021) to write new pieces for the instrument.

After 8 years of ’Latin American Guitar Music’ album recording, the new album ‘Heitor Villa-Lobos: Préludes et Études’ was created with the intention of further solidifying its appearance as a solo instrument to the public, despite the vague prejudice that it is an accompaniment instrument or an instrument for playing short pieces.

He is sponsored by ‘Knobloch Strings’.

“Just before the intermission, Davide Giovanni Tomasi granted his listeners an anticipated highlight of the program, the famous Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach (…). It was immediately noticeable how important this piece of music was to him. Its charisma had the effect of a plea for peace in the restlessness of our present. There was no lack of effect in the hall – absolute silence for the whole time, and then thunderous applause. (…) An evening that will remain among the listeners’ special memories.” – Süddeutsche Zeitung
“What a guitar evening! Excellent, rich, magical, with original music, and a great young talent. He is not a guitarist of wild, gritty grasp, he does not aim his magnificent technique to superficial circus effects, but to the finest quality, drawing artistry from the music itself.” – Tiroler Tageszeitung
Acclaimed all over the world for his intense and sensitive interpretation, Davide Giovanni Tomasi will be involved in a number of events during the coming season, among which stand out a concert at the Konzerthaus in Berlin with Jean-Guihen Queyras and the Konzerthausorchester conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov, and a new tour in Asia with his guitar-duo partner Marco Musso.
In September 2020 he was invited to play ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’ at the Philharmonie Berlin with the Sinfonie Orchester Berlin conducted by Stanley Dodds becoming one of the few guitarists who have had the opportunity to perform in this venue. Moreover, he has been playing regularly in distinguished halls as the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Kölner Philharmonie, the Salle Pasteur – Le Corum in Montpellier, the International House of Music in Moscow, the Auditorium of Museo del Violino in Cremona and of ‘La Sapienza’ University in Rome, the Sala Manuel de Falla in Madrid, Guadalajara’s Conjunto Santander, Tokyo’s Hakuju Hall, and many more. His performances have been recorded by world-renowned radio broadcasting stations: Radio France, BR Klassik, Hessische Rundfunk, and Radio Vaticana.

In 2017 Tomasi attracted critics’ attention by winning the 66th ARD International Musical Competition, one of the most prestigious in the world, in Munich – this success followed a series of prizes in some of the most important international competitions: the International Guitar Competition in Tokyo, Guitar Masters in Wroclaw, Concorso Internazionale di Chitarra in Gargnano, and ‘José Tomas’ in Petrer, among others.

He collaborated with world-renowned artists, such as: François-Xavier Roth, Jean-Guihen Queyras, David Reiland, Stanley Dodds, Novus Quartett, Vito Zuraj, Cosimo Carovani, Nicolò Manachino.

He enjoys being involved in chamber music and performs regularly with top orchestras, such as the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, AUKSO, Polnischer Kammerphilharmonie Sopot, and the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra. Moreover, in 2016 he founded the Tomasi-Musso Guitar Duo with the Italian guitarist Marco Musso, with whom he has been playing worldwide.
He is often invited to give masterclasses in Italy and abroad. In 2022 he has been appointed guitar professor at the ‘Giuseppe Verdi’ Conservatory in Como.

He is sponsored by D’Addario & Co.

David Duque and Luis Alejandro García, both natives of Tenerife, are two of the young musicians of the Canary Islands with the greatest international projection. Trained in the Professional and Superior Conservatories of the islands in Guitar and united by a deep friendship, they have followed parallel paths, although different.

David Duque is currently professor of timple at the EMMD “Villa de la Orotava”, and devotes his work to the Canarian instrument through the transcription, adaptation and composition of works, including the timple in chamber music formats. He has sustained an intense concert activity at national and international level, in addition to having extensive experience in the field of choral and instrumental conducting.

Luis Alejandro García, also graduated in Musicology, on the other hand, has developed a brilliant career as a guitar soloist, recognized with more than 40 international awards. He has published numerous CDs and his career has allowed him to tour many countries in Europe and America, perform with major orchestras and debut in prestigious venues such as the Musikverein Wien, the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium or the Palau de la Música Catalana.

From this interesting, talented and multifaceted union is born Dalek Dúo, a timple and guitar ensemble that applies a renewing prism to the format, highly inspired and focused on chamber music. Their work has led them to show their art in different parts of the Canary Islands and the Iberian Peninsula, an activity that will soon cross borders and that they have captured in their first album as a duo, entitled Diálogo entre Raíces (JSM Guitar Records, 2022).

QuarteTomás is an emerging formation that stands out in the international music scene. Four guitarists, outstanding disciples of the master José Tomás, united by demanding work and meticulous conjunction take their musical proposal to stages of numerous festivals and countries since 2019. On September 7, 2023 they offered a concert invited by the Spanish Embassy in Nouakchott (Mauritania) to celebrate the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council. On July 22, 2024, they premiere together with the Argentine composer José Luis Merlín, their work “Viaje al cerro Sololosta”, for guitar quartet and solo guitar, a work dedicated to QuarteTomás.
They have performed in important international festivals such as the 27th International Guitar Festival José Tomás Villa de Petrer, Shanghai International Guitar Art Festival, XVI Festival Chitarre dal Mondo de Lugano, (Switzerland), XVII Festival Guitares en Picardie (France), Festival International de Guitare de Lambesc (France), 7o Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Faro (Portugal), VIII Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Lagoa (Portugal), Mediterranean Guitar Festival (Catalonia), XXIII Festival Internacional de Guitarra Ciudad de Albacete, XVIII Festival Internacional de Guitarra Ciutat de Xixona, concert series of Amigos de la Guitarra de Valencia, IV MDM Fest de Montanejos, 22 Festival Internacional de Guitarra Ciutat d’Elx, XII Jornadas Internacionales de Guitarra de Elda, II Festival Internacional de Guitarra Estanislao Marco de la Vall d’ Uixó, among others.
QuarteTomás had its official debut on June 7, 2019 in Madrid (Guitarras de Luthier), at the official presentation of the 22nd edition of the José Tomás Villa de Petrer International Guitar Festival. That same year, they participated in the tribute concert to Jorge Cardoso (Argentina), which was held at the Teatro Cervantes de Petrer, with his work “Poker de Ases”, receiving congratulations from the same composer. Knobloch Strings is a regular collaborator of QuarteTomás.