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.

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.

Jonas Egholm (1997, Danmark) started playing the guitar at age seven, and by the time he was ten he went on his first concert tour around Denmark and Germany in connection with being awarded the 1st prize in the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s competition for young musicians. He has attained wide international recognition and performed in several countries in Europe including Germany, France, Spain, Faroe Islands, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro Hungary, China and Japan. He has performed with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, South Denmark Philharmonic Orchestra and others. In 2020 he won the first prize in the International Guitar Competition José Tomás Villa de Petrer, whereafter he is performing concerts in both Spain, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico as well as having recorded this CD.

Jonas has finished his Bachelor and Masters degree on the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Denmark with highest marks, and is now completing the soloist programme for the most talented students of this Academy. He owes his significant musical achievements mostly to his guitar professor Jesper Sivebæk.

In 2020-2021, he studied in “Máster en Interpretación de Guitarra” in Alicante, Spain under some of the world’s leading guitarists (David Russell, Ricardo Gallén, Hopkinson Smith, Lukasz Kuropaczewski, Tilman Hoppstock, Roberto Aussel, Ignacio Rodés and others), where he graduated with highest marks and Honours.

Currently, Jonas is an active performer and teacher, tutoring guitarists of all levels and ages in Denmark.

Jonas has won more than 15 competitions and received numerous prizes and awards, most recently:

– 1st prize, Guimaraes International Guitar Competition, Portugal.

– The Jacob Gade Grand Award 2021, delegated to the most prominent musicians in Denmark.

– The Carl Nielsen & Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Award 2021, delegated to the most prominent musicians in Denmark.

– Leonie Sonnings Talent Award 2020, delegated to the most prominent musicians in Denmark.

– 1st prize, International Guitar Festival José Tomás Villa de Petrer

– 1st prize, Sarajevo International Guitar Competition 2019 (Category V)

– Euro Strings Artist, 2019/2020

– 2nd prize, the Royal Danish Academy of Music Scholarship Competition, 2019