Born in 1991 in Bucharest, Romania, Bogdan Mihailescu began  his guitar studies at the age of 10 under the guidance of Liviu Georgescu at the George Enescu National Conservatory in Bucharest. At 17, he made his debut as a soloist with the Romanian National Radio Orchestra.

In 2012, he entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he studied with Olivier Chassain and Laurent Blanquart, while also benefiting from the guidance of Judicaël Perroy. He graduated with a Master’s degree in guitar in 2018, awarded “Très Bien à l’unanimité” followed by a second Master’s degree in Instrumental Pedagogy from the Haute École de Musique de Genève in 2020 under Dusan Bogdanovic.

Throughout his career, Bogdan Mihailescu has had the opportunity to perform around the world, giving concerts and masterclasses in France, Italy, Romania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico.

Bogdan is a laureate of numerous international competitions, including 1st prize at the José Tomás International Competition (Spain), the Enrico Mercatali International Competition (Italy), the Adelaide International Competition (Australia), the Kutna Hora International Competition (Czech Republic), the Harmonia Cordis International Competition (Romania), and the Tallinn International Competition (Estonia). He has also won 2nd prize at the Forum Guitar Wien International Competition (Austria), the Paganini International Competition (Italy), the Denver International Competition (USA), the Ligita International Competition (Liechtenstein), and the Primavera International Competition (Portugal), as well as 3rd prize at the Toccata International Competition (France) and the Velbert International Competition (Germany).

Passionate about exploring new guitar repertoires, he regularly transcribes works by composers such as Chopin, Bach, Ravel, and Debussy. His debut album, Nocturne, released in 2016 at the José Tomás Guitar Festival, features several of his transcriptions.

Bogdan is sponsored by Savarez strings and plays a guitar crafted by Australian luthier Jim Redgate.

Italian Guitarist, Andrea Roberto’s triumph in the 2019 Parkening International Guitar Competition, the world’s preeminent competition of it’s kind, has moved him into the forefront of the classical guitar world.

Andrea commenced his studies at the Giordano Conservatory at the age of 14. He went on to distinguish himself at the Maastricht Conservatory under Maestro Carlo Marchione, where he began to display his prodigious talent.

Since then, his remarkable musicianship and virtuosity have led to performances across the globe. In 2017, Andrea made debut recording, “El Viaje de la guitarra italiana” with JSG Records which has received much critical acclaim.

At the 2019 Parkening International Guitar Competition, during a sold-out final round held with orchestra, Andrea’s rich sound, polished technique, and musicality captured the Gold Medal, $30,000 Jack Marshall Prize, from this gathering of 15 of the world’s top young virtuosos. This Gold Medal Prize has secured his place firmly in the front rank of young guitarists worldwide.

Born in Oslo (Norway) in 1976. Began his guitar studies at the age of 12.
Graduated in 1999 at the Koninklijk Konservatorium in The Hague. In 2000 he received a scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and moved to Barcelona, where he completed his postgraduate studies at the Escuela Luthier de Artes Musicales with Álex Garrobé and Sadahiro Otani as teachers, obtaining a “cum laude” qualification. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Performance at ESMUC in 2020. Subsequently, he expanded his training receiving master classes from internationally renowned guitarists such as David Russel, Marco Smaili, Marco Socias, Fernando Rodriguez, Manuel Barrueco and John Williams among others.

Awarded in competitions such as the Infanta Cristina International Guitar Competition (Madrid), the José Tomás International Guitar Competition (Petrer-Alicante), the Julián Arcas International Guitar Competition (Almería) and the Alhambra International Guitar Competition (Valencia). In 2003 he won the first prize at the XIX International Classical Guitar Competition “Andrés Segovia”, which opened the doors to an international career as a soloist. Since then he has given concerts throughout the European Union, as well as in the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, South Korea, India, Sri Lanka and Brazil.

Anders Clemens is a regular guest at the most important festivals in Norway (Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo, Røros, Gloger, Vestfold), as well as the Jeju Island Festival (Korea), the Vile de Grasse Guitar Festival (France), the Tampere Guitar Festival (Finland), Cátedra Emilio Pujol and the international guitar festival of Petrer (Spain). At these festivals he has collaborated with various chamber ensembles and soloists such as Mark Kaplan, Denise Djokic, Jean Ferrandis, Isa Gerricke, Stig Nilsson, Thomas Kjekstad and Sølve Sigerland.

Anders has been a soloist with several orchestras such as the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and others.

Artist of nordicsound label has recorded so far the following albums: Romanza (2003), Sonatas (2005), Recuerdos de Tárrega (2009), Fernando Sor “selected works” (2010), Alexander Tansman “selected works” (2018) and Manuel Ponce “selected works” (2021) receiving excellent reviews.

Anders combines his career as a concert performer with his work as a guitar teacher at the conservatory of Aragon.

Álvaro López Soriano was born in Elche, where he completed his classical guitar studies with Miguel García Ferrer at the Professional Conservatory, graduating with the highest marks in all subjects and obtaining the Professional Prize unanimously by the jury.

In 2013 he graduated from the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid under the direction of maestros Miguel Trápaga and Gerardo Arriaga. He is currently studying the Master of Guitar in Performance at the Musikhochschule in Cologne with Prof. Roberto Aussel. He has been finalist in the Concurso de Jóvenes Intérpretes del Festival de Guitarra Villa de Petrer and in the Festival de Guitarra Ciutat d’Elx, obtaining in this one the Prize of the Public. He also won the Second Prize at the XXIII Concurso de Jóvenes Intérpretes “Villa de Cox”.

In addition, he has attended advanced courses of concert players such as David Russell, Zoran Dukic, Marco Smaili, Pedro Mateo, Margarita Escarpa, Carmen Ros, Álvaro Pierri, Elliot Fisk and Ricardo Gallén.
As a camerist he has developed and continues to develop an intense work with groups such as Com Una Guitarra, the 1909 Quintet or the singer Núria Vinyals.

Alí Arango is one of the most prominent guitarists of his generation. With a virtuosity at the service of musicality and a balanced mix of subtlety and expressive power, he has conquered all types of audiences and juries. He is graduated from the Conservatory “Amadeo Rodán” (Havana) and Conservatory Liceu (Barcelona) with the highest qualification, being Winner of the Extraordinary Prize of the Conservatory Liceu between all the instruments. Parallel he studied with Maestro Antonio Alberto Rodríguez (Biki) and Maestro Joaquín Clerch. Ali Arango has received occasional lessons from Maestro Leo Brouwer as well as participated in different projects with him.

He has won 22 prizes in several guitar competitions. Among his most
important awards are:
– First Prize  and Public Prize in LII «Francisco Tarrega Competition» (Benicassim. Spain)
– First Prize, Alhambra Prize for new Spanish creation and Public Prize in XIIº International Alhambra Guitar Competition» (Valencia. Spain)
– First Prize in XXXII International Guitar Competition «Andrés Segovia» (La Herradura,
Spain)
– First Prize in XIV Concurso Internacional de la Habana. (Cuba)
– First Prize in VII International Guitar Competition «Gredos San Diego» in Madrid
– First Prize in XIII Palau de la Música Catalana Competition in Barcelona “El Primer Palau” (All Instruments and Formats)
– First Prize in International Guitar Competition “Düsseldorfer Gitarfestival” (Germany)
– First Prize XII International Guitar Competition «Miguel Llobet» (Barcelona. Spain)
– First Prize en el XXII International Guitar Competition «Andrés Segovia» ( Linares. Spain)
– First Prize in VI Encuentro Internacional de Guitarra “Norba Caesarina” (Cáceres. Spain)
– First Prize in XVII International Guitar Competition «Comarca el Condado» (Spain)