Classical guitarist, arranger and orchestra conductor from Viña del Mar.

He graduated with the highest distinction in the career of Musical Interpretation, mention in Classical Guitar at the Institute of Music of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile). As a performer, he has performed in Chile and abroad, giving concerts in Easter Island, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Bolivia, among others. Highlights in his career include winning awards in various music performance competitions, the most recent being his First Place in the International Guitar Competition “Miguel Llobet” 2018 in Barcelona, one of the most prestigious classical guitar competitions in the world.

In 2014, he released his first solo album entitled “I: Chilean Composers”, a work in which he only includes premieres of works by national composers (many of them written especially for him). Together with Belstrings – Cuarteto de Cuerdas Moderno, the group he conducts, he has performed concerts in Chile and Spain, appearing in various national and international media, as well as premiering his album entitled “Te Amaré”. He also highlights his role as orchestra conductor, being in charge of the Orquesta del Gran Valparaíso and the Orquesta del PCdV, filming with the latter scenes of the movie “Love & Justice: In Footsteps of Beethoven’s Rebel Opera” by the American filmmaker Kerry Candaele.

Giulia Ballaré (1987, Italy) now is considered one of the most promising soloists of her generation.

She is regularly invited to play all over the world in prestigious venues. She has performed in Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Florida, Spain, Switzerland, France, Poland, Ireland, England, Austria, Portugal, Montenegro, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia Herzegovina, Romania, Finland, Bulgaria, Sweden, Germany, and Italy.

She is professor at Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (Switzerland) and Conservatorio “A. Vivaldi” in Alessandria (Italy). She also organizing an annual masterclass in Novara in “Nova”.

In 2013 she released her first album with the label dotGuitar titled “Lyrically Spain” and in 2019 “Untuned Guitar” with the Spanish label JSM Guitar Records. In 2019 she founded the “Gauthey Ballarè Duo” with the French guitarist Pauline Gauthey. In 2023 they released their first album ” Lo Que Vendrá” with the label JSM Guitar Records.

When she was 20 years old, after Erasmus’s experience in Spain, she devote everything to the guitar; in 6 years (2013/2018) she has won more than 30 prizes in international competitions among them, first prize: Andrès Segovia (Linares, 2018), Ciudad de Coria (Spain, 2017), Forum Gitarre Wien (Austria, 2016), Mottola (Italy, 2013); second prize: J. Tomàs-Petrer – 1st not awarded – (Spain, 2018), Enrico Mercatali (Gorizia, 2017/8), Thessaloniki Guitar Competition (Grece, 2017) Mertz Competition, (Bratislava, 2016), Montenegro International Competition, (Podgorica, 2016); third prize: M. Pittaluga International Competition (Alessandria, 2017), A. Frauchi International Competition (Moscow, 2017),  J. Tomàs-Petrer (Spain, 2017), Sevilla (Spain, 2017), Emilio Pujol concorso Internazionale (Italy,  2017).

She started playing guitar at nine years old and she graduated in 2012 with maximum from the conservatory in Novara with M° Guido Fichtner.

She attended masterclasses with the most important figure of the classical guitar world like Oscar Ghiglia, David Russell, Pavel Steidl, Paolo Pegoraro, Marcin Dylla, Judicael Perroy, Aniello Desiderio, Adriano Del Sal.

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.

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.