Takuya Okamoto

Takuya Okamoto was born in 1992 in Urayasu (Japan) and began his first guitar lessons at the age of ten with Yasufumi Hiratsuka and Masashi Shinohara. He studied with Alvaro Pierri at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Austria) and completed his master's degree in 2018 with unanimous top marks. He has received numerous awards at international competitions […]

Jan Depreter

Jan Depreter - known as “the Sound Painter” of the guitar is considered among the top 10 of performing classical guitarists in the world today. Depreter holds several Master Degrees in Music and is a prize-winner at more than 15 competitions from Tokyo to Paris, including top prizes in Alhambra, Paris, Tokyo, Vienna, as well as the Francisco Tárrega and Andrés Segovia competitions in Spain. After winning the prestigious Printemps de la Guitare international concerto competition he was awarded the gold medal of Queen Fabiola of Belgium. He has played the stages of the Far and not-so-far East, both Americas, the Russian Federation, Australia and all throughout Europe. Since 2002 Depreter has regularly been invited to teach masterclasses all over the world, including the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA), the Royal Conservatories of Amsterdam, Scotland and Paris, the West Dean Festival in the U.K. and most recently assesing the Master and Bachelor exams and teaching Masterclasses at the Prins Claus Conservatoire, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Florian Palier

(Klagenfurt / Wien) studied with Álvaro Pierri at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, graduating with honors. He served as a long-time assistant to A. Pierri. He is the winner of numerous 1st prizes at national and international guitar competitions. Concerts and TV- recordings (BBC, ORF, Classic FM a.o.) took him to many countries in Eueope, Japan, Russia, USA. As a composer of solo guitar literature and chamber music, he is highly sought after. Current CDs include "Nostalgia," "Poetry and Colours," "Bach und Ich" (solo), and "Zeit Portrait" (duo with Melanie Hosp). He leads a guitar class at the Gustav Mahler University of Music in Klagenfurt and together with his colleague Helmut Weinhandl he organizes the GMPU Guitar Days Klagenfurt. http://www.florianpalier.net https://gmpu.ac.at

Hugo González

Hugo Fernando González (Austria/Venezuela) studied guitar and composition in Venezuela and Austria (with L. Witoszynskyj). He has attended masterclasses with M. Barrueco, A. Pierri, A. Díaz, among others. He has made radio and television recordings and performed concerts in many countries. As a composer, he has been very successful: commissions for La Strada, Styriarte, and others, 1st Prize at the VII International Guitar Competition "Kutná Hora 94". CD production for Juan Diego […]

Melanie Hosp

Melanie Hosp graduated from the Music High School, the Conservatory of Innsbruck, and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she studied guitar pedagogy and concert performance with Álvaro Pierri, completing all degrees with distinction. She is a prizewinner at national and international competitions and has received scholarships from the Thyll/Dürr Foundation and the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation. She has performed concerts in China, Taiwan, Lebanon, the Czech Republic, England, Albania […]

Johann Palier

Johann Palier studied at the University of Music in Graz and is a laureate of the International Guitar Competition in Volos (Greece). He has an active concert career and has appeared in numerous radio and television broadcasts across Europe, Asia, and Central America. He has released nine CDs featuring solo guitar and chamber music; his latest CD is Violarra – Saitenspiel. As part of the duo Violarra with Johanna Bohnen (Bruckner Orchestra Linz), he performs regularly. He also serves as a lecturer and juror at major international guitar festivals and competitions, with many notable achievements […]

Christina
Schorn-Mancinelli
and
Yvonne Zehner

Since their youth, guitarists Christina Schorn-Mancinelli and Yvonne Zehner have shared a deep friendship. They deepened their musical connection at the Mozarteum University. This symbiosis is reflected both in their interpretations and in their repertoire. Both musicians share a passion for social as well as artistic engagement. The music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods is particularly close to their hearts […]

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