Zoran Dukic (1969, Zagreb) was presented with a guitar at the early age of six. Today he is one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of our time. His concert performances, both as a soloist or with an orchestra, leave long-lasting impressions on audiences and critics alike.

He graduated from the Music Academy of Zagreb with Darko Petrinjak and completed his studies with Hubert Käppel at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne.

In his "tour de force" competition years (1990-1997) Zoran Dukic has won an astonishing number of competitions, more than any other guitarist in the world. He is the only guitarist to have won both "Andrés Segovia" competitions, in Granada and in Palma de Mallorca. Showing astounding mastery in a wide variety of musical periods and styles he has also won competitions dedicated to "Fernando Sor", "Manuel Ponce", "Manuel de Falla", "Francisco Tárrega" among others. In the greatest Spanish guitar competition in Madrid, patronized by the Royal Family, he was awarded, in addition to the first prize, the special prize for the best interpretation of Spanish music (first time awarded to a non-Spaniard). In numerous competitions he was selected by the audience itself for the prize of the public, a self-evident testimony to his natural ability to communicate through music.

His performances throughout the 5 continents have inspired numerous composers to dedicate their works to him. His premiers of new music are strengthened by his admiration of contemporary musical expression. His programs include works by Takemitsu, Henze, Reily, Carter or Gubaidulina among many others. He has also toured with entire Bach programs, performing complete cycles of lute, violin or cello suites. Music by J. S. Bach is still the focal point of his musical life.

He also has a special affinity for Spanish and South American musical idiom, the core repertoire of classical guitar. Currently, his carefully balanced programs present a range of music from Bach to Britten, from Sor to Albéniz, from Tárrega to Villa-Lobos and Brouwer.

Being exceptionally enthusiastic and dedicated to teaching, his pedagogical activities are equally impressive. Having taught at the Zagreb Music Academy and Hochschule Für Musik in Aachen, he is currently teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague and at the Escuela Superior de Musica in Barcelona, he has educated generations of young classical guitarists and has one of the most successful classes in Europe. In addition to this, he regularly gives masterclasses all over the world and is often an invited guest to numerous guitar festivals. Zoran Dukic is also a very active chamber music performer and a founding member of  the “Trio de Cologne”. He has recorded compact discs for labels in Germany, Spain, Belgium and Canada.

Elected in 2003 best Italian guitarist of the year by the readers of the magazine Guitart, both the critics as recognized figures of the music world appreciate in Paolo Pegoraro an uncommon depth and artistic sensibility. Winner of prestigious competitions, he performs regularly at major festivals throughout Europe, USA, South America, Africa and Asia. In 2001, in an interview in one of the most important specialized magazines, David Russell cited him as one of the best young concertists of the present time. It is often invited to be part of juries for musical and guitar competitions, both in Italy and abroad.

He is creator and artistic director of the International Guitar Festival “Friuli Venezia Giulia” held in Pordenone for 14 years. Paolo Pegoraro also loves to teach and so much founded the Guitar Center “Tárrega”, a school established and recognized internationally, which has students from various countries around the world. Many students develop himself at his school, play assiduous concerts, winning over the years more than 80 awards at major national and international competitions.

He has several recordings and the CD “Solo” has received enthusiastic reviews; in particular, the German magazine “Gitarre & Laute” declared “... the discovery of the year”. Born in Bassano del Grappa August 9, 1968, he began to study music at a very early age, quickly demonstrating a distinct talent and receiving from his family an environment rich in musical stimuli. He graduated with highest honors from the Conservatory “Benedetto Marcello” in Venice in the class of Tommaso de Nardis. He consecutively frequented master classes of Manuel Barrueco and David Russell, as well as receiving the Merit Diploma at the Chigiana Academy of Siena in Oscar Ghiglia's Class.

... Paolo plays the notes as a series of pearls, clear one after another and now is the extraordinary thing: he has pearls of all sizes and all shades of color, he puts together in a way that will produce a effect of strong compactness and harmony. Paolo follows his musical ideas without compromise: accelerating, and evaporates the sentence where it is necessary for reasons of musical logic and not because of technical problems. This is an extraordinary thing in the guitar world. Paolo Pegoraro is, I can only repeat once more, the discovery of the year!

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Enno Voorhorst was born in 1962 in The Hague and grew up in a family of musicians. At an early age he started playing violin and combined this later with playing the guitar. He was taught by Hein Sanderink, Hubert Käppel and David Russell. In 1987 he won first prize at the 7th guitar competition at Hof, Germany. Some more prizes followed like the Dutch Guitar Prize in 1992 in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and, in the same year, first prize at the Seto-Ohashi competition in Japan. In the meantime he was being invited all over the world and toured through South America, Europe and Asia.

Enno Voorhorst recorded several CD’s with music by Bach, Ponce and two volumes by Barrios. His first CD with works by Agustin Barrios Mangoré (Brilliant Classics 93086) received most favourable reviews and the recording was immediately ranked with those by John Williams and David Russell. Rico Stover, Barrios expert by excellence, wrote: “The CD Agustin Barrios Mangoré played by Enno Voorhorst is the best I have ever heard thus far.” The second CD with Bach transcriptions again was praised all over the world. Recently Brilliant Classics released his baroque album ‘Chaconnes’.

In 2005 Voorhorst formed the ‘Duo Macondo’ together with the Russian-Mexican viola player Mikhail Zemtsov and together they gave numerous concerts.

Enno Voorhorst teaches at The Hague Royal Conservatoire in the Netherlands.

Guitarist and singer/songwriter based in Mannheim/Germany. He was born in 1962 in Heilbronn, formed his first band at the age of fourteen and and only a couple of years started playing professionally when he joined an american funk jazz group called „Afrodisia“.

Kosho has worked on the international musical scene for almost 30 years now and during this time he has developed a singular acoustic style he himself called "mondo funk guitar": a wild mixture based on jazz, pop, blues and latin american music which was recorded the first time for his album "Snapshot Music Box" in 1997.

He has cooperated with a number of distinguished artists of the world music scene, i.e. Bill Summers, Les McCann, André Heller, Michal Urbaniak, Wallis Bird, Nena, Xavier Naidoo, Queen Esther Marrow and many more.

Participated in recordings of more than 100 CDs and films and has given solo concerts in Holland, Italy, Spain, Austria, Croatia, Switzerland, Sweden and Mikulov. In 2002  Kosho released his second album „Tinggal“ (Warner/WSM). He was a prizewinner in various competitions (German Rock Award in 1989, COMET Award of the TV channel VIVA, ECHO Award Germany etc.), among others, as a member of the band “Söhne Mannheims” and he gives performances with classical guitarist Augustin Wiedemann (concert motto is "Classic Meets Soul").

For the last 7 years he has also worked as a college lecturer at the Pop Academy in Mannheim and as a guitar and band coach at many international workshops and seminars in Germany and Austria. In 2010 he will be touring again as a solo and bandperformer featuring his new CD album called “All Sides Love”.

He was born in Győr, in 1978, and is said to be one of the most gifted talent of classical and - at the same time – jazz guitar as well.

He got his first guitar lessons at Pannonhalma, from his father actually. He continued his studies in Frankfurt am Main with Stephen Werner, and at the conservatory of Wien, under the guidance of Inge Scholl – Kremmel. In Hungary he was the pupil of Ede Róth, Iván Folk, Attila Reményi. He is studying at the Music University of Wien, in the artist group of Alvaro Pierri.

As an artist he recieved several prizes:

1989: International Guitar award Kutná Hora - Czech Republic: 1st Place
1999: Yamaha International Guitar award, Wien – Austria: 1st Place
2000: International ’Attila Zoller’ Guitar award, Budapest – Hungary: 1st Place
2001: Sláger Rádió Award – Hungary
2002: Gábor Baross Award – Hungary
2003: Herbert von Karajan Scholarship – Austria
2004: Montreaux Jazz Guitar Award – Switzerland: 1st Place
2005: International Guitar Award, Weikersheim – Germany: 1st Place
2006: European Guitar Award, Dresden – Germany: 1st Place

„As a member of the team of judges at the 2006 European Guitar Awards, I was delighted and astonished at the musicality and technical prowess of Antal Pusztai’s performance as he captured the first prize.
Here he presents the wide range of his skills for all to hear. He truly establishes a new virtuosic direction for the voice of the classical guitar.” (Ralph Towner)

Alexander Swete was born in Bregenz, Austria. He studied at the Conservatory of Bregenz with Georg Gaupp-Berghausen and at the Academy of Music in Vienna with Eugenia Kanthou and Konrad Ragossnig. He finished his studies with Distinction and received the Special Prize for Artistic Merit by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research.

Alexander Swete is the Prizewinner of several international guitar competitions such as Havana, Cuba 1988 and ARD competition in Munich, Germany 1989. In 1991 he was awarded the First Prize in the "Concours International de Guitare" in Paris.

Successful concert tours have led him to all parts of Europe (Madrid, Paris, London, Rome, Helsinki, Warsaw, Budapest. Prague, Vienna) as well to the USA (1998 solo-recital at Carnegie Hall, New York), Australia (Sydney, Melbourne), Russia, North-Africa and Cuba. He has been invited to major international music festivals including Salzburg Festival, Wiener Festwochen, Schubertiade Feldkirch, Bregenzer Festspiele and all major international guitar festivals.

He has also made numerous recordings for radio and television, including ORF Vienna, WDR Colonge, BR Munich, NDR Hamburg, BBC London, Radio France, Radio España, SBS Sydney, Australian Cabletelevision and Tokyo Cable Television.

He made performances with several orchestras including the Württembergisches Kammerorchester, Vorarlberger Symphonieorchester, Orquesta Nacional de Cuba, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz München and Lublin Philharmony and with conductors like Reinhard Schwarz, Jörg Färber, Saulius Sondeckis, Christoph Eberle, Ligia Amadio etc.

Alexander is interested in the contemporary music, he gave the first performances of various pieces that were devoted to him (e.g. Ophelia Music by Richarda Dünser). He cooperates with the institutions like Klangforum Wien, Ensemble NewArt or Trio HappyNewEar.

He recorded various CDs with all kinds of styles from the Vienna classic to contemporary music. In 2005 he was nominated for “Amadeus Classic Award“.  He also got the award “Editor’s Choice“ of the Gramophone Magazine for his recording with Ensemble NewArt.

At present he is working on the guitar music publication for Universal Edition.

Alexander Swete teaches in Vienna at the University of Music. Since 2005 he has been also teaching at the University of Sarayevo. He has given masterclasses both in Austria and abroad and he is invited as a member of the juries at the international competitions.

Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli first met 2000. Since then, they have shared a number of ideas, musical projects, and travels all over the world. In 2003 they formed a duo that has already performed throughout Europe and North America, and has been acclaimed everywhere – from New York’s Carnegie Hall to Vienna’s Konzerthaus – as one of the best ensembles ever heard. About one of their performances, The Washington Post wrote: “Extraordinarily sensitive, with effortless command and an almost unbearable delicacy of touch, the duo’s playing was nothing less than rapturous – profound and unforgettable musicianship of the highest order.”

In addition to classic, romantic and modern repertoire, Matteo and Lorenzo – joined by lutenist Massimo Lonardi – enjoy exploring the early literature for baroque guitar and theorbo. Together, Matteo and Lorenzo have recorded François de Fossa’s Three Quartets, op. 19, a CD of Italian music from the 17th century for baroque guitar, archlute and theorbo (Stradivarius), Solaria, an anthology of 20th century masterpieces for two guitars (Pomegranate), the Duos Concertants by Antoine De Lhoyer (Naxos), a collection of chamber works by Mauro Giuliani (Amadeus), as well as a dozen solo recordings on the labels Naxos, Brilliant Records, Kookaburra, Mel Bay, and Stradivarius.

Matteo Mela was born in Imperia in 1971. An accomplished classical guitarist, he has attended the master classes given by Giovanni Puddu, David Russell, the Assad brothers, Oscar Ghiglia, Alirio Diaz, and Angelo Gilardino. He has also studied chamber music at the Accademia Pianistica di Imola with the likes of Dario De Rosa, Alexander Lonquich, and Pier Narciso Masi. Between 1991 and 1998, as a member of the Mela/Bandini Guitar Duo, Matteo was the co-recipient of several first prizes in competitions such as the ARAM Rome, the GMI, Città di Gubbio, Città di Caltanissetta, and the Perugia Classico. Recently he has been enjoying regular collaboration with Lorenzo Micheli in a number of projects. Their duo, Soloduo, has been acclaimed as one of the best ensembles around the world. The Washington Post wrote about them: “Extraordinarily sensitive, with effortless command and an almost unbearable delicacy of touch, the duo’s playing was nothing less than rapturous – profound and unforgettable musicianship of the highest order.” Matteo Mela’s concert and media experiences have taken him to numerous European and American cities. His recordings include the albums Latin American Dances (Quadrivium), Italian Virtuosos of the 19th Century (Kookaburra), and the complete guitar works of Astor Piazzolla (Stradivarius). Together with Lorenzo Micheli, he has recorded François de Fossa’s Three Quartets, op. 19 (Stradivarius), Solaria – an anthology of 20th century masterpieces for two guitars (Pomegranate), a CD of Italian music of the 17th century for baroque guitar, archlute and theorbo, and the Duos Concertants by Antoine De Lhoyer (Naxos). Matteo currently resides in Geneva where he teaches at the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique.

Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli first met 2000. Since then, they have shared a number of ideas, musical projects, and travels all over the world. In 2003 they formed a duo that has already performed throughout Europe and North America, and has been acclaimed everywhere – from New York’s Carnegie Hall to Vienna’s Konzerthaus – as one of the best ensembles ever heard. About one of their performances, The Washington Post wrote: “Extraordinarily sensitive, with effortless command and an almost unbearable delicacy of touch, the duo’s playing was nothing less than rapturous – profound and unforgettable musicianship of the highest order.”

In addition to classic, romantic and modern repertoire, Matteo and Lorenzo – joined by lutenist Massimo Lonardi – enjoy exploring the early literature for baroque guitar and theorbo. Together, Matteo and Lorenzo have recorded François de Fossa’s Three Quartets, op. 19, a CD of Italian music from the 17th century for baroque guitar, archlute and theorbo (Stradivarius), Solaria, an anthology of 20th century masterpieces for two guitars (Pomegranate), the Duos Concertants by Antoine De Lhoyer (Naxos), a collection of chamber works by Mauro Giuliani (Amadeus), as well as a dozen solo recordings on the labels Naxos, Brilliant Records, Kookaburra, Mel Bay, and Stradivarius.

Hailed by the musical critics as “virtuoso extraordinaire” (Nice Matin), “absolutely astonishing” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram), “prodigious talent” (Soundboard), Lorenzo Micheli has taken up a busy concert career throughout the world since winning the first prize in some of the most prestigious guitar competitions (Gargnano, Alessandria, Guitar Foundation of America). He performs regularly – both as a soloist and with orchestra – in Europe and all over the US and Canada, as well as in Africa, Asia and Latin America. As a researcher and scholar, he has written articles and contributions for a number of music journals, including Il Fronimo and Guitar Forum. He has been performing worldwide in duo with Matteo Mela, in such venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall and Vienna’s Konzerthaus. Their guitar duo was welcomed by The Washington Post as “nothing less than rapturous”. His discography include the music of Dionisio Aguado, the Quartets, op. 19, by François de Fossa and a CD of Italian music of th 17th century for baroque guitar, archlute and theorbo (Stradivarius); the complete guitar Concertos by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Brilliant); a couple of live DVD’s (Mel Bay); a selection of guitar music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, the complete works by Miguel Llobet and the Duos Concertants by Antoine de Lhoyer (Naxos); an anthology of chamber works by Mauro Giuliani (Amadeus) and a collection of 20th century masterpieces for two guitars (Pomegranate). Lorenzo is guitar professor at the Conservatory of Aosta, in the Italian Alps region.

Duo Guitarinet, the winner of the prestigious 2007 Wrocław Music Prize awarded for the album Impresiones Argentinas, was formed by Jan Jakub Bokun (clarinet) and Krzysztof Pełech (guitar) in 1996. Musicians explore a wide variety of music by Latin American composers. In addition to the music of the world’s most famous tango composer- Astor Piazzolla, the duo also performs works of Egberto Gismonti, Benedetto Lacerda, Sergio Assad, Celso Machado and Radames Gnattali.

Along with the collection of chamber music, Duo Guitarinet has in their repertoire  the Double Concerto for guitar, bandoneon (arr. for clarinet) and string orchestra by Astor Piazzolla. This work, written in 1985 shortly before the master’s death, is often considered to be the most satisfying of Piazzolla’s concertos.

New works have been written especially for the duo by Steven Lacoste, Mario Broeders, Jorge Morel, Pavel Smutny, Marek Pasieczny and some other leading Polish composers of the younger generation.

Their first  CD Duo Guitarinet was released in Poland by the Dux label. The album has been enthusiastically received in the international press and nominated for the 2000 Polish Music Industry Award. The second CD entitled Duo Guitarinet-10th Anniversary Album has been released in September 2006 on JBRecords, followed by Impresiones Argentinas, recorded with Camerata Moravia in the Czech Republic.Since their successful  debut in 1996 at the Teatr Polski in Wrocław, Poland, the duo has received invitations to perform at numerous international festivals in Poland, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, Holland, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Serbia,Slovenia, Hungary, Malta, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

REVIEWS:

Duo Guitarinet- 10th Anniversary Album - JBRecords 003-2

Throughout this rewarding disc you are aware of the musicianship of the two players.In terms of tone and expressional variety, with impeccable rhytm and balance, I can’t imagine it done better. I have known and admired Pełech’s work for some 20 years; Bokun was the revelation. I can’t remember the last time the clarinet made such an impression. I would say that he has the ability to become a soloist of the highest quality, but he can be persuaded to stay with the talented Krzysztof Pełęch, not only will the guitar world be enriched but a genuine contribution will be made to music as a whole. (Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar)

Impresiones Argentinas - JBRecords 004-2

This release is a showcase of the formidable talents of Krzysztof Pelech and Jan Jakub Bokun, and is evidence of Bokun's burgeoning conducting career.  The Camerata Moravia is first-rate throughout.  The recorded sound is close up and well balanced, and does not suffer from the all-to-common excessive post-production reverberation in the strings.  The disc has plenty of rhythmic punch...(Bill Nichols, The Clarinet)

Duo Guitarinet - Dux 163

...Jan Jakub Bokun and Krzysztof Pełech are performing their music as though they were native to the picturesque streets of Buenos Aires vibrating with tango. Overwhelming is the subtle, yet richly dynamic, ‘sparkling’ articulation of Pełech’s guitar and the extraordinarily warm clarinet part played by Bokun. The musicians are playing in a seamless union, breathing like one body… (Małgorzata Gmys, Ruch Muzyczny)

...The latest Pełech and Bokun CD is a sensational feat of instrumental perfection. If you don’t listen to it you’ll miss a  lot, but if you give a go, it will become your prized possession. In my opinion it is one of the most fascinating CDs released in our country in the last years. (Jerzy Skupin, Gazeta Muzyczna)

…Rubatos – perfect, phrasing – subtle and clear. A superb quality of Pełech and Bokun’s playing is their ability to create the mood. Technically difficult parts do not impress with a mere virtuosity, but rather meet the ideal of natural expression. The resulting feeling of calm has nothing to do with dullness, though. The musicians stimulate the listeners’ attention with the beauty of delicate phrasing based on unforced Latino, syncopated rhythms. In my judgment the new Pełech and Bokun CD will be a hit of the musical market not only because of its unusual combination of instruments, but also due to its supreme performance quality and most interesting musical contents… (Zbigniew Dubiella, Świat Gitary)

…The Duo Guitarinet’s CD may undoubtedly be hailed as one of the best ones in the year 2000. Instrumentally the performance is flawless. Perfectly articulated phrasing and the consistent rubato are of rare beauty. Personally I’ve been charmed by the dark tone colour of the clarinet as set off against the lighter, subtle guitar accompaniment… (Magda Igras, HI-END.pl)

…One of the best CDs of the year. (Artur Bielecki, Gazeta Wyborcza)

…A leading Polish clarinetist and a leading Polish guitarist collaborate to make this record of high musical value. The fluent and expressive clarinet playing of Jan Jakub Bokun together with the seasoned expertise of Krzysztof Pełech combine perfectly. Piazzolla’s extraordinarily popular work has never sounded so melifluous. The duo’s control of rubato and tone colour in Café 1930 is brilliant, and Bokun’s phrasing, silky and mysterious at the same time, makes Nightclub 1960 ravishing… (Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar Magazine)

…Both performers prove to be first-rate musicians…The sound quality and balance are excellent, the interpretations are imaginative and inspiring, and the sound engineering is flawless…It’s a keeper. (Michele Gingras, The Clarinet)

...Una nota di merito va specialmente al Jan Jakub Bokun, in particolar modo per le espresive "nuances" che riesce a tirar fuori dal proprio strumento, con un ochio teso, specialmente in Piazzolla e Machado, anche ad una dizione di impronta jazzistica. Complimenti! (Guitart)

Duo Guitarinet, the winner of the prestigious 2007 Wrocław Music Prize awarded for the album Impresiones Argentinas, was formed by Jan Jakub Bokun (clarinet) and Krzysztof Pełech (guitar) in 1996. Musicians explore a wide variety of music by Latin American composers. In addition to the music of the world’s most famous tango composer- Astor Piazzolla, the duo also performs works of Egberto Gismonti, Benedetto Lacerda, Sergio Assad, Celso Machado and Radames Gnattali.

Along with the collection of chamber music, Duo Guitarinet has in their repertoire  the Double Concerto for guitar, bandoneon (arr. for clarinet) and string orchestra by Astor Piazzolla. This work, written in 1985 shortly before the master’s death, is often considered to be the most satisfying of Piazzolla’s concertos.

New works have been written especially for the duo by Steven Lacoste, Mario Broeders, Jorge Morel, Pavel Smutny, Marek Pasieczny and some other leading Polish composers of the younger generation.

Their first  CD Duo Guitarinet was released in Poland by the Dux label. The album has been enthusiastically received in the international press and nominated for the 2000 Polish Music Industry Award. The second CD entitled Duo Guitarinet-10th Anniversary Album has been released in September 2006 on JBRecords, followed by Impresiones Argentinas, recorded with Camerata Moravia in the Czech Republic.Since their successful  debut in 1996 at the Teatr Polski in Wrocław, Poland, the duo has received invitations to perform at numerous international festivals in Poland, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, Holland, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Serbia,Slovenia, Hungary, Malta, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

András Csáki was born in Budapest 1981, and began to play the guitar at the age of 11. In 1996 he was admitted to the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music, and in the year of 2002 he continued his studies at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, where he graduated with honor in 2007.

He was taught by the best Hungarian guitar professors, such as József Eötvös, Ede Roth and Sándor Szilvágyi. Since 1995 András has  been a regular participant of international master classes all over the world, including master classes held by Leo Brouwer, Abel Carlevaro, Costas Cotsiolis, Aniello Desiderio, Zoran Dukic, Pablo Marquez, Judicaël Perroy, David Russell, Thomas Müller-Pering, Barna Kováts and Tamás Vásáry.

András’s international career started in 1999 after winning the XXVI. “Dr. Luis Sigall” International Musical Competition in Chile. This prestigious contest brought him a large number of concert opportunities, he played recitals in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Poland, Germany, Japan, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain and the United States. Since that time he has taken part in numerous international competitions. Until the year of 2009 he received 18 prizes, among others he was awarded with the first prize in the 51st Tokyo International Guitar Competition in 2008, and in the 42nd “Michele Pittaluga” Guitar Competition in Alessandria, Italy 2009.

Besides solo recitals, he is also devoted to chamber music. As András is one of the most active players of his generation, he is often asked by various violinists, singers and cellists to take part in different chamber music performances. He has also had several opportunities to play guitar concertos with symphonic orchestras in Hungary and abroad.      

His first CD, “My Favourite Pieces” is released in 2009 containing compositions by Bach, Giuliani, Barrios, Morel, Farkas and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

András began to teach in 2005. Since September of the same year, he has been a guitar teacher at Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music, and in September 2009 he was appointed assistant professor at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. He gave his first master classes in Dallas (USA) in 2005, since that time he has frequently been asked to give master classes in various countries, such as France, Greece, Romania and his native Hungary.

is considered to be one of the most promising guitarists of the coming generation.

He started to play guitar at age of 8 in elementary music school in Tuzla under the tutelage of Muhidin Durmanović and Nedim Tinjić and went on with this musical education with prof. Predrag Stanković with whom he finished secondary music school in 2007 with the highest marks. After that he pursued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik „Franz Liszt“ in Weimar with professor Thomas Müller-Pering.

His first guitar concert was in Tuzla when he was 14, then he played many concerts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Chile where all concerts were highly received by the audience and the music critics.

Sanel has seen competitions as a possibility to make progress in his career and in the period of 2005 – 2009 Sanel won thirteen international prizes at international guitar competitions like „Forum Gitarre Wien“, Markneukirchen, „Anna Amalia“ Weimar, „Andres Segovia“ Velbert, Kutná Hora, „Guitarmania“ Lisbon, „Guitar Art Festival“ Belgrade and in June 2005 Sanel was presented the award „The teenager of Tuzla“, year 2004/2005.

During his secondary school he participated in masterclasses held by Costas Cotsiolis, Judicaël Perroy, Ricardo Gallén, Denis Azabagić, Petr Saidl, Jorgos Panetsos, Thomas Offermann, Jozef Zsapka, Anastasia Bardina, Darko Petrinjak, Zoran Kraišnik, Saša Dejanović and many others.

Sanel recorded CDs for „Gramofon“ from Sarajevo and MDR from Leipzig.

International prizes:

I prize – Guitar Art Festival Belgrade 2005
I prize – Forum Gitarre Wien 2005
I prize – International guitar competition Szeged 2007
I prize – International GitarFest Banja Luka 2007
I prize – Anna Amalia guitar competition Weimar 2009
I prize – International biennal guitar competition Kutná Hora 2009

II prize – Anna Amallia guitar competition Weimar 2005
II prize – Andres Segovia guitar competition Velbert 2006
II prize – International biennal guitar competition Kutná Hora 2007
II prize – International guitar competition „Guitarmania“ Lisbon 2009

III prize – International guitar competition Split 2008

special prize - Andres Segovia guitar competition Velbert 2006
special prize – International instrumental competition Markneukirchen 2009

Sanel plays Otto Vowinkel 2004 guitar and Savarez strings.

graduated from the Conservatory of Pardubice where he studied classical guitar under the tutelage of Stanislav Juřica and František Zima. Currently he is teaching classical guitar at the Basic Musical School Na Střezině in Hradec Králové. Since 1997 he has worked with several guitar orchestras, he is a founder, a chief conductor and the Artistic Director of Bohemian Guitar Orchestra which has made a number of concert and contest performances all over the Czech republic. Apart from the classical music he is interested in other musical genres (folk, rock, grunge, country, southern rock).

studied classical guitar with Karl Scheit at the Hochschule für Künste in Vienna. He finished his studies with a master's degree in guitar performance, which he was later awarded also in the lute performance. He has toured around the world with the well-known Duo Sonare, as a soloist, with orchestras and various chamber ensembles. His rich repertoire affords him an unusually wide range of expertise. In his actual solo programmes Jens Wagner combines 19th century music (performed on period instruments) with contemporary music. He has given performances at many festivals, e.g. in Cordoba, Esztergom, Los Angeles, Mettmann, Moscow, Vienna, Nižnyj Novgorod, Ljubljana, Gdaňsk, Viña del Mar, San Juan, Tychy, Bath, Birkenhead, St. Paul Trois Châteaux, Gran Canaria, Ourense, Santo Tirso, Gargnano, Kutná Hora, Mikulov. He has also lectured at the festivals and has taught at a number of schools (Manhattan School of Music New York, Yale University New Heaven, Eastman School of Music Rochester, University of Hanoi, University of Saigon). His 11 released CD recordings have received exceptional acclaim. He has published music by Haydn and Telemann for Heinrichhofen and Trekel publishers and has written articles for several guitar magazines. At present he is the head of the international guitar masterclass in Hochschule für Künste in Bremen.

One of the most respected international guitar pedagogues today. He has performed as a soloist, with orchestras, as a chamber musician and together with the DUO SONARE, one of the world’s outstanding guitar ensembles, in more than 40 countries world-wide. His 8 CD productions with the DUO SONARE have won great acclaim from both critics and public alike. Together with the Duo Sonare Thomas was the first to open the repertoire of the classical guitar to music by composers such as Ch. Corea, F. Zappa or M. Oldflield. As Professor and Chairman or the Guitar Dept. he teaches an International masterclass at the HMT Rostock. His sensitive and meticulous approach, together with an extraordinary capacity for motivation, have made him a much appreciated guitar trainer. His researches on the Integrative Guitar Technique made him a highly respected advisor in the guitar world. As a conductor he has realised projects with music by Steve Reich, Roland Dyens, Benjamin Verdery, Leo Brouwer and others.

Miloslav Študent studied  musical sciences and aesthetics at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. In the course of his studies he was interested in the  interpretation of the 16th – 18th century music. At the same time he founded and was the leader of the ensemble Flores Musicae (together with M. Kožená, V. Richter and V. Mikulášková).  With this ensemble he made numbers of the  first performances of the forgotten masterpieces.  After the period which he devoted only to taking part in the  masterclasses (lute – S. Juřica, L. Contini, A. Bailes, H. Smith; viola da gamba – R. Boothby) he went to study in Italy. There he graduated after the 3-year-course of the interpretation of the 17th century Italian music in the class of R. Gini (Accademia internazionale della musica di Milano). He also received a diploma in 2002 in the lute class of Paul Beier at the same school.

Since 2002 he has been teaching lute at The Academy of the Old Music at The Institute of Musicology, Masaryk University in Brno. Also he teaches at the International  Summer Festival of the Old Music in Valtice. In 2003 he gave lectures at the Accademia internazionale della musica di Milano. In 2004 he was an artistic director of the festival of the baroque opera in Valtice. At this festival he directed the music and dance performance Duel zpěvu a tance and Festino. In 2007 he took part at the staging of Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi in the National Theatre in Prague.

As a lutenist he he has performed with lots of distinguished soloists (M. Kožená, R. Gini, J. Lewitová, B. Zanichelli, M. Hugget, E. Machová, M. Pospíšil etc.) and ensembles (Ensemble Concerto Milano, Ritornello Praha, Societas Incognitorum, Capella Regia Praha, Musicalische Copagney Berlin, Ensemble Galatea, Teatro Franco Parenti Milano, Musica Bellissima, La Gambetta). He has given concerts in Europe and in the South America. Nowadays he plays with In Cordis Ensemble and in duos with the harpist Kateřina Doležalová, the sopranist Irena Troupová and the cembalist Monika Knoblochová. He has recorded for various labels, the radio, TV and films.

The seminar Jan Antonín Losy z Losinthalu – the Count of the baroque guitar? is devoted to the life and work of Jan Antonín Losy, one of the most significant European lute players of the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. The main topic of the seminar will be his compositions for the baroque guitar which are not rarely considered to be only transcriptions of the lute pieces. Is this hypothesis valid? Is it impossible that Losy was an active guitarist and, therefore, his compositions were primarily composed for guitar? What instrument might he have played and what guitar techniques might he have used? When seeking the answers to these questions the extracts of the Losy’s compositions for baroque guitar, baroque lute and gallizona will be played, all of these instruments coming from luthier Jiří Čepelák.

was born in England in 1952. He began learning to play the bassoon when he was 12 years old, and at 16 he was selected to play with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. He went on to study the bassoon at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he also had first lessons it the Alexander Technique (AT). After completing his music diploma in 1973 he joined the Orchestra of the English National Ballet with whom he played for 12 years. During this time he continued to have AT lessons, and eventually decided to enrol in a 3-year training program in London to become a teacher of the AT. He received his certification in 1979 and taught the AT alongside his work as an orchestral musician. In 1985 he was invited to teach the AT at Dramatisches Zentrum Wien. He has lived and taught in Vienna since then. In 1987 he participated in an ORF TV documentary film about the AT. From 1991 – 1996 he was a guest professor for Alexander Technique at the University of Music in Graz. In 1996 he established and is director of the AT Teacher Training Centre in Vienna. He now also teaches the AT for the United Nations Health Club. In recent years he has led numerous workshops and given private AT lessons in the Czech Republic, mostly in Prague, but also in Brno, Kroměříž, Jeseník and Olomouc. In July 2004 he taught the AT for the first time at the Guitar Festival Mikulov.

Marta Kratochvílová studied flute at the Janáček Academy of Music in Brno in the class of František Kantor and was awarded her state diploma there in 2002. In 2000 she started her sudies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Strasbourg in class of Sandrine Francois and in 2002 was awarded “diplome de spécialisation a l’unanimité”. After that she specialized in baroque traverso in class of J. F. Alizon and chamber music with M. Gester, P. Blanc and A. Angster. She took part at many masterclasses and stages with a.o. Paul McCreesh (Académie baroque européenne d´Ambronay 2003), Barthold Kuijken (Genève 2002), Jan-Latham Koenig (Janáček festival Luhačovice 2002), Sir Neville Marinner (Attergau Institut Orchestra 1999), International summer academy Praha-Wien-Budapest (2000), Festival et Académie des Arcs (1998).

Marta Kratochvílová has performed extensively in Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, The Netherlands, Sweden and France. With Strasbourg renaissance flutes consort she performed at various renaissance music workshops (Ferrara, München, Stuttgart, Basel). With modern flute she used to perform with numerous orchestras such as Chamber philharmonic orchestra Pardubice, Symphony orchestra Hradec Králové, Olomouc symphony orchestra, Orchestre d´Harmonie Caecilia Strasbourg, Opereta in Strasbourg, flute ensemble Bilitis or Czecho-Slovak duo (with pianist K.Marzingerová – performances in European Parliament). Today she is focusing on baroque and renaissance transverse flute and performs with Le Parlament de Musique Strasbourg, Bohemia duo (with harpsichordist Eva Valtová), ensemble NotaBene and many others. Marta is giving masterclasses and teaching baroque and renaissance traverso as well as modern flute across Europe.

After completing his guitar and musicology studies in his native Brno, Czech Republic, Jan Cizmar was at the Royal College of Music in London studying classical guitar and later lute with Jakob Lindberg. Following were his studies with Nigel North, Joachim Held, Mike Fentross and Christina Pluhar at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag. As well he has taken masterclasses with Hopkinson Smith, Evangelina Mascardi and Yasonuri Imamura.

Jan Cizmar is versatile performer on plucked instruments, focusing on historical lutes and early guitars. He is regularly performing with groups such as Orkest van de 18de Euuw (Frans Brüggen), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), Collegium 1704 (Václav Luks) and many others in the early music field at concerts across Europe, in USA and in Asia.

In his non-early music past he was busy as a rock, jazz and later as a classical guitarist. He toured Europe with New York production of Jesus Christ Superstar as a rock guitarist and has often appeared on stage in theatrical/dance productions of the Lindsay Kemp Company and Leine & Roebana.

He was the founder and editor-in-chief of the Czech guitar and lute magazine Kytara and regularly contributes to other musical periodicals. He has also worked as a musical editor for several publishing houses including Bärenreiter and is busy researching, editing and performing music from central European archives.

Jan has been teaching at various summer schools and has a lute class at the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland.

Zdeněk Dvořák (1947) graduated at Prague Conservatory. He is not only successful soloist but he is known for his pedagogic achievements his students won number of first prizes and awards. His pedagogic approach has been inspired by Rudolf Steiner´s anthroposophy. He is member of jury of guitar competitions and gives masterclasses at international guitar festivals in the Czech Republic. Dvorak owns recording studio Principium, where he has published recordings of top Czech and international guitarists. He is currently occupied at the Music School Lounskych and International Conservatory in Prague as a head of music department.

artistic leader - Vít Mužík

Camerata Moravia is one of the most representative chamber orchestras in the Czech Republic, founded in 1987 as Olomouc Chamber Orchestra by the best performers of the Moravian Philharmonic.

It has toured Europe extensively since then, giving concerts in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Austria. It has taken part in international festivals, namely at the Festival in Reims, having been conducted by Lord Yehudi Menuhin there. The chamber orchestra cooperates with renown soloists of world standing. A number of concerts have been given at home as well. The orchestra has recorded 10 CDs and performed in a number of radio and TV studios around the Europe.

The composition of the orchestra and the strings open a possibility for a wide repertoire, from the early baroque masters to 20th century music inclusive atractive music by the Argentinian composer A. Piazolla and popular music inspired by famous songs of Beatles from the Slovak-Canadian composer and pianist P. Breiner, though it has not been neglecting contemporary composers either.

Camerata Moravia is often active in the city of Olomouc itselfs, which is one of the most important cultural centres in the Czech Republic, hosting the International Organ festival, International Dvořák´s festival, the Internaitonal Festival of Children Choirs etc.

The orchestra participates in the International festivals in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic - Prague Spring , Janaček´s May Ostrava, Dvořák´s Olomouc and Bratislava Music Festivities in Slovakia.

In 1990 the concertmaster Antonín Hradil became the leader of the orchestra. Mr. Hradil was a student of Professor Adolf Sýkora, a member of the world famous Janáček´s Quartet. In 2004 the concertmaster Vít Mužík became the leader of the orchestra.The artistic abilities of the chamber orchestra have increased remarkably since then, achieving the present high quality of interpretative skills.