GUTIÉRREZ, EDWIN GUEVARA

Edwin Guevara Gutiérrez

Edwin Guevara-Gutiérrez is a guitarist, composer conductor, researcher and educator. He has worked as a coordinator and professor of classical guitar, chamber music, research, theory, conducting and composition at universities in Colombia, Spain and the United States. He is currently a professor of Colombian Music at the Conservatory of Music of the National University of Colombia, President and Co-Artistic Director of the Tequendama Cultural Foundation, and a member of the National Technical Committee of Funmúsica.

Mr Guevara-Gutiérrez holds a DMA in Musical Arts from the University of Arizona, a Master's in Symphony Conducting from the National University of Colombia, a Superior Degree in Music with a specialization in guitar from the Conservatory of Music of the Liceu de Barcelona, and a Master's in Continuing Education in Classical Guitar Performance from the University of Alicante.

He is a Naxos and Guitar by Masters artist, endorses Knobloch Strings, Guitarlift and Crossrock Cases, and has won more than 70 national and international performance competitions, including the Leo Brouwer, Celedonio Romero, Miguel Llobet, Arjau de Música Contemporánea, Juventudes Musicales de España, and the Chicago Guitar Festival competitions, among others.

He has participated in more than 50 recordings across different genres and conducted chamber groups, choirs, and orchestras in various countries. He is a composer and arranger for the El Dorado Guitar Quartet, and in 2017, he released his first album for Naxos, "Music for Cello and Guitar," as guitarist and composer for the renowned Duo Villa-Lobos, alongside his wife, cellist Cecilia Palma. He has appeared as a soloist with various symphony orchestras in important concert halls in Europe, Asia, the USA, and Central and South America, such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Palau de la Música Catalana, the UN Middle East Auditorium, the Kamani Theater in New Delhi, the New Opera Theater in Moscow, and the Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, among others. He performed the Colombian premiere of Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto para una Fiesta for guitar and orchestra, accompanied by the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra.

Edwin Guevara-Gutiérrez’s music has been published by Bergmann Edition. His work, Iberoamerican Landscapes for flute, cello and two guitars won the International Composition Competition "Premier Across History" at the University of Arizona in 2021. Great composers have dedicated works to him including Roland Dyens, Leo Brouwer, Blas Emilio Atehortua, Atanas Ourkouzounov, Gabriel Estarellas, Jaime Zénamon, Clemente Diaz, Silvio Martínez, Carlos Lora Falquez, and Alejandro Mejía.

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