Gabriel Guillén
Gabriel Guillén (* in Maracay , Venezuela ) is a Venezuelan-Austrian classical guitarist .
education
Guillén studied at the music school of Orquesta Filarmónica de Caracas with the Uruguayan guitarist Mario Vidalin (guitar technique Abel Carlevaros ). He was particularly interested in Argentinian and Uruguayan music. He then studied at the “José Angel Lamas” music academy with José Gregorio Guanchez. Guillén attended master classes with Abel Carlevaro. He also studied in Europe with Konrad Ragossnig in Zurich and with Walter Würdinger in Vienna.
Educational activities
Since 1992 Guillén has been Professor of Guitar at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory of the Province of Burgenland in Eisenstadt and has given master classes for guitar at the Richard Wagner Conservatory in Vienna .
He was visiting professor at the Music University in Guanajuato / Mexico and a member of the jury at international competitions (GFA, Kutná Hora, Cherepovets, St. Petersburg, Rust, Guitar Forum, Festival Merz in Bratislava, Festival Morelia in Mexico, Giuliani Competition in Bari, Italy) .
Guillén received the Honorary Prize of the Ministry of Education in Austria, the Honorary Prize of the Fundación Venezuela Positiva, the Honorary Prize of the Rotary International Caracas-Avila, the Kerypreis, the Artinge Prize in Austria, the Prize of the City of Fiuggi for his concert activities and the Prize of the City of Fiuggi for his work as artistic director of various guitar festivals in Europe.
Artistic activities
Guillén gave concerts in many European countries as well as in China, Japan, the USA, South and Central America.
Since 1998 he has been president of the International Guitar Festival in Rust / Austria, member of the Rotary Club Eisenstadt and artistic director of several music festivals. As a soloist he played with numerous orchestras in Mexico, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Austria, Venezuela, Ukraine, Poland, Spain, Austria, Uruguay and Japan.
CD recordings and projects
- Universal, Akzent, Project V4 with works by Johann Sebastian Bach , Domenico Scarlatti , Alberto Ginastera , Antonio Lauro , Mauro Giuliani , Jovan Pesec and Agustín Barrios Mangoré , Hans Hausl.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guillén, Gabriel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-Venezuelan classical guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maracay , Venezuela |