Salzburg Guitar Trio

Saturday, February 25, 2023
7:30 pm

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Rapidly achieving international recognition as one of the leading guitar ensembles of the new generation, the Salzburg Guitar Trio engages its audiences with their energetic presence and deeply emotional performances. Their unique repertoire includes newly commissioned works for guitar trio and transcriptions of orchestral and keyboard works by the finest composers.

Salzburg Guitar Trio has performed extensively throughout Europe. Recent highlights include a televised concert at the Garrigues Guitar Festival, a tour of the northwestern provinces of Spain, and concerts at music festivals such as the Costa Dourada Music Festival, Guitar Festival “Ciutat D’Elx,” Valle dei Laghi International Guitar Festival, and the ‘Stuttgart International Classic Guitar Festival.

One of the trio’s most exciting projects was their time spent as artists in residence based in Gaudi’s famous modernist building, “La Pedrera,” in Barcelona. During the residency, Catalan composer Jose Galeote dedicated his work La Pedrera–En Construcció to the trio. Inspired by Gaudi’s remarkable architecture, the trio had the pleasure of premiering the work inside La Pedrera.

The trio has won first prizes at the Ciutat d’Elx Guitar Festival in Spain, the Corelli-Savarez Chamber Music Competition in Salzburg; Valle dei Laghi Guitar Festival in Italy, and, most recently, the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Ensemble Competition in 2021. At the Gorizia Guitar Competition and the Paganini Guitar Festival in Parma, Italy the trio received second and third prizes, respectively.

Salzburg Guitar Trio now consists of Katie Lonson (Canada), Stefan Volpp (Germany) and Andrew Booth (England). It was formed while the members were finalizing their postgraduate solo guitar studies at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria. Stefan Volpp joined the trio in 2020, replacing original member Izan Rubio (Spain).