Friday 12th August 22:00 h.
Estellencs' Church
Ticket 7€ - Partners Free



Miguel Angel Aguilo Larriba was born in Palma de Mallorca in 1965. He began his guitar studies with William Noguera, embedding them with Gabriel Estarelles and later with Jose Tomas at the Conservatory of Music "Oscar Esplà" in Alacant. There he was awarded with the title of Senior Guitar Professor with the best qualifications getting thus the special end of studies award at the age of twenty.

He had the opportunity to broaden his knowledge with teachers such as David Russell, Carles Trepat, Manuel Barrueco and Roberto Aussel, among others.

He has been awarded with the "Prize of Interpretation" of the Society of Music of Alacant, the "Performance Award" from the Athenaeum of Maó and the first prize in the " Ist International Guitar Competition Velez-Malaga."

Since 1986 he has been teaching at the Professional Conservatory of Music and Dance in Palma de Mallorca. He is currently Professor and Head of the Guitar Department at the Conservatory of Music of the Balearic Islands.

Devoted primarily to teaching he has continued to offer performances all around the Balearic Islands as well as in Alacant, Madrid, Malaga and Murcia both as a soloist, with chamber groups and as soloist with orchestra.

In another area, he plays an important activity to boost the presence of the guitar in Mallorca being the musical director of "Serenates Guitarrístiques Memorial Xavier Bestard" that take place annually in Estellencs with the attendance of the foremost interpreters of the instrument.

He recently graduated in studies of History and Science of Music.




Pedro Mateo González Garrido was born in Avila in 1983, he began his musical studies at the age of 6 at the "Tomás Luis de Victoria" academy of music in that city where he ends the specialties Intermediate Guitar with Salvador Gomez and composition with Antonio Bernaldo de Quiros and Alejandro Moreno. He completed the follwing Higher degree studies:

- "Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid" with Professor D. José Luis Rodrigo.
- "Hochschule für Musik Köln" with D. Roberto Aussel.
- "Conservatorio Superior de Música de Salamanca" with D. Hugo Geller.
- "Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt de Weimar" with Prof. Thomas Müller-Pering.

He finished with the grade of "Honors" getting as well the "Thesis Award."

He has done postgraduate studies in the form of Konzertexamen in the prestigious "Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf" in the class of Prof. Joachim Clerch ending with the "Cum Laude" recognition and with D. Ricardo Gallo and D. Eliot Fisk, at the University "Mozarteum" in Salzburg, Austria, a period during which he was awarded a scholarship by "La Caixa", "Alexander von Humboldt Foundation" and the Ministry of Culture of Spain.

He currently teaches guitar at the Conservatory of Music in the Balearic Islands.

He has won several awards including:

- 1srt Prize 2009 Boston Guitar Fest
- 1srt Prize en la 66ª Convocatoria del Concurso Permanente de Jóvenes Intérpretes
- 1srt Prize en el VII Concurso Internacional de guitarra "Ciudad de Coria"
- 1srt Prize en el V Concurso Internacional de Guitarra "Ciudad de Torrent"
- 1srt Prize en el II Concurso Internacional de guitarra "José Tomás-Villa de Petrer"
- 1srt Prize en el XII Concurso De Guitarra "Francesc Tarrega" de Villareal.
- 1srt Prize en el III "Miami´s internacional Competition" en EEUU
- 2nd Prize en el VI "Anna Amalia Wettbewerb für junge Gitarristen" en Weimar (Alemania)



He has performed at major international music festivals among which stand out:

- Jordan Hall de Boston en EEUU
- Auditorio nacional de música de Madrid
- II Festival de "The Miami Classical guitar Society" en EEUU.
- Auditorio "Conde Duque" de Madrid
- "Circulo de Bellas Artes" de Madrid
- Embajada de España en Slovenia
- Embajada de España en Vietnam
- Weimarer Gitarre-Verein en Alemania
- Ciclo de conciertos de guitarra en el Ateneo de Madrid…

He has performed as a soloist with the ORTVE directed by Adrian Leaper, with the Symphony Orchestra of Castile and Leon under the direction of Alejandro Posadas and has made recordings for TVE, RNE, Radio Classic Radio Slovenia and Deutschland Radio in Berlin (Germany). He has also participated in chamber music concerts in duo, quartet accompanying leading musicians such as Pedro Chamorro (plectrum) or Malikian Ara (violin).

He has participated in recording a CD distributed by the FNAC in which he plays music by Leo Brouwer. He is currently preparing his first CD for the label Vgo Records in San Francisco (USA).