Edwin Guevara-Gutiérrez
Guitarist, composer, conductor, arranger, researcher, and professor.
He holds a DMA in Musical Arts from the University of Arizona (United States), a Master's degree 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 (Spain), and a Master's degree in Continuing Education in Classical Guitar Performance from the University of Alicante (Spain). He is a Naxos artist, a Knobloch Strings artist from Spain, a Guitarlift artist from Germany, a Bergmann Editions artist from Denmark, a Guitar by Masters artist from Crossrockcases from the United States, and a winner of 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, among others. He has participated in more than 50 recordings across various genres. He has conducted chamber groups, choirs, and orchestras in various countries. 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 performed as a soloist with the Duo Villa-Lobos and has been accompanied by various symphony orchestras in important concert halls in Europe, Asia, the United States, and Central and South America, including the Palau de la Música Catalana, the UN Middle East Auditorium, the Kamani Theater in New Delhi, the New Opera Theater in Moscow, Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Carnegie Hall in New York, among others. He performed the Colombian premiere of Joaquin Rodrigo's Concerto for a Party for Guitar and Orchestra, accompanied by the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra. Winner of the International Composition Competition "Premier Across History" at the University of Arizona in 2021 with his work Iberoamerican Landscapes, for Flute, Cello and two guitars. Great composers have dedicated works to him such as Roland Dyens, Leo Brouwer, Blas Emilio Atehortua, Atanas Ourkouzounov, Gabriel Estarellas, Jaime Zénamon, Clemente Diaz, Silvio Martínez, Carlos Lora Falquez, Alejandro Mejía, among others. He is currently President and Co-Artistic Director of the Tequendama Cultural Foundation, he is a guitarist, composer and arranger of the "El Dorado" Guitar Quartet, and a member of the National Technical Committee of Funmúsica. His work as a university professor has been as coordinator and professor of classical guitar, chamber music, research, theory, conducting and composition at different universities in Colombia, Spain and the United States. He is currently a professor in the area of Colombian Music at the Conservatory of Music of the National University of Colombia.
Edwin Guevara - Gutiérrez
Guitarrista, compositor, director, arreglista, investigador, docente.
Doctor en Artes Musicales (DMA) de la Universidad de Arizona (Estados Unidos), Magister en Dirección Sinfőnica de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Titulo Superior en Música Especialidad Guitarra del Conservatorio de Música del Liceo de Barcelona (España), Magister en Formación Permanente en Interpretación de Guitarra Clásica de la Universidad de Alicante (España). Es artista Naxos, Knobloch Strings de España, Guitarlift de Alemania, Bergmann Editions de Dinamarca, Guitar by Masters y de Crossrockcases de Estados Unidos. Ganador de más de 70 concursos nacionales e internacionales de interpretación como los premios Leo Brouwer, Celedonio Romero, Miguel Llobet, Arjau de Música Contemporánea, Juventudes Musicales de España, Chicago Guitar Festival, entre otros. Ha participado en más de 50 grabaciones discográficas de diferentes géneros. Ha dirigido grupos de cámara, coros y orquestas en diferentes países. En 2017 lanzó su primer álbum para Naxos "Music for Cello and Guitar" como guitarrista y compositor del reconocido Dúo Villa-Lobos junto a su esposa, la violonchelista Cecilia Palma. Ha realizado conciertos como solista, con el Dúo Villa-Lobos y ha sido acompañado de diferentes orquestas sinfönicas en importantes salas de concierto de Europa, Asia, Estados Unidos, Centro y Sur America como el Palau de la Música Catalana, Auditorio de la ONU de Medio Oriente, Teatro Kamani de Nueva Delhi, Teatro de la Nueva Opera de Moscú, Hill Auditorium en Ann Arbor Michigan, Carnegie Hall de Nueva York, entre otros. Realizó la premier en Colombia del Concierto para una Fiesta para Guitarra y Orquesta de Joaquin Rodrigo acompanado de la Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogotá. Ganador del Concurso Internacional de Composición “Premier Across History" de la Universidad de Arizona en 2021 con su obra Iberoamerican Landscapes, para Flauta, Cello y dos guitarras. Grandes compositores le han dedicado obras como Roland Dyens, Leo Brouwer, Blas Emilio Atehortua, Atanas Ourkouzounov, Gabriel Estarellas, Jaime Zénamon, Clemente Diaz, Silvio Martínez, Carlos Lora Falquez, Alejandro Mejía, entre otros. Actualmente es presidente y Codirector Artístico de la Fundación Cultural Tequendama, es guitarrista, compositor y arreglista de "El Dorado" Guitar Quartet, es integrante del Comité Técnico Nacional de Funmúsica. Su trabajo como docente universitario lo ha realizado como coordinador y docente del área de guitarra clásica, música de cámara, investigación, teoria, dirección y composición en diferentes universidades de Colombia, España y Estados Unidos. Actualmente es docente del área de músicas colombianas en el Conservatorio de Música de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.