Tag: visiting-artist
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Gonçalo Caetano
Gonçalo Maia Caetano is a classical guitarist from Pinhel, Portugal, currently completing a Master of Arts degree at the Royal Academy of Music. He has won over ten international competitions, including the prestigious Prince’s Prize awarded by the The Worshipful Company of Musicians. In 2020, Gonçalo joined the Phemo Quartet as a bass player. The…
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Fika Duo (09/10/2025)
On 9th October 2025, BCGS was thrilled to host the Fika Duo as part of the International Guitar Foundation’s Young Artists Platform. The duo was formed by guitarist Zoë Meadowcroft and flautist Emma Lörstad in their first year at the Royal Academy of Music, where they both holdscholarships. The term Fika comes from the Swedish…
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Micaela Núñez’s 2025 UK Adventure
This summer, we welcomed a rising star from Paraguay: guitarist, educator, and Instrumentoteca Toyota prize recipient Micaela Núñez. This award allowed her to travel and share her music with audiences up and down the UK, and learn from some of our top educators and performers at summer schools and festivals. The Bristol Classical Guitar Society is proud to…
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Duo Cantelina: IGF Young Artist Platform
This concert is promoted in partnership with the International Guitar Foundation (IGF). Praised as “such an amazing talent“, Duo Cantelina are a dynamic vocal and guitar duo comprising of mezzo-soprano Sophie Clarke and classical guitarist Ravi Nathwani. They have just completed their Master’s at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and have now been selected as…
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October 2025 Meetup and Fika Duo
Theme: Personally Meaningful. Play something which has great personal meaning for you 19:15-20:00 Solos and chamber ensembles 20:10-21:00 Young Artists Platform: Duo Fika We host Duo Fika, one of this year’s IGF Young Artist Platform winners, for a short concert. See the event page here for background and a programme. This concert is promoted in partnership…
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September 2025 Meetup and Duo Cantelina
Theme: Cheesy classics. Shamelessly celebrate the perennial favourites which might have drawn you to the guitar in the first place e.g. Spanish Romance, Lágrimas, Recuerdos, Cavatina, Asturias… 19:15-19:45 Solos and chamber ensembles 20:10-21:00 Young Artists Platform We host Duo Cantelina, one of this year’s IGF Young Artist Platform winners, for a short concert. For more…
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Berta Rojas Masterclasses and visit
We’re really excited that Berta Rojas, our society’s Patron, is coming to visit us on 25th August 2024 to meet our members and offer the opportunity for masterclasses on the day!
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Luke Bartlett (09/05/2024)
At the May 2024 meetup, BCGS members were treated to a concert by rising star Like Bartlett, who pproaching his Finals Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, was selected as an IGF Young Artist 2024, is a Julian Bream Scholar and has recently won a prize for Voice and…
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October 2024 Meetup and Paul Gregory
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55pm Solos (Optional) theme for the solos this month: Music from Spain First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm – Visiting Artist lecture Visiting Artist: Paul Gregory from Maestoso Music. Paul’s talk will be: So what do you really want from a guitar? A discourse on how instruments differ…
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September 2024 Meetup and Arthur Keegan
12th September Meetup Solo theme: “21st century compositions” Ensemble Guest Speaker: Arthur Keegan on his Wessex Songs project