• Music

    Agustin Castilla-Avila

    Agustin Castilla-Avila

    VGo Recordings

    November 17, 2007

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    He was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, where he began his musical studies at its conservatoire. Later he entered Conservatorio Superior de Sevilla obtaining the Titulo Superior de Guitarra with Professor Josefina Calero. In 1998 he was the first guitarist to gain a scholarship by Fundacion La Caixa-British Council to study a Masters Degree at the London College of Music with guitarist Carlos Bonell. Later he moved to the Guildhall School of Music where he earned a Postgraduate Diploma and a Masters with guitarist Robert Brightmore, David Miller and the composer Mathew King. He won the Portallion Solo Guitar Prize at this school. He continued his studies at Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg with professor Isabel Siewers. While at Mozarteum, he also took studies at Arizona State University doing a Doctorate in Musical Arts under the direction of guitarist Frank Koonce. He was also an assistant teacher at this university. He studied composition with Adriana Hölszky and Andre Ruschkowski at the Mozarteum. At present, he continues at this school with Reinhard Febel. He also studies composition with Alexander Müllenbach at Luxemburg Consevatoire.

    • Ticket Info

      Tickets: $10

    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      November 17, 2007

      Times:
      8pm

    • Venue Info

      St. Andrew's Episcopal Church - San Bruno

      1600 Santa Lucia Avenue San Bruno, CA 94066

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