Salzburg Guitar Trio 

 

Guitar

Austria

Internationally recognized as one of the leading guitar ensembles of today, the Salzburg Guitar Trio engages its audiences with their energetic presence and deeply emotional performances. They have performed extensively in music festivals and concert halls throughout Europe and North America.

Performance highlights in Europe include a televised concert at the ‘Garrigues Guitar Festival’, a tour of the northwestern provinces of Spain, and concerts in music festivals and concert series such as the ‘The Hague Guitar Society’, ‘Tübingen International Guitar Festival‘, ‘Costa Dourada Music Festival’, ‘Guitar Festival ‘Ciutat D’Elx’’, ’Valle dei Laghi International Guitar Festival‘ and ‘Stuttgart International Classic Guitar Festival’.

During their time as artists-in-residence at ‘La Pedrera’, Antoni Gaudi’s famous modernist building in Barcelona, the trio collaborated with Catalan composer José Galeote. They had the pleasure of premiering Galeote’s ‘La Pedrera -  En Construcciò’ whilst being inspired by the remarkable architecture.

The trio won first prizes at the ‘Ciutat d’Elx Guitar Festival’ in Spain, the ‘Corelli-Savarez Chamber Music Competition’ in Austria, and ‘Valle dei Laghi Guitar Festival‘ in Italy. As First Prize winners of the Guitar Foundation of America ‘International Ensemble Competition’, the Salzburg Guitar Trio was the first ever ensemble to be awarded a GFA Artist’s Tour.

In the Spring of 2023, the trio‘s GFA Artist‘s Tour took them across North America. Some of their most memorable concerts took place in beautiful concert venues such as the Sundin Music Hall in St. Paul, Minnesota, the 560 Music Centre in St. Louis, Mississippi, and the Margaret Comstock Concert Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, to name a few. The trio also gave public masterclasses for guitar societies, universities and conservatories, as well as outreach concerts. Highlights include coaching soloists and ensembles from the Bachelor and Master programmes at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, KY and the Mount Royal University Conservatory in Calgary, Canada.

The Salzburg Guitar Trio‘s debut album “III“ features highlights of their current programme, and was released at the beginning of 2023. Upcoming plans include arranging brand new repertoire for their second album, and recording John Duarte’s complete works for guitar trio.

Salzburg Guitar Trio is comprised of Katie Lonson (Canada), Stefan Volpp (Germany) and Andrew Booth (England). The ensemble was originally formed with Izan Rubio (Spain) whilst finalizing their postgraduate solo guitar studies at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria, and was joined by Stefan Volpp in 2020.