Gauthey Ballarè Duo

 

Guitar

France - Italy

Composed by the Italian Giulia Ballaré and the French Pauline Gauthey, the GautheyBallarèDuo debuted in 2019. They have performed in Switzerland, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy. Giulia and Pauline play chamber music to extend their repertoire to other styles, from classical to popular.

They release their first album in 2023 with the Spanish label JSM Records, composed of Spanish music (De Falla, Albeniz), South American music (Piazzola, Bellinati, Gismonti, Ginastera), and Italian opera (Rossini).

The duo followed masterclasses with the most influential personalities in the world of classical guitars such as Marcin Dylla, Judicael Perroy, and Carlo Marchione.

Pauline Gauthey (1993) has won numerous national and international competitions:

• 1st prize: Acerra  Guitar meeting, Italy (2017); Valence Guitar Drôme, France (2016); Ceyzeriat, France (2014).
•  2^nd prize: Andres Segovia Linares, Spain (2018)
• 3rd prize: Seville Festival, Spain (2018), Carry-le-Rouet Festival, France (2018); Mottola, Italy (2017); Fontenay-sous-Bois, France (2016). She performs at festivals in France and Europe: “Drôme guitar  festival” in Valence, “Sul Tasto” in Paris, and “Guitar Meetings” in Acerra (Italy). She performed  several times in 2019 in San Francisco with Duo Érable (cello-guitar).

In 2016 Pauline obtained the State Diploma of guitar teacher at the Center for Higher Education in Music in Dijon, then she continued at the Higher School of Music and Dance in Lille in the class of Judicaël Perroy to complete her degree in music interpretation. In 2020, she obtained a Postgraduate Study Diploma at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in the class of Judicaël Perroy. In 2022, she obtained her Pedagogical Master's degree at the HEM in Geneva.

She teaches guitar at the Popular Conservatory of Music, Dance, and Theater in Geneva. Pauline Gauthey plays on a Hugo Cuvilliez guitar and is a Savarez artist.

Giulia Ballarè (1987, Novare) is today considered one of the most promising soloists of her generation. She began to play the guitar at 9 and graduated brilliantly in 2012 at the Novara Conservatory with Maestro Guido Fichtner. She followed masterclasses with the most influential personalities in the world of classical guitar such as Oscar Ghiglia, David Russell, Pavel Steidl, Paolo Pegoraro, Marcin Dylla, Judicael Perroy, Aniello Desiderio, Adriano Del Sal.

At 20, after an Erasmus experience in Spain, she devoted herself to the guitar; in 6 years (2013/2018) she has won more than 30 prizes in international competitions including first prize: Andrès Segovia (Linares, 2018), Ciudad de Coria (Spain, 2017), Forum Gitarre Wien (Austria, 2016), Mottola (Italy, 2013); second prize: J.Tomàs-Petrer - 1st not awarded - (Spain, 2018), Enrico Mercatali (Gorizia, 2017/8), Thessaloniki Guitar Competition (Greece, 2017) Mertz Competition, (Bratislava, 2016), Montenegro International Competition, (Podgorica, 2016); third prize: M. Pittaluga International Competition (Alessandria, 2017), A. Frauchi International Competition (Moscow, 2017), J.Tomàs-Petrer (Spain, 2017), Seville (Spain, 2017), Emilio Pujol International Competition (Italy, 2017).

She is regularly invited to play all over the world in prestigious halls. She is guitar professor at the Geneva Music Conservatory (CMG) and at the “A. Vivaldi” in Alexandria (Italy).

In 2013 she released her first album with the dotGuitar label entitled "Lirically Spain", in 2019 "Untuned Guitar" with the Spanish label JSM Records; she is a Savarez artist and plays a Thomas Humphrey guitar.