One of the most promising soloists of her generation
Giulia Ballaré (1987, Novara) started playing the guitar at nine and graduated in 2012 with full marks from the “Guido Cantelli” Conservatory in Novara under Maestro Guido Fichtner. In six years she won more than 30 prizes in international competitions, including first prize at the Andrés Segovia (Linares, 2018), Ciudad de Coria (Spain, 2017), Forum Gitarre Wien (Austria, 2016) and Mottola (Italy, 2013) competitions, and second prize at the José Tomás competition in Petrer (Spain, 2018; first prize not awarded).
She is regularly invited to play all over the world in prestigious venues. She has performed in Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Florida, California, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Ireland, England, Austria, Portugal, Montenegro, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Sweden and Italy. She currently teaches at the “CMG” Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva (Switzerland) and has taught at the “A. Vivaldi” Conservatory in Alessandria and the “A. Pedrollo” Conservatory in Vicenza.
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