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Nirse González (Venezuela) is a magnificent guitarist and, even more importantly, a true musician. "His thinking and listening go beyond the six strings of the guitar, and his playing reflects a free musicality." — Hopkinson Smith
As part of the Latin American and Caribbean Autumn Festival 2025 in Hamburg, this will be a trip from Germany to Latin America. A musical journey from Germany to South America, taking us from the Baroque period to the present day. The program is full of melancholy and joy, offering the opportunity to experience the guitar’s remarkable diversity.
Program: Works by Bach, Astor Piazzolla, Gentil Montaña, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Vicente Emilio Sojo, and Alberto Ginastera.
He received his training as a concert guitarist in Venezuela and Europe (Spain and Germany) under José Gregorio Guanchez, José Luis Rodrigo Bravo, and Joaquín Clerch. At the age of fifteen, he performed Joaquín Rodrigo’s "Concierto de Aranjuez" with the "Vicente Emilio Sojo Orchestra". He soon became an internationally sought-after artist, performing in major concert halls such as the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas (Venezuela), the Tonhalle Düsseldorf (Germany), Casa de Cultura and Teatro Benicàssim, Valencia (Spain), Auditorio Nacional, Madrid (Spain), Auditorio Nacional Mohammed V, Rabat (Morocco), Teatro Municipal, Viña del Mar (Chile), UNESCO Palace, Beirut (Lebanon), Gomhuria Theater, Cairo (Egypt), Al-Hussein Cultural Center, Ras Al-Ain, Amman (Jordan), and Bolívar Hall, London (England).
He has won numerous prizes in prestigious competitions, including the "Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Julián Arcas" in Almería. In 2006, he won first prize in what is considered the most important guitar competition, the "XL Certamen Internacional de Guitarra Francisco Tárrega" in Benicàssim (Spain).
Part of the award was the recording of his first solo CD with the Naxos label, released in August 2007. His second CD, "Classica Venezolana", was released by the renowned German classical label Dabringhaus und Grimm. His latest CD, "Guitar Music of Venezuela", was released by Naxos on February 9, 2018, and received high praise from critics. The three CDs are regularly broadcast on German and international radio stations, including Bayerischer Rundfunk, SWR2, Radiokulturhaus, hr2-Kultur, Rundfunk UNAM FM, and eruv.radioactivity.fm.
Thanks to his research and interpretations featured on his most recent recording, "Guitar Music of Venezuela" (Naxos), his new CD was pre-nominated for the Latin Grammy.
