CHICAGO GUITAR FESTIVAL
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    • DOMENICO SAVIO MOTTOLA
    • AN TRAN
    • DENIS AZABAGIC
    • SERGIO ASSAD
    • JAVIER VILLAFUERTE
    • Julie Goldberg
    • Richard Larsen
    • GORAN IVANOVIC
    • Brian Torosian
    • ZHIVKO NIKOLOV
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Javier Villafuerte was born in Córdoba in 1978. He obtained a Higher Degree in Guitar, with End of Degree Honor Mention, from the "Rafael Orozco" Higher Conservatory of Music in Córdoba.

He has received classes from teachers Leo Brouwer, Víctor Pellegrini, Roland Dyens, Ricardo Gallén, Carles Trepat and Miguel Barberá among others.

He is currently Professor of Guitar at the Superior Conservatory of Music of Córdoba. He has been a Professor at the Conservatory of Music of Malaga, and Honorary Collaborator at the University of Córdoba, in the subject Instrumental Training - Guitar.

He offers guitar concerts in Andalusia, Madrid, Coimbra (Portugal), Lyon (France) and Parma (Italy). Also as a member of: Eimos Quintet (guitar and string quartet) and Plectro Villafuerte Trio (bandurria-lute-guitar). Participates in meetings of the EGMYO European Guitar and Mandolin Youth Orchestra in Patras (Greece), and the Andalusian Plectrum Orchestra.

He is a member of the Orquesta de Plectro de Córdoba, which has toured in Spain, France, Japan, Hungary and Portugal, has recorded several albums and has participated in the film “Iberia” by Carlos Saura. With the orchestra he performs as a soloist at International Festivals in various Spanish cities.

He is a guest soloist of: “Manuel de Falla” Chamber Orchestra (Huelva), “Allegro” String Group (Coimbra, Portugal), and Plectro Orchestras (Espiel, Peñarroya, Al-Andalus, Torre del Alfiler, Camerata Ipagro. ..).

He is director of the Guitar Orchestra "Guitarodia" of Córdoba. He has conducted the guitar orchestras of the Superior Conservatories of Córdoba and Málaga, and is guest conductor of: Cordoba Plectrum Orchestra, Espiel Plectrum Orchestra, Choir of the Intergenerational Chair of the University of Córdoba...

​ He has composed several works for Plectrum Orchestra and Quintet with guitar, awarded at International Composition Festivals.
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M. E. Brune,
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​Richard Larsen,
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Timothy Steis,
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Steven Walters,
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Guitar by Masters
  • Home
  • Schedule
  • Competition
  • Festival Ensemble
  • Artist and Judges
    • DOMENICO SAVIO MOTTOLA
    • AN TRAN
    • DENIS AZABAGIC
    • SERGIO ASSAD
    • JAVIER VILLAFUERTE
    • Julie Goldberg
    • Richard Larsen
    • GORAN IVANOVIC
    • Brian Torosian
    • ZHIVKO NIKOLOV
  • CONCERT PROGRAMS
  • ACCOMODATIONS
  • Registration and Donation