Jonathan Esteve won his first competition at age 12 guitar is an instrument he hasn’t let go of since he was 8 years old and who has crafted them with his hands for ten years. with one of his guitars 33 years old Castalla native receives award Golden Classical Music AwardsAn international online competition with instrumentalists of all ages and from all over the world, where the winners have a dream as a special prize that few can achieve: Perform on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York.
he will do next year in march after you get it first prize in absolute category Among all solo instrumentalists in this online competition after showing (from 19 years old, no age limit) ten minutes of your performance In a video, she explains Esteve, like “thousands” of contestants, as this is an international competition with all instruments and different categories for all ages.
Considered one of the best concert venues in the world with its acoustics. Carnegie Hall was, in fact, one of the reasons why Jonathan Esteve decided to perform. to the competition. He refers to this theater as “one of the most important venues for the best musicians on the planet in classical music, but also in other musical genres such as jazz or blues.” Tchaikovsky, Pavarotti, Maria Callas, The Beatles or Frank Sinatra“This was a personal goal in my case and I’ve been wanting to introduce myself for a while. Playing there is a very symbolic place for me, so it’s a dream come true.”
He was the only Spanish winner among the winners in his category, with the youngest being 19 years old and the oldest 57 years old. Castalla’s guitarist chose two dances. Johann Sebastian Bach (allemande Y burree between Suite BWV 996), caprice number 7 of the Luigi Legnani and miller dance of the Manuel de Falla.
His references include “many” instrumentalists from the Australian classical guitarist. John WilliamsEnglish Julian Bream or Catalan carles trepatYears after receiving his first six strings as a gift from his grandparents at the age of 8, he trained with him. “I got my first Spanish guitar when I was 19-20 in Granada. That’s when I decided to go professional,” says the man trained at Castalla. Villena conservatories and Óscar Esplá from Alicante after completing his higher education with honors and then continuing with Trepat and Carlos Bonell. He has a dozen national and international awards at LI, including the best Spanish guitarist in the Valencian Ensemble. Benicàssim 2017 International Competition Francisco Tárregafirst prize V Angel International Classical Guitar Competition. G. Pinero 2018 or the second prize in XVII Benidorm International Music Competition 2015. He has shared stages with directors such as José Luis Granados, Rafael Vilaplana or Salvador Brotons and has played in auditoriums in Spain, France and the United Kingdom.
In addition to the music he won the last competition, came out of the strings of one of the two guitars he had created. And this is Jonathan’s luthier: “I love being an entrepreneur and I guess I’m a bit of a special case. The guitar has always been at the center of my life. and I started making them in 2009. I have a workshop that I have built about thirty. and now I’m ordering two,” he adds, “I always made my own toys as a kid and tried my hand at guitar when I was 14. Now I’ve reached such perfection that I even won competitions with one of mine.”he jokes with the guitarist who teaches the instrument and publishes a book on Amazon, to be a guitaristlearn to play the guitar from scratch.
His worries also led him to create the Ciudad de Castalla guitar competition, which he directed in 2013.