Simón Maisano
Living in Barcelona, and born Tucuman, Argentina he studied with Guillem Pérez-Quer at the Conservatorio del Liceo de Barcelona. At the same time he obtained his Master degree in Musicology at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Since 2012 he has been working intensively as a soloist, playing on different stages in Germany, Spain and South America.
In Barcelona he has given concerts in the Auditorium ChamberHall of Liceu Conservatory, the conservatory of Badalona Auditoriu French Institute Theatre,
Theatre Akademia, Santa Gaieta Church, Centre Civic Riera Blanca amongst others. In 2017 he have recorded his first album¨Música Latinoamericana¨ receiving very positive reviews. At the moment he is guitar teacher at Pare Manyanet School and at Escola Musical 91 of Barcelona.
He also completed courses with the masters Pablo Marquez, Hopkinson Smith, Petrit Ceku, Marco Socias, Ricardo Gallen, Maria Isabel Siewers, Jose Luis Rodrigo and Victor Villadangos among others. He won the scholarship from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes in Argentina, Nationalscholarship 2008.
He won the 3rd mention in the young performers competition organized by the CFI. He received the 2nd prize at the First Guitar Competition organized by Argentmúsica 2009 and the 1st Prize in the Young International Competition Category at the 5th International Classical GuitarFestival in Cochabamba, Bolivia (2008). He won honourable mentions in the 26th, 27th and28th Selection of Young Music Students Competition sponsored by the Mozarteum of Santa
Fe, Filial Salzburg. Further on he was the winner of a Soloists Competition organized by the Instituto Superior de Musica de la UNT.
