The Mexican talent inaugurated the Festival 2023 organised by the Associació de la Guitarra de Badalona. The outstanding guitarist Abel García Ayala captivated the audience with his extraordinary interpretations during the inaugural concert of this international guitar festival, a festival apparently focused on the world of luthiers, but which is adorned with three very relevant concerts. This was the first of them.

PHOTO REPORT OF THE CONCERT:

 

 

 Abel García Ayala during the rehearsal prior to the concert.

 

 

  

Samuel Diz, a renowned performer and music researcher, attended our Festival in Badalona. 

 

 

 

Mrs Margarida Abras Pou, director of the Badalona Museum and Mrs Anna M Lara Carmona, councillor for culture

of the Badalona City Council, both entering the concert.

 

 

 

Mr. José Antonio Mendoza Labra, cultural consul of the Mexican Consulate in Barcelona, with the guitarist's father,

the guitar-maker Abel García López, moments before the start of the concert.

 

 

Abel García Ayala welcomed the audience and presented the programme of his recital.

 

 

 

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Abel García Ayala

This guitarist's artistic quality is confirmed by 23 national and 9 international awards, including as the "National Youth Award", the highest award a young people can receive in Mexico, given by the president of the country.

Despite his young age, he has already performed in 15 states of Mexico, as well as in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden and China. He has also performed with various chamber and symphony orchestras in Mexico, Spain and the USA.

He began his career at the Conservatorio de Las Rosas, under the tutelage of Rodrigo Nefthalí, where he was unanimously awarded the "Honourable Mention".

Later, his musical style was nourished by the great teachers with whom he has continued to study, such as Leo Brouwer, Pepe Romero, John Williams, Manuel Barrueco and David Russell.

Our association organised his first concert in Barcelona in 2015. On that occasion, at the age of 19, he surprised everyone with his refined technique and his extraordinary musical sensitivity.

In 2019, Abel graduated from the Master's Degree in Classical Guitar Performance at the University of Alicante with the distinction of "Student Summa Cum Laude". In the same year he won the International Competition for Young Performers GUITAR BADALONA 2019.

He recently completed the Master of Solo Interpretation at the Katarina Gurska Superior Centre, in Madrid, under the tutelage of Maestro Alex Garrobé.

He has published two albums: Guitarra Clásica (2009) and Guitarrerías (2015). He is also a member of the Curicaueri Quartet. Abel García Ayala uses Knobloch Strings and plays with guitars built by his parents, Abel García López and Verónica Ayala, renowned luthiers in Paracho (Mexico).

“Abel has an innate talent for music and art, inherited from a very long family tradition … Thanks to his passion and dedication, he has achieved an enviable musicality, sensitivity and virtuosity.”

Pepe Romero, Alicante, 2019.

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