Biography

Daniela Rossi, born in 1984 in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, took up the guitar aged 6. She won her first of many classical guitar competitions aged just 15, including winning first prize in the prestigious XXXVI Luis Sigall International Music Competition held in Viña del Mar, Chile last year. Daniela has performed in solo recitals and with orchestras in concerts across Latin America and in the United Kingdom. As a result of the Sigall she was invited to be guest soloist with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile, directed by Michal Nesterowicz, in three performances of Concierto de Aranjuez.

Studies

Daniela studied guitar under the supervision of Eduardo Gonzalez Velasco from 1998 to 2003 at the Conservatory of Bahia Blanca, where she obtained a guitar lectureship in 2006. Daniela has participated in courses of interpretation and taken classes with leading figures in the classical guitar world including Eduardo Isaac, Liliana Ardissone, Victor Villadangos, Aniello Desiderio, Graham Devine, Ricardo Gallén, Máximo Pujol, Margarita Escarpa, Ignacio Rodes, Walter Heinze, Pablo Ascúa, Silvina López, Ernesto Mendez, Omar Cyrulnik and Graciela Pomponio.

Awards and recognition

-First Prize: “XXXVI Luis Sigall International Music Competition” (Viña del Mar, Chile, 2009)
-First Prize: “IV Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Compensar” (Bogotá, Colombia, 2008)
-Second Prize and Audience Prize: “XII Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Ciudad de Coria” (Coria, Spain, 2008)
-Third Prize: “IV Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Norba Caesarina” (Cáceres, Spain, 2008)
-Third Prize: “IV Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Norba Caesarina” (Cáceres, Spain, 2009)
First Prize: “II Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Santa María de la Armonía” (Argentina, 2004)
First Prize: “ I Concurso Nacional de Guitarra Guitarmasters” (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005)
First Prize: “II Concurso Nacional de Guitarra Northlands” (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004)
First Prize: “Torneos Juveniles Bonaerenses” (Argentina, 1999 & 2000)
Second Prize: “IV Concurso Nacional La Scala de San Telmo” (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002)
Second Prize: “V Concurso Nacional de Guitarra Pomponio- Martínez Zárate” (Buenos Aires, 2002)

Performances

Daniela has performed across Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Mexico, Spain, Colombia and the United Kingdom.