Mabel Millán, Guitarist

Next Saturday May 22nd, Mabel Millán will perform a signing ceremony for her new CD "The Devil's Caprice" at Guitarras de Luthier, Madrid, between 11.00h and 12.00h

We suggest those interested to attend to the signing of the CD to inform to Guitarras de Luthier at the following email address: guitarrasdeluthier@yahoo.es, to manage the capacity in accordance with current anti-covid regulations.


New CD by Mabel Millán "The Devil's Caprice"
Now available in Guitarras de Luthier: The Devil's Caprice

Acclaimed concert artist and laureate of numerous awards, Mabel Millán brings her stunning technique and remarkable musical expressiveness to this programme of some of the most spectacular and best-loved repertoire ever composed for the guitar. From the Andalusian rhythms and atmosphere of Turina and Malats, the Romantic expressiveness and national colours of Ponce and Mertz, to the lyrical beauty and dramatic virtuosity of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Capriccio diabolico, every aspect of the guitar’s refined delicacy and explosive dynamism is explored here to the full.

Content:
1 Joaquín Malats: Impresiones de España – II. Serenata española (arr. Francisco Tárrega)
2 Eduardo Sáinz de la Maza: Campanas del alba
3–5 Joaquín Turina: Guitar Sonata, Op. 61
6 Antonio Ruiz-Pipó: Canción y danza No. 1
7 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Capriccio diabolico, Op. 85 ‘Omaggio a Paganini’
8 Manuel María Ponce: Scherzino mexicano (arr. Manuel López Ramos)
9 Leo Brouwer: 3 Pièces latino-américaines – No. 1. Danza del altiplano
10 Fernando Sor: Guitar Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 14 ‘Gran solo’
11 Johann Kaspar Mertz: 3 Morceaux, Op. 65 – No. 1. Fantaisie hongroise

Biography

An outstanding Spaniard guitarist and one of the most prominent of her generation, Mabel Millan made her debut as a concert guitarist at the age of 15, at Festival de Guitarra Comarca, in Spain. Ever since, she has successfully performed at important venues in Spain, Italy, Finland, Hungary, Holland, Germany, Portugal, Chile and Mexico; Miss Millan studied under María Esther Guzmán, José Luis Rodrigo and Emilio Romero. She also received masterclasses from prestigious guitarist such as Gerardo Arriaga and Paolo Pegoraro, amongst others. She also received the prestigious David Russell Foundation Scholarship.

Throughout her career, she has obtained 19 first prizes in some of the most important guitar competitions including:

- 1st prize at "Luso-Espanhol" International Competition, Portugal 2009 (Category VI)
- 1st prize at the XII International Music Competition of Benidorm 2010
- 1st Prize and Audience Award in the XIX International Competition Fundación Jacinto e Inocencio Guerrero 2012
- 1st prize at Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga III International Competition 2014.

Triple prize at Miguel Llobet´s International Guitar Competition 2014, winning first prize, and the Audience and Best Performance of Llobet´s work awards.

"Mabel Millán Gran Recital", with a Mexican record company, was the winner of a Grammy award in 2017 in the category "Best Contemporary Classical Work".