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FRANCISCO JAVIER JÁUREGUI
Classical Guitar
Course Director
Born in Oxford, Francisco Javier Jáuregui began to study classical guitar at the age of seven with Kenton Youngstrom at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, (California). After moving to Madrid he continued his studies with Agustín Maruri and later with Óscar López, also attending master-classes with performers such as Pepe and Celedonio Romero.
After obtaining his Licenciate Diploma (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music), he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with support from the Leverhulme Trust. At Guildhall he studied guitar with Professors Robert Brightmore and David Miller and obtained a Masters Degree of Music in Performance (Advanced Instrumental Studies) in 2003. During his two years at Guildhall he also studied theorbo with David Miller and Improvisation with David Dolan.
Francisco Javier has played many recitals both as a solo performer and with different chamber combinations in Spain, England, Italy, France, Iceland, Scotland and Southeast Asia in places such as St. Martin in the Fields, the Royal Palace of El Pardo, St. James’ Palace (London), and Linbury Studio Theatre (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden). Among other collaborations with orchestras and chamber ensembles are his performance of Rodrigo’s Aranjuez Concerto with the Orquesta Sinfónica Schola Camerata at the Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid and his performance of Semiesferas by Delfín Colomé with Sonor Ensemble.
He works regularly with Icelandic mezzo-soprano, Gudrún J. Ólafsdóttir and since 1997 he is part of the Roncesvalles Duo (violin and guitar) with his sister Elena Jáuregui. His interest in the role that music plays in society has led him to participate frequently in creative music projects with the aim of reaching broader audiences such as children in schools and nurseries as well as children and adolescents with long term illnesses in hospitals. Since 2001, he has been invited yearly to participate in educational projects organized by The Wigmore Hall (London). At present he is a professor of classical guitar at St. Louis University (Madrid Campus) and the coordinator of its Department of Music.
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