Daniela Rossi

Born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, Daniela Rossi took up the guitar aged 6. She won her first of many classical guitar competitions aged just 15, later winning first prize in the prestigious XXXVI Luis Sigall International Music Competition held in Viña del Mar, Chile in 2009. Since then she has been a prize-winner in competitions in London, Spain (twice), Colombia and Argentina. Daniela has performed in solo recitals, with small ensembles and with orchestras in concerts across Latin America and Europe. She regularly performs with the Argentinian guitarist Sebastian Pompilio, with whom she recorded the CD “Invierno Porteño”.

Daniela studied guitar under the supervision of Eduardo Gonzalez Velasco from 1998 to 2003 at the Conservatory of Bahia Blanca, where she graduated in 2006. Daniela has taken classes with many leading figures in the classical guitar world. She currently studies at the Segovia Guitar Academy in Pordenone, Italy with Paolo Pegoraro and Adriano del Sal. She now lives and teaches in Cambridge.

Her programme for Weston will include works by Regondi, Bogdanovic, Ponce, Piazzolla and more.