Maria Isabel Siewers

María Isabel Siewers (born October 22, 1950) is an Argentine classical guitarist. A pupil of María Luisa Anido, her international performance career began after winning the 2nd. Prize at the Concours International de Guitarre de Paris in 1974. María Isabel Siewers has performed in Wigmore Hall (London), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Martinu Hall (Prague), Carnegie Hall (New York), the Théatre des Champs Elysées (Paris), she has played in many important music festivals and has appeared as soloist with, amongst others, the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Virtuosi, the Radio/TV Orchestra of Zagreb, the Bohemian Chamber Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Cuba, the Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestras of Mayo and Morón (Argentina). She has regularly toured, taught, and adjudicated in international competitions throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Isabel has occupied several teaching posts in Argentina and, since 1989, she has been head of a guitar department in the Mozarteum Arts University in Salzburg, Austria. In seeking to expand the repertory of the guitar she has commissioned new works and has premiered numerous solo and chamber works and concertos Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.