Kacper Dworniczak was born in 2001 in Poznań, Poland. He graduated Jadwiga Kaliszewska State Music High School in Poznań. In 2020 he began his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in the guitar class of Lukasz Kuropaczewski and Paolo Pegoraro.

Kacper started playing the guitar when he was six. Since then he has regularly played at various concerts. Not only has he taken part in many music competitions, but he has also won some of them. He is a laureate of over 40 international and national competitions in countries such as Poland, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Japan and the United States of America. He is a scholarship recipient of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Government of Poland in the program „Young Poland”, the Marshall of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the President of the City of Poznan, the Polish Children’s Fund, the mayor of Stęszew and Julian Cochran Foundation’s „Bridge to the Future” program.

In 2017 he made his debut with an orchestra during „Polish - Russian Music Festival” in Moscow, Russia. In 2018, he was nominated for the Polish Young Musician of the Year which was organised by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Government of Poland and Polish Television. He got through to the grand final of the competition and performed „Concierto de Aranjuez" with Polish Radio Orchestra conducted by Michał Klauza. In 2019, Kacper made his debut at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2022 played series of concerts solo and with orchestra during Youngmasters Guitar Festival in Samobor, Croatia. In September 2022, Kacper got into grand final of International Guitar Competition in Miami, where he got 3rd prize. In 2023 He made his debut in Asia, winning 2nd prize at the International Guitar Competition in Tokyo, Japan.

In November 2023 Kacper recorded his first album with a famous PopStar Andrzej Piaseczny “Jeszcze zanim Święta”.

Matilde Freiria began her guitar studies at age six at Conservatório de Música S.José da Guarda under the orientation of Hugo Simões and Egar Petejo. In 2017, she began her bachelor’s degree at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in London, where she studies with Robert Brightmore. In 2018, she began her theorbo and baroque guitar studies under the orientation of David Miller and William Carter. Since then she has performed alongside members of the Academy of Ancient Music and has had the privilege of participating in numerous opera scenes and cantata projects. She is currently finishing a Fellowship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Over the years she has taken part in a vast number of masterclasses with guitarists like Margarita Escarpa, Dejan Ivanovic Costas Kotsiolis, Sébastian Vachez, Carlo Marchione, Jorgen Skogmo, Ignácio Rodes, Sean Shibe, Manus Noble, among others. Furthermore, she has received many prizes such as 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd places in International Competition “Cidade do Fundão” and a “Very Good” diploma in the IX International Competition for Young Guitarists “Andrés Segovia”.

Matilde is regularly invited to play solo or as part of an ensemble for academic and professional activities. She has participated in many music festivals where she had the opportunity to premiere commissioned pieces, therefore she encourages young composers to write for the instrument.

She is currently a member of the Miragaia-Freiria duo and a co-founder of OpusPausa.

Andres Felipe Palacios began studying guitar at the age of eight in his native Colombia. His first performance experiences were through Colombian Andean music, which led him to participate in a wide variety of festivals and national competitions: Winner of the Young Performers Series, performing as part of the National Concert Season of the Banco de la República; Festival Colombia al Parque; Finalist of 39th Festival Mono Núñez; Grand Prize for Excellence Concurso Nacional de Música Andina Colombiana Cacique Tundama; Special Mention Festival Hatoviejo Cotrafa; and the Grand Prize for Excellence, Festival Nacional de la Canción Zue De Oro.

Within his repertoire, besides Latin American folk music, Andres also plays traditionally established classical and contemporary guitar repertoire due to his interest in discovering different musical expressions and their changes between different eras and cultures. Therefore, his art, part of an inexhaustible flow of human thought and feeling, gathers past and present expressions. That way, Andres offers the experience of our lengthy process of aesthetic transformation through past and recent works that equally can sensitize the soul in a dynamic dialogue between the composer, the performer, and the audience.

Andres obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Guitar with Cum Laude distinction at the University of Antioquia in Medellí, Colombia, and a Master of Music in Guitar and Pedagogy at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University under the guidance of Manuel Barrueco while being recipient of the Excellence in Music Leadership Fellow and Ambassador Scholar of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation for two consecutive years.

“During the time I have known Mr. Palacios, I have confirmed that he has an exceptional talent and formidable musical and guitar potential.”

Bernardo Cardona Marin, Chair of the guitar and music departments at the Universidad de Antioquia.

“Palacios pursues an uncommon and equally striking repertoire in traditional and lesser-known composers, and with it, he also seeks to make a place for himself among Colombian guitarists.”

Pedro Sarmiento, composer.

“Andrés Felipe has always shown a great interest in developing his knowledge of musical styles, in exploring ways to implement that knowledge in his musical thinking, and in the way he approaches the repertoire when he plays to enhance the musical message and achieve an interpretation of the pieces at a very high level... His flexible interpretation shows that he is willing to incorporate abstract concepts in practical ways, making him more expressive. His playing is elegant, sensible, virtuosic, and easy to follow.”

Jorge Iván Molina Betancur - Doctor in music and musicology from the Sorbonne University of Paris, professor of guitar - University of Antioquia.

Alex Nazaretski is a guitarist, pianist, and composer originally from Long Island, New York. He recently earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, studying under Dr. Nicholas Goluses.

He performed numerous concert programs throughout each year of his studies around Rochester, performing at the recital halls at Eastman as well as several of Rochester’s Churches often featuring his original works. He has placed and won prizes in several competitions which included 2nd place at the Houston Classical Guitar Festival, 2nd place at Eastman’s guitar concerto competition, and semifinalist at the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Competition and most recently was named a winner for the Buffalo International Guitar Festival. Additionally, he has played in smaller groups at Eastman such as Ossia New Music, which is a student run ensemble dedicated to performing contemporary music. Beyond his experience in classical music, he is very passionate about other contemporary genres including progressive metal and modern jazz styles, being currently involved in several projects in that area.