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José Lucas is one of the most promising classical guitarist in Sweden.
He’s been hailed by the press as â€â€¦one of the the best young classical guitarist in the countryâ€.
Besides concerts as a soloist, José has been preforming with symphony orchestra and unequalled chamber musical constellations, including violinists, flautists, violists, vocalists and pianists.
He has been interviewed och preformed on Radio and The Swedish Television.
He was born in the islands of the Philippines 1982 and came to Sweden in 1992. He began to play guitar at the age of 11 and studied between 1994-2001 at Borås School Of Music for guitar teacher Tomas Persson. After graduation, he started to teach in the same school where he had approximately 36 students and conducted a guitar orchestra.
In 2003, he was accepted at The Royal College Of Music in Stockholm under the guidance of Prof. Mats Bergström and Peter Berlind-Carlson, were he will be recieving his Bachelor Of Arts in Music in 2006.
He also studied at the "L'Escola Superior De Musica De Catalunya" in Barcelona, Spain for Prof. Alex Garrobé during 2006-07.
Besides his studies at The Royal College of Music and ESMUC, José has been taken a postgraduate course under the guidance of Tilman Hoppstock, Professor at The Academy of Music in Darmstadt, Germany.
José has participated in master classes and lessons with well known classical guitarists and professors such as Jonh Mills, Antigoni Goni, Jukka Savijokki, Erik Stenstavold, Alex Garrobé, Sharon Isbin, Tilman Hoppstock, Sven Lundestad, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, lutenist Jakob Lindberg, Augustin Wiedemann, Pablo Marquez, Antonio Duro and Fabio Zanon.
He has recieved scholarships from The Royal Musical Academy Youth Scholarship 1999, Ingrid & Vivian Weylerths Foundation 2002, Folke Bernadotte, Borås Kulturnämndens Kulturstipendium, Anna Whitlocks Foundation, Sigurd & Elsa Goljes Minnefond, Stiftelsen H.T. Cedergrens Uppfostringsfond, Anders Sandrew Stiftelse 2004 and a scholarship to participate the famous Aspen Music Festival 2004 in Colorado, US and studied for Sharon Isbin, Professor of the Guitar Department at Juilliard School Of Music, NY and Byggnads Kulturstipendium 2004, were he recieved a diploma from the former swedish primeminister Göran Persson.
For the moment José Lucas is freelancing and teaching guitar at Deutche Schule Stockholm and Medborgarskolan, Lidingö.
For booking concerts or events, contact José @ [email protected] or +46762258071.
Check out José Lucas as a songwriter @ www.myspace.com/joselucasmusic
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