Andrea Roberto

Andrea Roberto, born in Foggia (Italy) October 1995, began studying guitar at age of 4 with his father. At 9 years old is admitted to the conservatory "U. Giordano" in the class of the guitarist Sandro Torlontano which whom he begins a particular educational path that leads him to achieve, at age of 14, the diploma with honors. Subsequently he decides to follow the teacher Aniello Desiderio both in Naples and at the International Academy of Koblenz in Germany. At last completes his studies at the conservatoy of Maastricht (Netherlands) with the teacher Carlo Marchione.

In his artistic path we enumerate many experiences and prizes which took him to perform in several countries among which: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Mexico, Argentina, Brasil and United States.

• In May 2006 he received the "INNER WHEEL ITALY" as the best student of the Conservatory of Foggia.
• In June 2010 he won the 11Th national contest " Valter Cococcia" to the youngest graduate of all conservatories in Italy with the highest grades.
• In May 2012 he was selected among the 15 most talented guitarist in the world to partecipate in the Parkening International Guitar Competition becoming the youngest ever in the story of the competition.
• In December of 2012 he won the first prize at the 2nd International Competition of the Adriatic - Pescara.
• In May 2013 he won the third prize at the 42th International Competition "F. Sor"- Rome.
• Injuly 2013 he won second prize at the 19th International Competition of Mottola.
• In October 2013 he won the first prize at the 4th International Competition of Pisa " Stefano Strata"
• In November 2015 he attained the second prize at the international competition of Aachen – Germany
• In february 2016 he got the second prize at the international competition of Essen – Germany
• In April 2016 he obtained the first prize at the International Competition of Twents – Netherlands
• In June he received the second prize at the International competition Alirio Diaz in Rome- Italy
• In July 2016 he won the first prize at the International competition Jose Tomas – Villa de Petrer (Spain)

Antero Pellikka

Antero Pellikka (born in 1988) is a Finnish guitarist. He had his first guitar at the age of 7 and soon after that he started his guitar studies at Juvenalia Music Institute under the guidance of Esko Virtanen. After graduating from music institute Pellikka studied with Petri Kumela at the Helsinki Conservatory and Metropolia University of Applied Studies. Currently he is completing his Master’s degree at the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague under the guidance of Zoran Dukic and at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Jukka Savijoki.

To complement his studies Pellikka has attended masterclasses with such teachers as Marcin Dylla, Ricardo Gallén, Aléx Garrobé, José Antonio Escobar and many others. He is also involved in chamber music in various ensembles as well as variety of contemporary music projects.

In the recent years Pellikka has also being active in the early music field. He is currently studying Baroque guitar with Mike Fentross in Hague and playing in various ensembles. In the last few years he has had a close relationship with the music of H.I.F. Biber arranging his Rosary Sonatas for the guitar.