Hommage à Villa-lobos:
* Premiere in Estonia
** Transcription - M. Escarpa
"A first-class artist", expressed María Luisa Anido when she first heard Margarita Escarpa play in 1990. Ever since then, Margarita has continually reaped many successes, includying important awards from International competitions. In 2021 she received the Prize "Guitarrista José Tomás 2021 Villa de Petrer", a prize offered to leading names in the world of guitar.
She is now considered one of the greatests classical guitarists of our time who excels by her outstanding musicality and extraordinary sensitivity and subtlety.
As a solo artist, she recorded CDs for RTVE (Spanish Radio and Television group), Opera Tres, Naxos, La Ma de Guido and GHA Records. Since 2011 she is one of the "D'Addario artists".
Margarita is also known as a dedicated teacher and she directs the Guitar Department of the Superior Music Conservatory of Vigo, where she attains a higher degree of perfection with the students who work with her.
When not teaching, practising or touring, Margarita can usually be found reading, catching up with friends, or jogging along the beach.
“… a musical sorceress … Escarpa held the audience under her seductive and bewitching spell, …”
“The best balance of intelligence and artistic style I have ever heard from a guitarist”
“One of the most musical players I know. Every phrase speaks of a natural feeling for musical truth supported by rigorous thought and impeccable scholarship”
“Finely wrought emotion, beautiful sound, and flawless technique … apparent ease and great panache. …”
“This artist´s innate musicality would be evident in any piece she might choose to apply herself, ... a talent of enormous stature.”
Tiit Peterson
