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Biography
Véronique van Duurling studied at the Conservatory of Maastricht (Nl), where she completed her
Bachelor of Music (in Pedagogy and Performance) and “Post-Graduate Degree” with Carlo
Marchione. Afterwards she enrolled in a “Cours de Spécialisation” with the Duo Melis at the
Strasbourg Conservatory (Fr), which she completed with a very high distinction. At the University
of Alicante (Es), she was a student of the “I Máster en Interpretación de Guitarra Clásica 2013”,
where she worked closely together with guitar virtuosi David Russell, Ignacio Rodes, Hopkinson
Smith, Roberto Aussel, Manuel Barrueco, Carles Trepat, Nigel North and the two-time Grammywinning conductor, José de Eusebio. Afterwards she completed a “Máster Oficial en enseñanzas
artísticas: interpretación e investigación de la música” at the “Conservatori Superior de Musica
Oscar Espla" in Alicante (Es).
Véronique has taken master-classes with Leon Frijns, Betho Davezac, Enno Voorhorst, Roman
Krejci, Tilmann Hoppstock, Annette Kruisbrink, David Tannenbaum, Lynn McGrath, Gaelle Solal,
Goran Krivokapic, Zoran Dukic, Paolo Pegoraro, Timothy Kain, Gerhard Reichenbach, Liviu
Georgescu, Pavel Steidl, Marcin Dylla, Thanos Mitsalis, Margarita Escarpa, Lorenzo Micheli, Tino
Andersen, Alex Garrobé, José Maria Gallardo del Rey, Johan Fostier and Giorgio Albiani.
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She has won numerous prizes,
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1st Prize solo guitar category of the „Jongeren op het Podium“ competition in Lanaken,
Belgium (2000)
3rd Prize at the “Veria International Guitar Competition” in Greece (2012)
3rd Prize Cordoba guitar festival, Spain (2010)
Award of concerts by the prestigious Forte-institute in Belgium, which saw her performing
in the illustrious Academiezaal and the Keizerszaal in Sint-Truiden (2008)
Grant by the Dutch Prins Bernard Culturfonds to purchase a guitar by the Australian luthier
Greg Smallman and Sons (2010)
2nd Prize “Nuits musicales de Cieux”, France (2014)
Awarded a concert guitar by the luthier J.P. Sardin at the “Nuits musicales de Cieux”,
France (2014)
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1st Prize in the guitar ensemble category of the „Jongeren op het Podium“ competition in
Lanaken, Belgium (2000)
2nd Prize in the “International Guitar Competition Olsztyn”, Poland, with Harold Gretton as
the “Duo Amythis” (2012)
2nd Prize in the “Transylvania International Guitar Competition” ,Romania, with Harold
Gretton as the “Duo Amythis” (2009)
Awarded a “Live Music Now” stipend, with concerts throughout the Baden-Wuerttemberg
region of Germany, with Harold Gretton as the “Duo Amythis”
1st Prize with unanimity of the jury in the chamber music section of the “Nuits musicales de
Cieux”, France, with Harold Gretton as the “Duo Amythis” (2014)
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The eminent Dutch guitarist and composer Annette Kruisbrink praised Véronique’s interpretation of
Kruisbrink’s “Homenaje a Segovia” as the finest that she has heard (2005).
She has been invited to give concerts and master-classes in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany,
France, Luxemburg, Australia, Ireland, Romania, Switzerland, Greece, Czech Repulic, England,
Norway, Spain, Slovakia, the United States and Mexico.
She was a guest in several television programs in Belgium (Villa-Vanthilt and TV Limburg), the
Netherlands and Spain.
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With a small group of students from the Strasbourg Conservatory, she organised the Autumn Guitar
Series (2010), with concerts in Alsace, Kehl and Gengenbach.
A dedicated pedagogue, Véronique van Duurling is in constant demand as a teacher in various
music schools in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. She successfully co-founded the private
music school „Two Notes“ in Düren (Germany), which continues to attract a waiting list of
students.
Currently she is teaching at the music school in Baden-Baden (Clara Schumann Musikschule) in
Germany, and returns regularly as a tutor in the “Master-Guitarra-Alicante” program of the
University of Alicante, Spain.