Ángel Ripoll
Ángel Ripoll is a multifaceted guitarist, cultivating simultaneously flamenco techniques and the subtleties of the classical guitarist, thus being able to cover an extensive repertoire from the vihuela music of the 16th century to the most popular and contemporary music.
He has had the opportunity to perform Joaquín Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" on three occasions, accompanied by the orchestras of the UCAM in Murcia and the Saint Pierre-Fusterie in Geneva. Since 2014, Ángel is one of the founders of the AD libitum guitar duo together with the guitarist Dmitri Timoshenko, whose objective is to enrich the repertoire for two guitars with their own compositions. He has also participated in musicals, dance shows, chamber music ensembles, accompanying rhapsodies, film music, radio broadcasts, and many other events.
As a composer, Ángel has written more than 30 compositions for solo guitar as well as for other instruments. He opts for a simple, direct and personal style, borrowing from the music of the romantic period and film music in a minimalist style, with frequent references to Flamenco and traditional Spanish music.
Ángel started playing the guitar at the age of 8, first under the tutelage of his mother, and later with teachers such as Astour Kirichian and Javier Somoza in Madrid, and Alessio Nebiolo and Dušan Bogdanović in Geneva. He was also able to work with great guitarists such as George Vassilev, Arturo Tallini, Paul Galbraith, Pablo Márquez, Antigoni Goni, Salvador Andrades and the guitar duo Gruber-Maklar. His skills were awarded in several guitar competitions and he received the "Arditi Prize" for the best end of musical studies recital in 2014.
Teacher since 2013, Ángel has many years of experience transmitting the art of the guitar to people of all ages and levels. He also completed a pedagogic internship at the Geneva Conservatory in 2017, in Paolo Renzi's guitar class. He currently teaches at the Bernex music school in Geneva (Switzerland).
Having successfully passed the entrance exams for the Master of Music Pedagogy at the HEMU in Lausanne, in September 2024 Angel will begin his training as a professional pedagogue in George Vassilev's guitar class.
He had the privilege of diversifying his skills by studying cello and piano at an early age, and more recently he started to practice the trombone, an instrument he plays in the musical association “Julián Santos” of Jumilla. He also plays the accordion in a self-taught way.
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