Duo Mayr - Celis Catalán

Felipe Celis Catalán was born in Santiago de Chile. As a soloist, Felipe has performed concerts and taught as a guest professor in some of the most prestigious concert venues in Chile, as well as in Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru, Spain, Italy, Scotland, Czech Republic, Greece, England and Austria. Since autumn 2022, Felipe has been working as a professor of guitar at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium in Austria. Felipe is currently releasing his first and second solo albums for MINCAP in Chile. The first CD, entitled "New Chilean Music", is dedicated to outstanding Chilean composers who wrote the works especially for this CD production. The second, "Antiqua", was recorded in the oldest church in Austria and is dedicated to music of the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical-Romantic periods. In 2016 he completed his Master of Arts (Classical Guitar) at the University Mozarteum Salzburg in Austria, and in 2018 he finished his postgraduate studies at the same institution. For both studies, he received a scholarship for artistic excellence awarded by the National Council of Culture and Arts of Chile Previously, Felipe studied concert guitar and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honours from the University of Chile. He also earned a degree in Education and Pedagogy from the Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación in Chile, where he graduated with unanimous honours.  Felipe plays on guitars by Paco Santiago Marín, Walter Verreydt and Carlos López.