Martin van Hees (1990) is, according to his professor Zoran Dukic, a musician with ‘outstanding musical expression’. Van Hees graduated in 2014 cum laude for his Masters at The Royal Conservatory of The Hague with a distinction for his contribution to contemporary music.

Martin van Hees has won various prizes at national and international guitar competitions: 1st prize Lions National Guitar Competition (2009), 1st prize Patras International Guitar Competition (2015), 2nd prize Northern Guitar Awards (2005), 3rd prize Kolkata International Guitar Festival and Competition (2014).

In the period October-December 2014 van Hees visited India with ‘The Classical Guitar Project’ where he gave a series of concerts, workshops and masterclasses. In April 2016 he gave a tour in Greece with highlights the performances at Patras Guitar Festival and Crete Guitar Festival.

Furthermore, Martin van Hees performed in Thailand, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and The Netherlands. He is part of the contemporary music group Kluster5 with whom he performed on national television (Vrije Geluiden) and radio (4). In 2016 he released his first CD: Cadence. 

Guo Zhi Tang is a classical guitarist and teacher from Neu-Ulm, Germany. He learned to play his first notes on the instrument with Stefan Schmitz. This year Guo Zhi finished his Bachelors degree in the class of Takeo Sato at the Vorarlberger Landeskonservatorium in Feldkirch, Austria. In the coming Wintersemester of 2021/2022 he will begin his studies with Andreas von Wangenheim at the Hochschule für Musik Luzern, to further improve his artistic and pedagogical abilities.

Guo Zhi is an impressive person and artist, who lets you experience the broad spectrum of musical expression in various genres. During his bachelor studies, he played in several duos and trios. Important for Guo Zhi‘s musical development was performing with guitarist Emanuel Treutwein.