Since being a prize winner in the prestigious London International Guitar Competition, Johan
Löfving has established himself as a truly exciting musician of a new
generation with a particular passion for the music of the eighteenth
and early- nineteenth centuries. His performances have taken him to
some of the finest concert halls such as Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, The
Sage Gateshead, Wiener Saal Salzburg and MuTh- Konzertsaal der Wiener
Sängerknaben in Vienna.
Additionally, he has appeared in major
festivals including Spitalfields, King’s Lynn, Stratford-on-Avon,
Brighton Early Music Festival, Cambridge Summer Music Festival, Bath
Guitar Festival, Saxå Chamber Music Festival, Styriarte
Festival Graz and Carinthischer Sommer in Villach, Austria.
In 2011 Johan
was awarded the First Prize in the Young Talent Concert at the Uppsala
Guitar Festival in Sweden and the performance was recorded and broadcast
later by the Swedish Radio P2. The following year he was awarded the
Jörgen
Rörby Prize and the audience prize from the Swedish Guitar and Lute
Society.
Apart from his long term work with
Flauguissimo Duo and Improviso, he has worked with some of the finest
musicians, such as Barokksolistene, baritone Thomas Guthrie, tenor Rob
Murray as well as pianist David Owen Norris, who invited
him to take part in the ‘Playlist Series’ on BBC Radio 4. His passion
for new music has resulted in several world premieres of both solo and
chamber works, notably by the highly acclaimed British composer and
guitarist Sam Cave.
Johan
graduated with First Class Honours from the Royal College of Music in
London, where he studied guitar with Gary Ryan, theorbo with Jakob
Lindberg and conducting with Natalia Luis-Bassa. At RCM he was awarded
both the Guitar
Prize and the Hilda Anderson Dean Prize. Subsequently, he completed his
studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Professors Robert Wolff and
Hans Brüderl and was awarded a scholarship from the Swedish Royal
Academy of Music.
Programme
D. Aguado (1784-1849)
Fandango Variado Op. 16
N. Coste (1805-1883)
Les soirées d'Auteuil, Op.23
M. Giuliani (1781-1829)
Adagio con grand espressione
(from Sonata Op. 15)
G. Regondi (1822-1872)
Introduction et Caprice Op. 23
Interval
J. Turina (1882-1949)
Homenaje a Tárrega Op. 69
Two Tangos:
A. Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Verano Porteño
R. Dyens (1955-2016)
Tango en Skaï
M. Ponce (1882-1948)
Andante espressivo
(From Sonata Romántica)
A. Ginastera (1916-1983)
Sonata Op. 47
Instruments
First half: Romantic Guitar, Tribout from 1850
Second half: Classical Guitar by Yngvar Thomassen 2001
