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Andrea González Caballero is a Spanish classical guitarist who began studying with her mother, Ana María Caballero, at age seven and made her solo debut at eight. In 2010 she began studies at the Robert Schumann Musikhochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany, completing her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with honours under Joaquín Clerch. She went on to earn a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Frost School of Music, University of Miami.

Described by Opera World Magazine as “the female voice of the Spanish guitar” and by BBC Music Magazine as one of “today’s young rising stars of the classical guitar,” González Caballero has won more than 20 prizes, including First Prize at the XIII Alhambra International Guitar Competition in Valencia and First Prize and Special Prize at the XL International Fernando Sor Competition in Rome. She has performed at the Spanish National Auditorium, Palau de la Música in Barcelona, King’s Cross in London, and Sage Gateshead.

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Tango en Skaï— Roland Dyens
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Prelude, BWV 1006a (guitar transcription)— Johann Sebastian Bach
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María— Francisco Tárrega
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Danza Paraguaya— Agustín Barrios Mangoré
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Rondeña— Regino Sainz de la Maza
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Cádiz (from Suite Española)— Isaac Albéniz
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