Nathan Andrien: A colorful adventure
About me
Born in 2000, Nathan Andrien is a young guitarist from Belgium. He started learning music at the age of 4 and has never stopped since then. Eager to learn, he was always curious and interested in discovering about music and the guitar itself.
He has been awarded with international prizes, such as the 1st Prize at the Szeged International Guitar Competition 2024 (Szeged, Hungary), and was finalist of the 'Imagine Belgium' Competition 2021. These experiences allowed him to be in contact with concert organizers who shared his enthousiasm and his vision about music, and he has since then been able to play in solo and ensemble in Belgium, but also in Ecuador, Hungary, France and The Netherlands.
Musical education
Nathan joined in 2018 the Royal Conservatory of Liège, Belgium, in the class of Hughes Kolp and Adrien Brogna. There, he obtained a Master’s degree in Pedagogy of the guitar and a Master's degree in classical guitar, 'soloist' specialization, with the Highest Honors. He also studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary with Andras Csaki, and he's currently pursuing a Master of Music under Carlo Marchione’s guidance at the Conservatorium Maastricht.
Over the years, he had the opportunity to follow summer courses in Hungary and Poland with Gabriel Bianco, teacher at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and Lukasz Kuropaczewski, teacher at University Graz.
He also had lessons with major figures of the classical guitar such as Manuel Barrueco, Judicaël Perroy, Pablo Marquez, Marcyn Dylla, Aniello Desiderio,...
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Projects and concerts
Nathan takes part in a lot of different professional activities. He plays regularly concerts with a guitar duo and a guitar-mandolin duo and works regularly with living composers. Some other projects include concerts and CD recordings with a plucked strings ensemble directed by famous French mandolinist Vincent Beer-Demander and working with different artists (singer, saxophone…).
However, he's most dedicated to play music on the guitar. One of the main aspect of his personality as a musician is his will to introduce the classical guitar to a broader audience. He’s working on transcriptions for guitar solo and duo, offering a different aspect of famous repertoire through the light and delicate touch of his instrument. He’s currently working on works from Chopin, Rameau, Franck,… and already performs some of his transcriptions in concert with his guitar duo (J.P. Rameau - ‘Les Sauvages’ ; Chopin - Prélude n° 2, 6, 20) or in guitar solo (G. Fauré - 'Pavane' op. 50).
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