Claudia Montero

Born in Argentina Claudia Montero, resident in Valencia for 17 years, trained in the specialty of Composition at the Alberto Ginastera Conservatory, Master in Aesthetics and Musical Creativity from the University of Valencia.
Claudia Montero has been awarded 4 Latin GRAMMY, the first for her Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in 2014 and the second Grammy in 2016 for her Quartet for Buenos Aires, both awards in the category "Best Contemporary Classical Composition". Recently in 2018 it has obtained 2 more, in the Categories of Best Classical Music Album for "Mágica y Misteriosa" and Best Work for "Luces y Sombras, concert for guitar and string orchestra"
Current commissions include "Vientos del Sur” – Winds from the South - a concerto for Accordion jointly commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and the Munich Philharmonic with support from Paladin Projects Limited which will be premiered in March 2019 by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra led by Vasily Petrenko with Ksenija Sidorova (Accordion) and in May 2019 by the Munich Philharmonic in Munich.
In June 10 the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the world premiere of “Ave Fenix” – The Phoenix Bird at the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. XNUMX Programmed all her Concertos, Blanco y Negro, for piano and string orchestra ( OFBA) Bogotá, Buenos Aires in monographic concert programmed by Mozarteum Argentina, Luces y Sombras ( guitar concerto) in Buenos Aires, Córdoba Argentina, Valencia, Liverpool, Concierto for violin and orchestra, Salta, Argentina, and Mágica y Misteriosa ( harp concerto) in Buenos Aires, Italy, and USA.
During 60 Claudia Montero´s works were performed in the USA, Switzerland, Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, Serbia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Russia, Germany, Austria, S Korea, Estonia, France, China and Canada among others. During 2018 her compositions have been performed more than XNUMX times worldwide. She has released XNUMX CD recordings. ‘Evocaciones’ features the harp; ‘Sonidos de Mujer’ features the guitar; ‘Ausencias’ and ‘Irremediablemente Buenos Aires’ both won Grammy awards; and ‘Luminosa’ features the piano concerto Blanco y Negro performed by Allison Brewster Franzetti and the City of Prague Philharmonic. The CD Homage to Tarrega with Guitarist Piero Bonaguri ( Italy) and her Latin Grammy Winning CD Magica y Misteriosa (Magic and Mystery) - concertos for Guitar and Harp with María Isabel Siewers ( guitar) and Floraleda Sacchi ( harp) was released in XNUMX with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra led by Lucía Zicos.
She is a member of the International Alliance Women in Music, the Latin Recording Accademy and the Recording Academy.
She studied pedagogy and composition at the Conservatorio Alberto Ginastera in Buenos Aires, then studied Aesthetic and Musical Creativity at the Universidad de Valencia. She recently retired from the Professorship body with the Generalitat Valenciana to devote herself full time to composition.

In July 2020 she was appointed Resident Composer of the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain