2025 Jerry Snyder GuitarFest

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• Guitar Virtuoso Giulia Ballarè in Concert at the 2026 Jerry Snyder GuitarFest

  • When
    7 Mar 2026
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Evergreen Valley High School, 3300 Quimby Road, San Jose

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  Guitar virtuoso Giulia Ballarè in concert at the 2026 Jerry Snyder GuitarFest

  with a Prelude performance by Andrew Lee and Brandon Lee

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  Italian-born Giulia Ballarè is regularly invited to play in prestigious venues in Europe, Russia, the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. She is a professor at Consevatoire de Musique de Genève in Switzerland and Conservatorio "A. Vivaldi" in Alessandria, Italy.  

  In 2013 she released her first album "Lyrically Spain" under the dotGuitar label and made her second album "Untuned Guitar" under the JSM Guitar Records label. In 2019 she founded the Gauthey Ballarè Duo with French guitarist Pauline Gauthey. In 2023 the duo released its album "Lo Que Vendrá" with JSM Guitar Records.

  Since 2013 Ballarè won more than 30 prizes in international competitions, including first prize in the Andrès Segovia, Ciudad de Coria, Forum Gitarre Wien, and Mottola competitions. She was a top prizewinner in many other competitions throughout Europe.

  Ballarè has performed in masterclasses with some of the most well-known figures in the classical guitar world including Oscar Ghiglia, David Russell, Pavel Steidl, Paolo Pegoraro, Marcin Dylla, Judicaël Perroy, Aniello Desiderio, and Adriano Del Sal. She started playing guitar at age nine and graduated in 2012 from the conservatory in Novara, Italy, under Guido Fichtner.

  Ballarè is a Savarez Artist.   

  Prelude performers Andrew Lee and Brandon Lee, students of Jon Mendle
  

  
  

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• Masterclass with Guitar Virtuoso Giulia Ballaré at the Jerry Snyder GuitarFest

  • When
    8 Mar 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Evergreen Valley High School, 3300 Quimby Road, San Jose

  Registration is closed

  
  

  Masterclass with Guitar Virtuoso Giulia Ballaré at the 2026 Jerry Snyder GuitarFest

  Admission to audit is free. Please note that performers are limited to TWO masterclasses for the 2025-2026 season.  
  

  Location: Evergreen Valley High School, 3300 Quimby Road, San Jose

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  The South Bay Guitar Society is pleased to present a masterclass with guitar virtuoso Giulia Ballaré. Four players will perform individually and receive feedback from Ballaré in this educational event.

  Registration required for the four performer slots. Please note that performers are limited to TWO masterclasses for the 2025-2026 season.  

   

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