Guy Hirschberger

Music

Guy Hirschberger

Guy Hirschberger was born in 1999 in Israel. He started playing classical guitar when he was 11 years old, and by the age of 13, started learning with Irit Even Tov at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Guy performs as a solo artist, and also takes part in guitar trios, quartets and ensembles conducted by Mrs. Even Tov.
Guy is a yearly participant of the Winter Festival held at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance high school, where he plays with multiple guitar ensembles each year. In 2015 and 2016 he took place in concerts held at the Israel Museum, in March 2016 he played on Kol Ha’Musica radio station with a guitar trio, and in February 2017 he played on the same radio station with a guitar quartet.
Guy has also participated in masterclasses of renowned classical guitarists such as Laura Young, Mircea Gogoncea and Petra Poláčková. Guy is an AICF scholarship recipient and won the foundation’s scholarship in 2014 and its excellence scholarship in 2016.
Since 2013, Guy competes in national and international classical guitar competitions.
Prizes
2013- 2nd prize in the Arian Yerushalmi National Competition, up to age 14.
2015- 1st prize in the Arian Yerushalmi National Competition, up to age 16.
2016- 4th prize in the International L.Luthier Youth Competition in Bratislava, Slovakia.
2016- 2nd prize in the Arian Yerushalmi National Competition, up to age 20.
2017- 1st prize in the Arian Yerushalmi National Competition, up to age 20.