Maria Camahort

Maria Camahort is a guitarist, composer, ensemble leader, and educator within multiple contexts. She has performed in London, Paris, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Barcelona, Madrid, Edinburgh, Brussels, Warsaw, Crackow, Mexico City, Chicago, Auckland.
She lived in London 2008-2017, developing a concert career where her facet as an arranger and composer was an essential element. This is the case of projects such as MCQ Iberian Colors, an original ensemble with whom she recorded 2 albums: Iberian Colors (2015), y Danzas, Canciones y Nanas (2018).
She lives now in Barcelona, where she combines her career as an instrumentalist with an increasing activity as a composer. Current collaborations include Naisa Duo and the Libere ensemble. Her latest CD release, Keep My Cows, is a compilation of contemporary arrangements and re-creations of music from the XVI and XVII centuries, with pianist and improviser Carles Marigó.
As a composer, in 2020 she was awarded the Second Prize in the I Llobet Composition Competition for Guitar, and Second Prize in the Maria de Pablos III International Composition Competition. In February 2021 she premiered his work for string quartet "Nóos", commissioned by the FIAS 2021 festival (Madrid), performed by the Bauhaus Quartet. Her composition Ponent was awarded the First Prize in the Maria de Pablos IV International Composition Contest. Her latest commission is the transcription of piano works by E. Escudé - Cofiner for guitar duet.