Esteban Antonio Hashem
Esteban Antonio Hashem began playing the guitar at the age of three, was composing by the age of four and received a scholarship to the Royal College of Music at the age of nine. He studied both classical and flamenco guitar in parallel. At the Royal College he was personally mentored by leading guitarists such as Douglas Rogers and Carlos Bonell, whose guidance shaped his musical development and remained a source of inspiration throughout his career.
By the age of seven he had written his first E minor prelude and suite for guitar and transcribed orchestral and piano works previously not considered playable on the guitar. At eleven he was acclaimed as the youngest guitarist to perform Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. During his studies he continued creating his own transcriptions of works by Isaac Albéniz, Bach, Granados and Manuel de Falla while pursuing composition at the Royal College of Music. He completed his studies at eighteen, majoring in classical guitar, classical composition, piano, violin orchestral composition and performance.
Esteban has toured widely, including a forty-date concert tour in Japan, and performances across Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, the United States and Canada. He has composed music for television and film and collaborated in numerous solo and ensemble projects with instrumentalists, concert pianists and composers. His work has earned international acclaim for its innovative approach to composition and performance.
Performing at Siccas Guitars
Every classical guitarist who performs at Siccas Guitars brings a distinct musical path to the instrument — shaped by years of study, competition experience, and the particular musical tradition they have chosen to inhabit. The classical guitar demands sustained technical commitment and a deep engagement with a repertoire that spans from the Renaissance through to works written for living performers. It is an instrument whose full possibilities only reveal themselves over time.
