Veronique van Duurling
Véronique van Duurling
Véronique van Duurling studied at the Conservatorium of Maastricht (Nl), where she completed her Bachelor of Music (in Pedagogy and Performance) and “Postgraduate Degree” with Carlo Marchione. Afterwards, she enrolled in a “Cours de Spécialisation” with Duo Melis at the Strasbourg Conservatory (Fr), which she completed with very high distinction. At the University of Alicante (Es) she was a student of the “I Máster en Interpretación de Guitarra Clásica 2013,” where she worked closely with guitar virtuosos David Russell, Ignacio Rodes, Hopkinson Smith, Roberto Aussel, Manuel Barrueco, Carles Trepat, Nigel North, and two-time Grammy winner José de Eusebio. She then completed a “Máster Oficial en enseñanzas artísticas: interpretación e investigación de la música” at the “Conservatori Superior de Música Oscar Esplá” in Alicante (Es).
Recordings
In 2016 she released a duo album with Harold Gretton entitled “The Journey,” which, alongside other original works for guitar duo and transcriptions by Duo Amythis, also includes the world premiere of a work by Johannes Möller. The duo financed the CD through a successful campaign on the Wemakeit platform.
Teaching
As a dedicated pedagogue, Véronique has given masterclasses at numerous guitar festivals, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts (Australia), the Conservatoire de Strasbourg (France), and the University of Xalapa, Veracruz (Mexico). She was co-founder of the private music school “Two Notes” in Düren (Germany), which continues to attract a large number of students.
She currently teaches at the Clara Schumann Music School in Baden-Baden, the Rheinperle Mandolin Association, and the Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra Neuweier as conductor and artistic director of the orchestras (Germany).
