« ...the Ballarè is getting noticed for a charge and an impact, an expressive power always classy and highly emotional, establishing a strong bond with the public... »
— La Repubblica
Giulia Ballarè (1987, Novara) is considered one of the most promising soloists of her generation.
She started playing the guitar at nine and graduated in 2012 with full marks from the Novara conservatory “Guido Cantelli” with Maestro Guido Fichtner. She attended masterclasses with the most important figures in the classical guitar world, such as Oscar Ghiglia, David Russell, Pavel Steidl, Paolo Pegoraro, Marcin Dylla, Judicael Perroy, Aniello Desiderio and Adriano Del Sal.
At 20, after an Erasmus experience in Spain, she devoted her life to the guitar: in six years (2012–2018) she won more than 30 prizes in international competitions. She is regularly invited to play all over the world in prestigious venues, such as the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, the Concert Hall of Gnessis in Moscow, the Gosser Ehrbar Saal in Vienna, the Aula Magna of the University “La Sapienza” in Rome, the Hall of Mirrors in Bratislava, and the Kurfürstliches Schloss in Koblenz. She performed as soloist with the Alessandria Orchestra (Italy) and the Musica Viva Orchestra of Moscow (Russia).
In 2013 she released her first album with the dotGuitar label titled “Lirically Spain”, and in 2019 “Untuned Guitar” with the Spanish label JSM Records. Giulia Ballarè is a Savarez and Tonebase artist.
Giulia teaches guitar at the Conservatorio of Alessandria (Italy) and the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (Switzerland). She also runs the annual masterclass in Novara.
