Duo Kitharsis - Classical guitar duo

Duo Kitharsis (Alexandra Petrisor and Dragos Horghidan) is a classical guitar duo that has been performing on stage since 2009. After successfully completing their studies at the Bucharest National Conservatory of Music with Catalin Stefanescu-Patrascu, they completed a master's degree as a guitar duo at the Stuttgart College of Music and Performing Arts in 2012. In 2016, they completed a master's degree with distinction at the HEAR Strasbourg and the University of Strasbourg with Duo Melis. In addition to her concert exam, Alexandra wrote a thesis on compositions for two guitars, Dragos on music transcribed for two guitars.
Duo Kitharsis is regularly invited to give concerts on international stages in Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Poland and India with famous international artists and at numerous guitar festivals. They performed to standing ovations at Saint Martin-in-the-Fields in London and in Paris at the Hôtel de Soubise - Archives Nationales in the concert series of the association "Jeunes Talents". In 2014, the third edition of the extraordinary tour "Music in Romania's Palaces" was a great success, and in 2019 they performed in India at the Calcutta International Guitar Festival.

Duo Kitharsis gave the national premiere of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Concerto for Two Guitars and Orchestra with the Bucharest National Radio Orchestra, and since then they have been regularly invited to perform with orchestras around the world.
The duo's first CD was produced by QBK Records in 2015 and was received with great enthusiasm. In 2020, the duo recorded a second CD: Duo Kitharsis plays Chopin on DA Guitar Records.

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