BIOGRAPHY

Master in Musical Interpretation from the Facultad de Música at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Master in Classical Guitar Interpretation at the Universidad de Alicante, Spain with David Russell, Manuel Barrueco, Ignacio Rodes, Carles Trepat, Hopkinson Smith, Nigel North and Roberto Aussel. Study stays at the Conservatory of Music in Frankfurt am Main, Germany with Thomas Bittermann and at the Kärtner Konservatorium in Klagenfurt, Austria with Marco Tamayo. Currently he studying Máster en Estudios Avanzados en Interpretación at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC).

With a successful international career, Christopher Avilez has been soloist with the Morelos Chamber Orchestra, Morelos´ Camerata, Carlos Chávez´s Orchestra, Mexican´ Orchestra of the Arts and Cuenca Simphony Orchestra. In the international arena he has been presented in Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Slovenia, Spain and United States. His discography consists of four CD´s:

  • XIII Sonatas for guitar and continuos bass by Juan Antonio de Vargas y Guzmán.
  • Imágenes…memoria. Contemporary Mexican Music for flute and guitar.
  • Concerto for Classic Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio by Claude Bolling. Fisis Quartet.
  • Sudamérica Seductora. Latin American music by Villa-Lobos, Barrios, Ginastera & Sinesi.

Prizewinner in numerous national and international guitar competitions:

  • 1st prize at the XV Concurso de Música Benidorm, Spain 2013.
  • 1st prize at the I Encuentro de Guitarra Villahermosa, Mexico 2015.
  • 1st prize at the I Concurso de Guitarra Cuernavaca, Mexico 2011.
  • 1st prize at the I Concurso del Centro Morelense de las Artes, Mexico 2010.
  • 2nd prize at the VII Concurso de Intérpretes “Ciudad de Colima” Mexico 2014.
  • 2nd prize at the V Concurso Nacional “Silvestre Revueltas” Durango, Mexico 2012.
  • 2nd prize at the X Festival Internacional “Guitarra sin Fronteras” Chihuahua, Mexico 2012.
  • 2nd prize at the XX Festival Internacional de Guitarra Morelia, Mexico 2010.
  • 3rd prize at the IV Concurso de Guitarra “Ángel G. Piñero” Cadiz, Spain 2017.
  • 3rd prize at the I Concurso Nacional de Guitarra Toluca, Mexico 2011.
  • 3rd prize at the III Concurso y V Festival de Guitarra (BUAP) Puebla, Mexico 2009.
  • 3rd prize at the I Concurso del Centro Universitario Ixtlahuaca, Mexico 2007.
  • 3rd prize at the Concurso Nacional de Guitarra Paracho, Mexico 2006.

He has also been a recipient of prestigious awards and scholarships including the Premio Estatal de la Juventud (2013). Scholarships from the state and national funds: FOECA 2008, PECDA 2018, Programa de Creadores Escénicos FONCA 2011 and Programa de Fomento a Proyectos y Coinversiones Culturales FONCA 2019.