Che Argentina Raphaella Smits

• Jorge Morel (1931 - 2021):
• 1 Morel: Olga: I. Canción 04:30
• 2 Morel: Olga: II. Fughetta 01:48
• 3 Morel: Olga: III. Giga 03:18
• 4 Morel: Romance 03:56
• 5 Morel: Danza Brasilera 03:12
• 6 Morel: Danza in E Minor 04:05
• Juan Falú (b. 1948):
• 7 Falú: Como el Aire 06:30
• María Lusia Anido (1907 - 1996):
• 8 Anido: Aire Norteño 01:42
• Ariel Ramirez (1921 - 2010):
• 9 Ramirez: Balada para Martin Fierro 03:44
• María Lusia Anido (1907 - 1996):
• 10 Anido: Canción de Cuna 02:19
• Eduardo Falú (1923 - 2013):
• 11 Falú: Cuando se dice adiós 04:42
• José Luis Merlin (b. 1952):
• 12 Merlin: Suite del Recuerdo: I. Evocación 02:19
• 13 Merlin: Suite del Recuerdo: II. Zamba 03:28
• 14 Merlin: Suite del Recuerdo: III. Chacarera 03:18
• 15 Merlin: Suite del Recuerdo: IV. Carnavalito 02:13
• 16 Merlin: Suite del Recuerdo: V. Evocación & VI. Joropo 05:27
• Total Runtime 56:31

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In 2019, Raphaella received a unique award "Por su aporte a la Guitarra y la Cultura" in Argentina at the Festival Guitarras del Mundo.

Raphaella Smits plays worldwide in her unique way on eight-string guitars and period instruments. She has been praised as "an uncommonly musical guitarist" (Tim Page, New York Times), "Une Grande Musicienne" and "one of the most sensitive and cultured performers of our time" (Jean Bernard, Diapason, FR).

In addition to stage work, Raphaella Smits has realized 26 albums, many of which are listed as indispensable for refined music lovers. To this day, she continues to produce new, valuable recordings.

Raphaella Smits is widely acclaimed as an inspiring pedagogue for both guitar and chamber music. She taught at the Lemmens Institute / LUCA School of Arts in Leuven, Belgium, from 1986 to 2022. She also continues to give regular master classes in Western and Eastern Europe, in North and South America, and in Japan.

Organizers of international guitar and chamber music competitions request Raphaella as a juror because of her exceptional and unbiased judgment and her empathetic afterthoughts with the candidates.

Raphaella Smits, classical guitar

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