Anabel Montesinos

Anabel Montesinos (born 1984) is a Spanish classical guitarist, recording artist and a professor at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona. At the age of 17 she won the Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition, and she has since performed in concert halls and with orchestras globally, making her debut at Carnegie Hall in 2011. She has released several albums on the Naxos Records label.

Early life and education Montesinos was born in L'Hospitalet de l'Infant, a suburb of Tarragona in Catalonia, in 1984. She began her musical education as a child in the Tarragona area, attending local music schools before continuing at the Conservatory of Tarragona and the Conservatory of Alicante. She pursued advanced studies in Austria, including at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, where she completed a Magister degree. Her repertoire ranges from Baroque and Romantic works to Spanish repertoire such as Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez,

She has released recordings on the Naxos Records label, including a recital album in the Naxos Laureate Series in 2003. A reviewer wrote for Gramophone: "In the exquisite shaping of her lines by the use of rubato (both short- and long-range) and dynamic shading she shows a maturity beyond her tender age." She has played guitars by the Australian luthier Simon Marty and by Stephan Connor from Massachusetts.