“No Life without Guitar…”
Victor Balaguer performs original Guitar Music.
Composing with his guitar in hand - in moments of inspiration, natural flow and improvisation. Years of experience, applied scales and active listening
have all contributed to the process of creation.
Victor's guitar journey starts at the tender age of 9 when his parents send him to weekly music school guitar lessons in the Netherlands. Teacher J.B. Koevoet’s fun approach in a group setting together with 2 other students soon starts bearing fruits and he grows a deep fondness and appreciation for Spanish guitar. After a few years of weekly lessons, he finds an electrical guitar under the Christmas tree; this and the affinity to more contemporary music leads to a temporary switch up to the electrical guitar during his teens and to some experimentation within the blues and rock genres. Dropping out of regular music school attendance slows down his musical development for a few years - only really starting back off again amidst student life. Motivated by his new Belgian surroundings, he is seduced and inspired by the virtuous playing style of the Roma Gypsy culture. Given private guitar lessons, he‘s also introduced to sheetless appeoach, and to basic concepts of improvisation, harmony and scales-
all in free spirit fashion of the Gypsy „Manouche“ Jazz style.
After these formative years on the steel string guitar, Victor feels called to return
to the more mellow nylon Guitar sounds and to switching back from the mediator
to a more freeing finger based style expression.
Starting around 2009 a whole new era kicks off - combining all his skills he takes a chance in crafting and composing his own original guitar music in the following years on the Spanish Guitar. By allowing the free expression of the soul‘s moods and musings through music slowly dawns the realization that affiliating to only one specific music style is futile.
In present days he plays in smaller and larger locations alike - public spaces: churches, lounges and theaters awa in diverse private settings…Always in deep appreciation of every new space and location with the opportunity for exploring new soundscapes. The aim is to take listeners on a musical journey…and to create an immersive guitar experience. Beyond playing a repertoire of pieces from past composers, instead playing mostly music unheard of, touching hearts and creating warm and welcoming atmospheres for the receptive audience within an unique setting.