Conciertos Grapa

Ensamble Instrumental de Granada (Quintet)

The Ensamble Instrumental de Granada (EIG), founded in 2006, was born under the impetus of his alma mater German Clavijo, with the aim of interpreting the great chamber music repertoire, ranging from the eighteenth century to the present. EIG is composed by excellent professionals in the national and European scene, and is distinguished by the stringency in the interpretations and the combination of talent, creativity and energy.

Programming is carefully chosen in order to bring to the public a musical diversity, containing at Conciertos Grapa the same time a leit motif that highlights human values, so prevalent in music and in the thoughts of great composers. Playing masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with new gems of contemporary music is one of the challenges of the Instrumental Ensemble of Granada. The EIG has performed at the most prestigious concert halls in Madrid, Barcelona, Santander, Seville and Granada, among other Spanish cities and also in major venues in Colombia, Ecuador, , Chile, Peru and Uruguay. EIG members are part of worldwide benchmark orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, HR Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Amsterdam Percussion Group and European Union Chamber Orchestra among others. The EIG has recorded for Radio National and TVE Spain, and performed for the Fundación Caja Madrid, Caja Granada, Juventudes Musicales, National Heritage and the Granada University, among others. In 2009 collaborated with singer Tom Norris in The Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello. Some engagements include the performance of The Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello, numerous premieres and concerts in Spain, , and the UK, and an extensive tour through South America. German Clavijo - viola Born in Argentina, Clavijo developed his training with Ljerko Spiller in , later at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London with Jack Glickman and Rachel Podger, chamber music with David Takeno and members of the Vellinger, Takacs and Melos Quartets, and the extinct Amadeus Quartet. He was awarded in the Chartered Surveyors Company String Quartet Competition, the Dorothy Adams Prize, the Gerard Heller String Quartet Competition and was the winner of the Pyramyd Award from the Deutsche Bank. He made recordings for Classic FM and the BBC in the UK, and has participated in the American Pioneers Festival. For nearly a decade he has been viola soloist of the Ciudad de Granada Orchestra, in Spain. Clavijo also collaborates with the Royal Opera House Orchestra in London as soloist assistant. Clavijo is the first Argentine citizen who became regular member of the London Symphony Orchestra to which he belongs since 2009. Germán Clavijo plays an instrument built by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi in 1765.