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Awarded the best pianist prizes at the Das Lied-International Song Competition in Heidelberg (2017) and at the Paula-Salomon-Lindberg-Liedwettbewerbs at Universität der Künste Berlin (2015), Guerrero has extensive training as a soloist. Established in Germany, she has in recent years focused exclusively on the lieder repertoire, after discovering her affinity for it in 2014. She is coursing the Master in Liedgestaltung programme at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg and is currently enrolled in Solistenexamen postgraduate studies at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe. She received scholarships from FrauenFörderStipendium and Asociación de Juventudes Musicales de Madrid, and has been a guest of several lied cycles in Germany, such as the 19 Bonner Schumannfests im Schumann-Haus in Bonn, the Festival im Frühling in Heidelberg, and the LiederAbend.de cycle in Freiburg.

He began his musical training at Escolania de Montserrat, debuting as a child soloist at Gran Teatro del Liceo in the role of Peasblossom (A Midsummer Night's Dream). He studied singing at ESMUC and earned a Master’s degree in Opera and Concert at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg. During this time, he was awarded the Victoria de los Ángeles Scholarship as well as the Bach Scholarship by the Bach Zum Mitsingen Foundation. He is currently enrolled in Solistenexamen postgraduate studies in Freiburg, where he has also received the Konzerthaus Freiburg Förderpreis 2017 prize. His passion for lieder began early on during his studies in Barcelona. In recent years, he has given recitals in Germany and Spain, debuting in 2017 at the Schubertiade Tamba (Japan). He has performed the roles of Papageno (The Magic Flute), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Podestat (Le docteur Miracle), Ben (The Telephone), and Pacuvio (La pietra del paragone). During 2018 he will perform as soloist in Germany, Catalonia, Switzerland, and France.

Born in Castellbisbal, she began piano lessons at age 6. In 2009 she enrolled at ESMUC to study Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance under professor Maria Jesus Crespo. She has also received piano soloist lessons from professors Luiz de Moura Castro, Alba Ventura, Albert Atenelle, and Jordi Vilaprinyó, among others. She specialized in lied, coursing the Master in Lied Victoria de los Angels at ESMUC with pianists Josep Surinyac and Francisco Poyato. Alongside soprano Mireia Tarragó, she was a finalist in the Papel de Música de Capellades Contest in 2016 and won the 2017 New Musical Creations prize in Vilanova i la Geltrú. She has performed at Palau de la Música Catalana, the Torroella de Montgrí Fringe Festival, the European Museum of Modern Art’s concert cycle, Ateneo Barcelonès, the Eutherpe Theater in León, and the Metropol Theater in Tarragona.

Born in Tarragona in 1995, Mireia Tarragó took a bachelor’s degree in Singing and a master’s degree in Lied Interpretation at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC). She now forms a duo with the pianist Carmen Santamaría, with whom she gives song recitals across Spain, making the work of a number of women composers more widely known. She also recently presented her first record in tribute to the Cantabrian composer Arturo Dúo-Vital. In the field of opera, Mireia Tarragó recently debuted as Contessa de Ceprano (Rigoletto) under the baton of Oliver Díaz. Her repertoire includes such roles as Lucy (The Telephone), Micaëla (Carmen) and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi). In 2020, Mireia Tarragó won the Catalunya Música prize in the contest El Primer Palau. She has performed on various occasions at the Schubertíada and at the LIFE Victoria festival in Barcelona. She has also sung in such outstanding venues as the Auditorium of the Opéra National de Bordeaux and L’Auditori in Barcelona.