Gabriella Quevedo
| Gabriella Quevedo | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Gabriella Evelina Quevedo |
| Born |
12 January 1997 Kinna, Sweden |
| Genres | Fingerstyle, Pop, Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Website |
gabriellaquevedo |
Gabriella Evelina Quevedo (January 12, 1997, Kinna, Sweden) is a Swedish guitarist. She grew up in Kinna and developed an interest in guitar because her father played the instrument. Her father is from Argentina and her mother is Argentinian-Swedish.[1] In addition to Swedish, she also speaks English and she understands Spanish.[2]
She began playing guitar at age twelve, quickly discovering, and mastering fingerstyle guitar techniques, which led to her recording a number of covers of other guitarists' performances and her own guitar arrangements on YouTube.[3][4][5] As of July 2017, Gabriella's YouTube channel had more than 500,000 subscribers and over 90 million views.
Quevedo cites her main influences as Tommy Emmanuel, Sungha Jung, Kotaro Oshio and Andy McKee, whose music she has included in her recordings and performance repertoires, and with whom she has appeared in concerts in Sweden and on the international stage.[6]
Her recording of Hotel California by the Eagles, arranged by Tomi Paldanius, had 17 million views on YouTube in July 2017. In 2012 she won first prize in the category of "young talent" on the Uppsala International Guitar Festival[7] and 2014 Ryan Seacrest's vote on the best cover of the song "Young Girls" by Bruno Mars.[8][9] In 2016 she was awarded the Hagström grant of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien).[10]
She first learned to play on her father's Yamaha guitar, but later her parents bought Gabriella her own guitar, a "shiny black Yamaha with a cutaway", which is seen in her earlier videos on YouTube, and which was signed by Tommy Emmanuel.[11] She later started playing Taylor Guitars, first a custom Taylor GC8e, [12][13] then a Taylor 912ce[14][15] and is an artist supported by Taylor.[14]
Concerts
Gabriella Quevedo has appeared in concerts in Sweden, Norway, Germany, the US and Asia, including:
- with Hansel Pethig,[16] Lemgo, Germany (2012)[17]
- with Sungha Jung, Blomberg, Germany (2012)[17][18][19]
- Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival, Uppsala, Sweden (2012)[7]
- with Tommy Emmanuel, Gothenburg, Sweden (2012)[20]
- Sundsvall Gitarrfestival, Sundsvall, Sweden (2013)[21][22][23]
- with Adam Rafferty,[24] Blomberg, Germany (2013)[25][26]
- Larvik Guitar Festival, Larvik, Norway (2014)[27]
- with Andy McKee, Gothenburg, Sweden (2015)[28]
- Winter NAMM show, USA (2016)[29]
- concert tour in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China (2016)[30]
References
- ↑ France, Pauline (2016). "Front and Center: Fingerstyle Teen Guitarist Gabriella Quevedo". The Women's International Network. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ↑ Gabriella Quevedo - FBS - Español (28-05-16). 2016-05-28. Event occurs at 4:30. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
- ↑ "Gabriella Quevedo Plays All Parts Of "Hotel California" On One Guitar'". The San Francisco Globe. 2015-11-15. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "Gabriella gör succé på Youtube" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "Gabriellas gitarrspel skapar klickpanik" (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter Väst. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "Världsartisterna Gabriella Quevedo och Sungha Jung i P4 Förmiddag" (in Swedish). P4 Göteborg, Sveriges Radio. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- 1 2 "Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival 2012" (in Swedish). MyNewsDesk. 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "Fena på gitarr i cover-final" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "Gabriella Quevedo: wins Ryan Seacrest contest!!!". shreddelicious.com. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "Årets Hagströmstipendiater utsedda" (in Swedish). Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien. 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "About Me". Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Gabriella Quevedo Talks Gear, Breaking Down Stereotypes and More". Guitar World. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Gabriella Quevedo "Tears In Heaven" - Fingerstyle". Taylor Guitars. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- 1 2 "Gabriella Quevedo Plays". Taylor Guitars. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "(Eagles) Desperado - Gabriella Quevedo". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Hansel's Gitarrenschule" (in German). Gitarre Owl. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- 1 2 "Tyska konsertscener väntar på Gabriella" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2012-07-17.
- ↑ Schwarzer, Marianne. "Blomberg zeigt sich weiterhin "vielsaitig"" (in German). Lippische Landes-Zeitung.
- ↑ "Se filmklipp: Slutsåld spelning för Gabriella och Sungha" (in Swedish). Markbladet. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ↑ Petersson, Magnus (2012-12-19). "Drömmen blev sann - Gabriella fick spela med idolen" (in Swedish). Markbladet.
- ↑ "Törnell och gitarrfestival på Almamia" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
- ↑ "Gitarren firas nästa vecka" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
- ↑ "Nästa generations gitarrister" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
- ↑ "Adam Rafferty Funky Fingerstyle Guitar". adamrafferty.com. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ↑ "Ny musik från Borås" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ↑ "Quevedo till Borås Konstmuseum" (in Swedish). Markbladet. 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ↑ "Larvik Gitar Festival" (in Swedish). Larvik Gitar Festival. 2014. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ↑ "Andy McKee" (in Swedish). Göteborgs konserthus. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ↑ "Artists announced for Taylor Guitars Stage at Winter NAMM". Maverick-Country. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "Tolv spelningar i fyra länder – Kinnagitarrist på turné" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-03-28.