Lived:
Montevideo, Uruguay
Baltimore, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland
Cremona, Italy
Adelphi, Maryland
Work:
George Washington University - Classical Guitar Professor
Education:
Peabody Institute, Escuela Universitaria de Musica
Tagline:
Born in Uruguay, guitarist Magdalena Duhagon has performed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East and South America, giving concerts in cities like Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Alexandria, Cairo, Beyrouth, Amman, Prague and Amsterdam. She has performed at Halls such as the Terrace Theater of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Cairo Opera House and the Wallenstein Palace in Prague, where she was soloist with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Her performances have been broadcast by the National Polish Radio and worldwide by the Voice of America, and she has been interviewed for Radio France and for International News Agencies as EFE and AFP. She has given Masterclasses at the Guitar Festival of Ireland, at the Conservatoire D’Alexandrie in Egypt and at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. In 2005 she was a member of the National Orchestral Institute at Maryland University under famous conductor Gerard Schwartz. Ms. Duhagon won First Prize at the first-ever competition organized by the Uruguayan "Luis Tróccolli" Cultural Foundation in 1996. She also won first prizes as well as scholarships from the Uruguayan Society of Performers (SUDEI), the Uruguayan Guitar Society, The Association of Music Students (AEMUS) and Jeunesses Musicales of Uruguay. In the United States Ms. Duhagon earned a Masters Degree in Music in Guitar Performance and Pedagogy and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University under Ray Chester. To complete her studies at Peabody Ms. Duhagon received a Fulbright Scholarship, a Peabody Merit Scholarship and a Fellowship from the Organization of the American States.