December 07-08, 2023

ARTS2 - Royal Conservatory of Mons, Belgium

MASTERCLASS
Raphaella will give master classes to the guitar students, listeners are also welcome.
Address: Rue des Soeurs Noires, 4a, 7000 Mons
Contact: Magali Rischette +32 478 81 00 90.

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October 13-24, 2023

US-tour - Fall 2023

Concert
Raphaella will give concerts and master classes in Palo Alto, CA (13 & 14 Oct), Columbia, SC (16 & 17 Oct), Milwaukeer, WI (19 & 20 Oct) and Chicago, IL (21-24 Oct).

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October 01, 2023

Benoit Zeidler Residence - Brussels, Belgium

Concert
Raphaella will give a recital at the home of luthier Benoit Zeidler.

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August 01-08, 2023

Antwerp 32nd Summer Festival - Antwerp, Belgium

Concert
Raphaella gives master classes and is part of the jury at the International Young Talent Music Competition.
All info and inscription form at LOVE2ARTS.

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June 07-11, 2023

Tampere Guitar Festival - Finland

Concert
Raphaella will give master classes, concert, lecture and interview in Finland.

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April 29, 2023

Festival international de Guitare de Vendome

Concert
Raphaella presents her latest program "Che Argentina" in France.

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April 27, 2023

Zuidrand Klassiek

Concert
Raphaella playing a home game in "Da Capo", Hove, Belgium.

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March 26, 2023

Les concerts de Jussy

Concert
Raphaella presents her latest program "Che Argentina" in Switserland.

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February 25, 26, 27, 2023

Guitare recital in Yokohama
Guitare recital at Ota Kumin Plaza Hall, Tokyo
Guitare master class in Tokyo

Concert
Raphaella presents her latest program "Che Argentina" in Japan.

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December 19, 2022

"CHE ARGENTINA"

Launch
Raphaella presents her newest CD "Che Argentina" with works by the composers Jorge Morel, Maria Luiza Anido, Ariel Ramirez, Juan Falu, Eduardo Falu and Jose Luis Merlin.

The first comments :

Bart Stouten, Radio Klara: "A top performance, again. A gem."

Jorge Cardoso, composer: " … impregnated with an emotion that only you can imprint on any of the genres you have interpreted throughout your career, and which is omnipresent in your latest album."

Jose Louis Merlin, composer: "The embellishments you have added to my ‘Suite del recuerdo’ are wonderful and some of them I will steal from you to incorporate into my performances."

Juan Falu, composer: "As an Argentine, I feel that Raphaella honours our national music. And as a composer, it is very pleasing to listen to one's own music, coming from Raphaella's heart."

Philippe Mottet-Rio, luthier: "What intense poetry ... inexplicable depth of communication ... frankness of melodic expression ... ennoblement of this music. A universal reading of music born of a typified folklore."

Danielle Ribouillault, musicologist: "Raphaella Smits enchants us again here: radiant sensitivity in absolute mastery ... what a delight!"


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November 25, 2022

AMUZ Antwerp, Belgium

Concert
Raphaella presents her latest program "Che Argentina" for the familiar Antwerp audience at the International Music Center AMUZ.

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October 23, 2022

Darmstadt, Germany

1st European Bach Guitar Award
Raphaella Smits will be part of the jury of this first Bach Guitar Award, under the High Patronage of the Minister President of Hesse Volker Bouffier, in cooperation with Akademie f�r Tonkunst Darmstadt. More info here.

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October 9, 2022

Damme, Belgium

Book market concerts by Musica Flandrica in Damme
Raphaella Smits plays the first of the new season of Sunday morning concerts at 11 a.m.. More info here.

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July 30 - August 7, 2022

Rotenburger Gitarrenwoche, Duitsland

Master classes and concert
Raphaella is invited for the 7th time to give master classes and a concert during the 40th and final (!) 'Rotenburger Gitarrenwoche'.

The registration for RGW-2022 is open: be prompt and get 10% early booking discount on the course fee.

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July 5-9, 2022

Festival International de Guitare de Lambesc, France

Concerts
Raphaella will give several concerts during this festival.


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April 2, 2022

NYCCGS,
New York City Classical Guitar Society,
New York, USA

Concert


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March 30 - April 1, 2022

Manhattan School of Music, New York, USA

Master classes
Raphaella will teach several days of master classes to the conservatory students.


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February 20-23, 2022

Conservatory of Lucca, Italy

Master classes
Raphaella will teach several days of master classes to the conservatory students.


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February 25, 2022

Lemmens Institute
LUCA - School of Arts
Leuven, Belgium

Farewell Concert
Raphaella taught at the Lemmens Institute / LUCA School of Arts in Leuven, Belgium, from 1986 to 2022.

The students are organizing a concert to say goodbye to Raphaella and to welcome her successor Joao Victor ...
Be quick to reserve your tickets!

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