Professor – Guitarist Eva Fampas, described as
*… a fine artist .. a masterful guitarist * (SOUNDBOARD guitar magazine USA, No 1, 2010),
“an excellent musician who manages to win the audience with her artistic temperament and technique ..” (Guitarist 2005 No 2 – Russia), with “style and flair… amazing mastery..” (Indian express) and a “very fine sound” (Pancevac cultura-Serbia), has established herself as one of the world’s most gifted and exciting guitarists today enjoying a truly outstanding international career.
Eva has given numerous recitals and concerts around the world with great success, performing in music – guitar festivals, in prestigious concert halls and cultural centres, in the Radio and the TV, in Greece, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Russia, UK, Belarus, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Lithuania, Switzerland, Cyprus, Albania, Thailand, Nepal, India, China, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil. She has also performed with the Athens Municipality Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Russia (Dudarova), the Athens State Orchestra string ensemble, the ARCO Moscow chamber orchestra, the Bombai chamber orchestra, the Kalamaria Youth Symphony, the UAEH Symphony Orchesta of Mexico, the Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music and more .
She has premiered lots of marvellous guitar pieces including the “FOR EVA” concerto by Yiu-kwong Chung and the “Baião Lunar” by Andersen Viana, both dedicated to her as well as the GREEK SUITE by Dim.Fampas orchestrated for guitar and Symphony Orchestra by An. Viana.
Eva is also a distinguished editor and author of many musical books collaborating with MEL BAY (USA), Les Productions D’Oz (Canada), BERBEN (Italy), Lathkill Music Publishers (UK), BALKANOTA – Collection Eva Fampas (Bg), Nakas(Gr), Liolios (Gr), Nikolaidis-Orpheus (Gr).
Eva was born in Athens and studied guitar with her father, the excellent guitarist – professor Dimitri Fampas as well as music harmony, counterpoint and fugue with the composer Dimitri Dragatakis, at the National Conservatory of Athens graduating with honours. She also studied orchestra conducting with composer Theodore Antoniou and attended master classes by Leo Brouwer. . She is the Founder and President of the GUITAR FRIENDS ASSOCIATION “DIMITRIS FAMPAS”. In addition she serves as the Artistic Director of the Fampas International Guitar Festival and Competition in Athens. In 2023 she was awarded the Honorary Gold medal of the 1st Guitar Olympiad / Unesco in Volos.
Recently she started to write music and songs. In 2022 was released her 1st album with songs titled MY RED ROSE