Margarita Escarpa: Our past is also our future

• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946): Escena & Canción del fuego fatuo, from El Amor Brujo (Transcription: M. Escarpa)
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999): Invocación y danza, Homenaje a Manuel de Falla
• Marco Smaili (1967–): Fronda de la Tarde, Homenaje a Joaquín Rodrigo (2019, Norwegian premiere)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Sarabande from Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959): Prelude No. 3, Homenagem a Bach
• Roland Dyens (1955–2016): Tuhũ from Hommage á Villa-Lobos
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764): from "Premier livre de pièces de clavecín": Prélude, Sarabande I, Gigue (Transcription: M. Escarpa)
• Davide Anzaghi (1936–): Pièce pour guitare sensible, Omaggio a Rameau
• Juan Andres de Mendoza: Honze Diferencias de folías (ca. 1590) from Ms. El Ramillete de Flores o colección de varias cosas curiosas (Transcription: Juan José Rey)
• Fernando N. Lobo (1974–): Apontamentos sobre as folias

"A first-class artist", expressed María Luisa Anido when she first heard Margarita Escarpa play. Since then, Margarita has continually reaped many successes and important awards from international competitions, including the 20th Solo Guitar Competition organised by the Guitar Foundation of America, known as the most prestigious guitar contest in the world. In 2021, she received the prize Guitarrista José Tomás 2021 Villa de Petrer (Spain) and in 2023, the award Premio European Guitar Foundation 2023 (Granada, Spain), prizes offered to leading names in the world of guitar.

These prizes, together with her excellent qualities, allow her to perform regularly for the most important International Festivals and at major venues in Europe, America and Asia, where she has received both public and critical acclaim. She is now considered one of the greatest classical guitarists of our time, and she excels in her outstanding musicality, extraordinary sensitivity, and subtlety.

As a solo artist, she has recorded CDs for RTVE (Spanish Radio and Television group), Opera Tres, Naxos, La Ma de Guido and GHA Records. She plays a Matthias Dammann guitar (Germany), and since 2011, she has been one of the "D'Addario artists". Margarita is also known as a dedicated teacher. In addition to her frequent masterclasses, she is a Professor of Guitar at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, where she attains a higher degree of perfection with the students who work with her.