Gabriella Quevedo

Gabriella Quevedo
Birth name Gabriella Evelina Quevedo
Born (1997-01-12) 12 January 1997
Kinna, Sweden
Genres Fingerstyle, Pop, Rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar
Years active 2009–present
Associated acts Tommy Emmanuel, Sungha Jung, Adam Rafferty
Website gabriellaquevedo.com

Gabriella Evelina Quevedo (born 12 January 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 Argentine-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 September 2018, Gabriella's YouTube channel had more than 740,000 subscribers and over 140 million views. Selected covers have also been published in other channels. In July 2018 an album entitled "Acoustic Cover Songs Vol. 1" containing 16 songs appeared on Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, Amazon Music, Google Play Music, Tidal, YouTube Music and Apple Music.

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 over 21 million views on YouTube in September 2018. 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 a custom Taylor 812ce.[16] Quevedo is an artist supported by Taylor Guitars[14] and by G7th, The Capo Company.[17]

Concerts

Gabriella Quevedo has appeared in concerts in Sweden, Norway, Germany, the US and Asia, including:

  • with Hansel Pethig,[18] Lemgo, Germany (2012)[19]
  • with Sungha Jung, Blomberg, Germany (2012)[19][20][21] and Sweden (2014)[6][22][23]
  • Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival, Uppsala, Sweden (2012,2014)[7][23]
  • with Tommy Emmanuel, Gothenburg, Sweden (2012,2015)[24][25][26]
  • Sundsvall Gitarrfestival, Sundsvall, Sweden (2013,2017)[27][28][29][30]
  • with Adam Rafferty,[31] Blomberg, Germany (2013)[32][33]
  • Larvik Gitar Festival, Larvik, Norway (2014,2017)[34]
  • with Andy McKee, Gothenburg, Sweden (2015)[35]
  • Winter NAMM show, USA (2016)[36]
  • concert tour in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China (2016)[37]

References

  1. ↑ France, Pauline (2016). "Front and Center: Fingerstyle Teen Guitarist Gabriella Quevedo". The Women's International Network. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  2. ↑ Gabriella Quevedo - FBS - Español (28-05-16). 2016-05-28. Event occurs at 4:30. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Gabriella Quevedo Plays All Parts Of "Hotel California" On One Guitar'". The San Francisco Globe. 2015-11-15. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  4. ↑ "Gabriella gör succé på Youtube" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  5. ↑ "Gabriellas gitarrspel skapar klickpanik" (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter Väst. 2015-05-15. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  6. 1 2 "Världsartisterna Gabriella Quevedo och Sungha Jung i P4 Förmiddag" (in Swedish). P4 Göteborg, Sveriges Radio. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  7. 1 2 "Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival 2012" (in Swedish). MyNewsDesk. 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  8. ↑ "Fena på gitarr i cover-final" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  9. ↑ "Gabriella Quevedo: wins Ryan Seacrest contest!!!". shreddelicious.com. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  10. ↑ "Årets Hagströmstipendiater utsedda" (in Swedish). Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien. 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  11. ↑ "About Me". Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  12. ↑ "Gabriella Quevedo Talks Gear, Breaking Down Stereotypes and More". Guitar World. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  13. ↑ "Gabriella Quevedo "Tears In Heaven" - Fingerstyle". Taylor Guitars. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  14. 1 2 "Gabriella Quevedo Plays". Taylor Guitars. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  15. ↑ "(Eagles) Desperado - Gabriella Quevedo". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  16. ↑ "(Pink Floyd) Another Brick In The Wall - Gabriella Quevedo". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  17. ↑ "Gabriella Quevedo". G7th, The Capo Company. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  18. ↑ "Hansel's Gitarrenschule" (in German). Gitarre Owl. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  19. 1 2 "Tyska konsertscener väntar på Gabriella" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2012-07-17.
  20. ↑ Schwarzer, Marianne (2011-11-17). "Blomberg zeigt sich weiterhin "vielsaitig"" (in German). Lippische Landes-Zeitung.
  21. ↑ "Se filmklipp: Slutsåld spelning för Gabriella och Sungha" (in Swedish). Markbladet. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  22. ↑ "Sungha Jung Scandinavian Tour 2014". Sungha Jung Official Site. 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  23. 1 2 "Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival 2014" (in Swedish). MyNewsDesk. 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  24. ↑ Petersson, Magnus (2012-12-19). "Drömmen blev sann - Gabriella fick spela med idolen" (in Swedish). Markbladet.
  25. ↑ "Tommy Emmanuel + Pam Rose" (in Swedish). Kulturbolaget. 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  26. ↑ "Tommy Emmanuel and Gabriella Quevedo". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  27. ↑ "Törnell och gitarrfestival på Almamia" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  28. ↑ "Gitarren firas nästa vecka" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  29. ↑ "Nästa generations gitarrister" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  30. ↑ "Får vi lov att presentera Sundsvall VII Gitarrfestival" (in Swedish). Sundsvall Gitarrfestival. 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  31. ↑ "Adam Rafferty Funky Fingerstyle Guitar". adamrafferty.com. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  32. ↑ "Ny musik från Borås" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  33. ↑ "Quevedo till Borås Konstmuseum" (in Swedish). Markbladet. 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  34. ↑ "Larvik Gitar Festival" (in Norwegian). Larvik Gitar Festival. 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  35. ↑ "Andy McKee" (in Swedish). Göteborgs konserthus. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  36. ↑ "Artists announced for Taylor Guitars Stage at Winter NAMM". Maverick-Country. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  37. ↑ "Tolv spelningar i fyra länder – Kinnagitarrist på turné" (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-03-28.

Tommy Emmanuel and Gabriella Quevedo (Gothenburg 2015) on YouTube

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