Born in 1981 in Caracas, Nirse González began his studies there at the Escuela Superior de Música José Ángel Lamas under José Gregorio Guanchez. He took part in master-classes by the international soloists Eduardo Fernández, Alfonso Moreno, Arturo González, Alirio Díaz, Maria Pina Roberti, Tania Chanot, Claude Ballif, and Costa Cotsiolis. At the age of fifteen he appeared as soloist in Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez and in 1996 won first prize in the Antonio Lauro National Guitar Competition, with a special mention and the Yamaha Prize. He was invited to appear as a soloist in 1997 at the Ninth Antonio Lauro International Guitar Festival, with distinguished soloists such as Eduardo Fernández, Alirio Díaz, Tania Chanot and Alfonso Moreno. In the same year he won first prize in the Raúl Borges National Guitar Competition, with a special mention for his interpretation of a work by Raúl Borges. In 1998 he took third prize in the Alirio Diaz International Guitar Competition and first prize in the Antonio Lauro National Guitar Competition, taking second prize at the 1999 Young Soloist Competition with the Concierto de Aranjuez, accompanied by the Venezuela National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Pablo Castellano.

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