Hailed by the Washington Post as “among the most gifted guitarists on the planet”, Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla is a rare phenomenon in the recent history of classical guitar. Many music critics, connoisseurs and music lovers certify that Dylla is among the world’s elite of classical guitar players. He has earned this position, among others, to unparalleled number of awards including nineteen first prizes from 1996-2007 at the most prestigious international music competitions around the world. His last triumph was the Gold Medal at the 2007 Guitar Foundation of America International Competition in Los Angeles, known as the most prestigious guitar contest in the world. Dylla enjoyed a tour of over 50 cities in North America, Mexico and Canada during the 2008-09 season, a live recital video recording for Mel Bay Publications and CD recording for Naxos that reached the Naxos ‘Top 10 Bestselling Albums’ in September 2008. His live recital DVD “Wawel Royal Castle at Dusk” was nominated for 2010 Fryderyk Award (equivalent to a Grammy) in the category of Solo Classical Music Album of the Year.
Marcin Dylla was born in Chorzow in 1976. He received his first guitar lessons at the Ruda Slaska Music Conservatory in his native Poland. From 1995 to 2000 he studied at the Music Academy of Katowice with Adi Wanda Palacz. He then completed his studies with Prof. Oscar Ghiglia, Prof. Sonja Prunnbauer and Prof. Carlo Marchione at the Music Academies of Basel (Switzerland), Freiburg (Germany) and Maastricht (The Netherlands), respectively. He is currently a Professor at the Music Academy in Kraków and Katowice