Sfera Duo
Colombian duo founded in 2019 by violinist Daniela Trujillo and guitarist Alejandro Valencia. Sfera Duo’s great passion and eagerness for chamber music drives them towards a constant interpretative search that integrates both traditional and contemporary repertoire.
In addition to persistently researching works written for this ensemble, they encourage new composers to write for the duo and create original compositions and arrangements in order to enrich their repertoire, contributing new ideas and artistic proposals to this format.
Their successful participation in major festivals and concerts, including the Seville Guitar Festival (Spain), a concert at CasaSur Art Lab & Gallery in Madrid (Spain), and the Contemporary Music Forum of the Danube Bend in Budapest, Dunabogdány and Visegrád (Hungary), has opened doors to a new season combining artistic and pedagogical activities.
The 2026 agenda will include performances in Colombia’s most important cities, as well as their third European tour.
Sfera Duo’s first recording is currently available on digital platforms, featuring works by contemporary composers Jeffrey McFadden (Canada), Marek Pasieczny (Poland), Bence Kutrik (Hungary) and Kreshnik Aliçkaj (Albania).
Daniela Trujillo
Violinist
Daniela Trujillo began her violin studies at the Red de Escuelas y Bandas de Música de Medellín and at the Centro de Educación Continua (CEC) of Universidad EAFIT. She completed her undergraduate studies in Music at the same institution, under the guidance of Carlos Rocha Medina and Williams Naranjo.
Throughout her training, she participated in numerous workshops and masterclasses in violin and chamber music with distinguished musicians such as José Francisco del Castillo, Roberto González Monjas, Guillaume Pasch, Joseph Colomé, Carolina Kurkowski, Nathaniel Wolkstein, Williams Naranjo, the Guarneri Trio, Sergio Posada and Blanca Uribe, among others.
She has taken part in important academic and artistic events, including the 1er Seminario: El Violín en EAFIT, the Seminario Ecos Sinfónicos with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia under the direction of Andrés Orozco, and the Encuentro de Música Contemporánea de Medellín.
Daniela has appeared as a soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica EAFIT and Camerata Jaibaná, and has given chamber music recitals in Colombia and Europe. She was awarded first prize in the Chamber Music category at the Concurso de Pregrado del Departamento de Música de la Universidad EAFIT, together with the Trío Áncora.
She worked for fourteen years as a member of the first violin section of the Orquesta Sinfónica EAFIT. Alongside her performance career, she developed an important pedagogical activity at institutions such as Universidad EAFIT, Instituto Musical Diego Echavarría and the Escuela de Música de Bello.
Currently, Daniela Trujillo is primarily devoted to chamber music performance. Her main artistic projects include Sfera Duo (violin and guitar) and Mariana & Daniela Trujillo Duo (two violins). She also works as a private violin teacher in her personal studio.
Alejandro Valencia
Alejandro was born in Medellín-Colombia.
He studied classical guitar at the University of Antioquia with Roberto León Fernández (Colombia) and earned a Master of Music in Performance at the University of Toronto, Canada, with Jeffrey McFadden (Canada).
He was a scholarship holder of the Mazda Foundation for art and science and awarded the “Eli Kassner Graduate Fellowship” during his studies in Canada (2005-2007).
Mr. Valencia has attended master classes with Alvaro Pierri (Uruguay), Eduardo Fernández (Uruguay), Leo Brouwer (Cuba), Mateo Mela (Italy), Lorenzo Micheli (Italy), Eliot Frank (USA), Brigtte Ezackek (Germany), Luis Zea (Venezuela), among others.
Whether as a solo performer or chamber musician, Alejandro has performed in Canada, USA, England, Spain, Greece and Colombia and has appeared as soloist with the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra and Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra.
His great interest in chamber music has led him to explore different types of ensembles and collaborate with significant artists.
Alejandro is currently associate professor and head of the classical guitar and chamber music areas of the Music Department at EAFIT University.
He has also been a professor at the University of Antioquia (Colombia), the Technological School of Arts Débora Arango (Colombia), the Ware Academy of Music (Canada), and the New Conservatory of Music (Canada).
Alejandro is currently a collaborator of Knobloch Strings and performs exclusively on their strings, playing a guitar made by Philip Woodfield.
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