Guitarist. Teacher. Hmm, anything else?
Hi, I am Špela. I am a guitar player and teacher. Mostly classical music, but sometimes a pop song cannot be avoided - and God Bless Ed Sheeran. But I have always felt there might be more to me than just music, and since 2023, I have also been working as a financial advisor and insurance agent.
This website represents a dedicated space to share my thoughts, events, methods, and tips. It is where my passion projects come to light, and I share more of what makes me who I am. Practice and productivity templates, financial tips & tricks, learning/teaching models and arrangments, and self-development blogs are just some of the fun and (hopefully) helpful topics coming up. Stay tuned and Rock on!
More of me + news and updates also on my Instagram! @spelasimonisek
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Sing, play, cry, dance,
express yourself.
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Špela Simonišek (1995) began playing the guitar at the age of 9 and took her first her first guitar lessons with Prof. Miha Meglič at the music school Logatec in Slovenia. From 2010 to 2014 she was a student of Prof. Anton Črnugelj at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana and graduated with excellent results.
She participated in several guitar competitions such as "TEMSIG" (Tekmovanje mladih glasbenikov Republike Slovenije), "Mednarodno tekmovanje Murska Sobota" and the European competition "Enrico Mercatali" and received numerous bronze, silver, and gold awards.
Špela studied at the Gustav Mahler Private University in the class of Prof. Mag. Helmut Weinhandl, and in the year 2020/2021 as a participant of the Erasmus+ exchange program at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich in the class of Prof. Franz Halasz. She continues to give numerous solo concerts, regularly participates in public recitals, and participates in various competitions. In 2017 and 2022 she was selected as a Finalist at the Rust Guitar Festival (Burgenland). In 2022 she also gave several concerts as a soloist with the orchestra of the Alma Mahler Music Association (Alma Mahler Musikverein).
She regularly participates in seminars with internationally renowned professors such as. Armin Egger, Horst Sattlegger, Helmut Weinhandl, Paolo Pegoraro, Istvan Romer, Andrej Grafenauer, Nejc Kuhar, Alexander Swete, Jorgos Panetsos, Jaquin Clerch Diaz, Alvaro Pierri, Anielo Desiderio, Zoran Dukic, Anders Miolin, and others.
Špela Simonišek currently works as a full-time guitar teacher at Musikum, Salzburg (AT).
Her favorite color is blue, and she likes her coffee black.