Bio

Guillermo Ortega Santos, born in Madrid, studied with Asier Polo and, since 2017, has been furthering his training at the Musik-Akademie Basel (Switzerland) under Rafael Rosenfeld. There he has completed masters in Performance and in Solo Performance thanks to Lyra Stiftung, Rudolf von Tobel Stiftung and Rita Zimmermann Stiftung grants. Plus, he has received valuable guidance from Rainer Schmidt, Anton Kernjak, Claudio Martínez-Mehner, Sergio Azzolini and Steven Isserlis.

Ortega has won several competitions, including the Kiefer Hablitzel|Göhner Music Prize 2023 (Switzerland), Rahn Kulturfonds 2019 and 2020, Villa de Llanes international competition and Ciudad de Vigo competition.

He has been invited to several festivals, such as Prussia Cove OCM, Musikdorf Ernen, Festival der Stille and Davos Festival, and is currently working with orchestras like the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Zurich Opera, Basel Sinfonieorchester and Spanish National Orchestra. Since September 2024, he has been a member of the Zürcher Kammerorchester.