Pavel Steidl

Pavel will be a performer and tutor at the Classical Guitar festival 2025

Pavel Steidl was born in Rakovnik (Czech Republic). After winning first prize at the Radio France International Competition in Paris in 1982, he has become one of the most widely celebrated soloists of his generation.  Members of the competition jury included luminaries of classical guitar and composition such as Alexander Tansman, Antonio Lauro and Maria Luisa Anido.

In 1987 he decided to emigrate to the Netherlands, where, after years of studying and getting inspiration from many different artists he has created his own style which has developed into an authentic way of interpreting 19th-century guitar literature on period instruments, and also encompassing some world music elements.

Pavel Steidl also composes himself and his own compositions are often played in his concerts.

He has played in more then 50 countries across the world, including Canada, USA, China, India, Japan, Europe, South and Central America and many others.

The readers of Italian Guitar Magazine Guitart voted for him as their guitar player of the year in 2004 .

Pavel Steidl is a professor of classical guitar at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. 

Pavel Steidl - Altamira home concert from Czech Republic

Pavel Steidel - And you go to Ithaca, too?

Pavel Steidl plays Romanze by Mertz. Altamira Guitar Symposium 2019