José Lucas is one of the most promising classical guitarist in Sweden.

He’s been hailed by the press as ”…one of the the best young classical guitarist in the country”,

Besides concerts as a soloist, José has been preforming with symphony orchestra

and unequalled chamber musical constellations, including violinists, flautists,

violists, vocalists and pianists.

He has interviewed och preformed on Radio and The Swedish Television.

He was born in in 1982 in the Philippines but came to Borås, Sweden with his family at the age of 10.

He began to play guitar at the age of 11 and studied between 1994-2001 at

Borås School Of Music for guitar teacher Tomas Persson.

After graduation, he started to teach in the same school where he had approximately 36 students and conducted

a guitar orchestra for High School Students.

In 2003, he was accepted at The Royal College Of Music in Stockholm under the guidance of Prof. Mats Bergström and

Peter Berlind-Carlson, were he will be recieving his Bachelor Of Arts in Music in 2006.

He is applying for an exchange student program in Barcelona, Paris and Saltzburg for his third year.

Besides his studies at The Royal College of Music, José has taken a postgraduate course at The School Of Music in

Piteå, Sweden under the guidance of Tilman Hoppstock, Professor at The Academy of Music in Darmstadt, Germany.

José Lucas has appeared in some guitar and instrumental competitions, domestic and abroad, such as finalist at

The Royal Musical Academy Competition for Young Talents 2000, semifinalist at The Llangollen

Eistedfodd International Instrumental Competition 2003, in Wales and finalist at Stora Jörgen Rörby-stipendiet 2004.

He has recieved scholarships from The Royal Musical Academy Youth Scholarship 1999,

Ingrid & Vivian Weylerths Foundation 2002, Borås Kulturnämndens Kulturstipendium 2004,

Byggnads Kulturstipendium 2004, were he recieved it from the swedish primeminister Göran Persson,

Anders Sandrew Foundation 2004 and a scholarship to participate the famous Aspen Music Festival 2004

in Colorado, USA and got Master Classes for Sharon Isbin, Professor of the Guitar Department

at Juilliard School Of Music, NY.

José has participated in master classes and lessons with well known classical guitarists and professors,

such as Jonh Mills, Antigoni Goni, Jukka Savijokki, Erik Stenstavold, Alex Garrobé, Sharon Isbin, Tilman Hoppstock ,Sven Lundestad,

Carlos Barbosa-Lima and Jakob Lindberg.