About Startup
Classical Guitar
StartUp Classical guitar started with Thibault Momper and Marga Abejo, a guitarist couple living and teaching in Luxembourg. Luxembourg is a small country but home to such a diverse community of people from all over the world. This richness in diversity gave them an opportunity to work with many different students of different ages and cultural backgrounds.
They had the idea one day after after teaching. They were thinking about ways to improve the process of teaching beginners as well as finding new repertoire that is catchy for kids in the modern world. Thibault created many simple melodies for beginners and the melodies flowed on. Marga then had this idea to compile the music and arrange the pieces in a way that there would be a pedagogic flow.
StartUp Classical Guitar is a culmination of our combined experience and love for the classical guitar. As classical guitar teachers in the post pandemic world, children and even some adults are just wired differently these days. We wanted to create a book with fresh new repertoire and help you motivate your students.
Our Book
This book is a culmination of our combined experience and love for the classical guitar. As classical guitar teachers in the post pandemic world, children and even some adults are just wired differently these days. We wanted to create a book with fresh new repertoire and well-known melodies specially curated for beginners and teachers.
Say goodbye to searching and printing repertoire from different sources. This book will be your complete tool kit. We will also provide additional teaching resources online such as audio clips, tips and tricks, and helpful ways to help you motivate your students.
Mission
Our mission is to make classical guitar education more accessible by providing a simple method and new repertoire that will motivate students to become skilled and expressive musicians. We aim to foster a deep love and appreciation for the classical guitar, while nurturing creativity and technical proficiency.
Vision
Our vision is to create a new standard in classical guitar education, where students have access to a fresh and engaging repertoire. We strive to cultivate support for teachers as well as a supportive and inspiring learning environment, where students can develop their musicality, technique, and artistry to the fullest extent.
Meet the Team
Composer, Pedagogy
Thibault Momper
Thibault completed his degrees in Classical guitar, Music Theory, Music History and Chamber Music at the Music Conservatory of Nancy . He was enrolled in C.N.R de la Courneuve under Alberto Ponce before his studies in CNSM. He then perfected his classical guitar studies at the prestigious Conservatory of Paris, taking part in Roland Dyens’ and Jean-Marc Zvellereuther’s classes.
He is currently a professor in the Conservatory of Luxembourg.
Editor, Composer, Pedagogy
Marga Abejo
Marga was an original member of the prize winning classical guitar group, Triple Fret. She attended master classes with Judicael Perroy, Raphaella Smits, Tomonori Arai, Alexis Vallejos, David Russell, Carlos Bonnell, and other influential classical guitarists.
Her guitar foundations started in a band setting but then formally studied classical guitar in the University of the Philippines and the Conservatory of Luxembourg. She is currently a guitar teacher in the European School II in Luxembourg.
Illustrator, Graphic designer
Irina Kekelidze
Irina is an artist and fashion designer. She studied design, fine arts, and History of Arts in the Academy of Industrial Arts of St.Petersburg and has a master in Brand Image Concept completed in Florence, Italy. Her talent led her to work in fashion industry as a designer for international brands as CK and M+F Girbaud. Currently, she is living and working as independent artist in Luxembourg.
"I love reading through Momper's work"
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