Sanja Plohl

Sanja Plohl is a faculty member in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Saint Louis University-Madrid, where she teaches Music Education. She holds a B.A. from Rostock University of Music and Theatre (Germany), an M.A. from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague (Netherlands), and completed postgraduate studies at Mozarteum University in Salzburg (Austria).

Her primary research and artistic interests include classical guitar performance, guitar pedagogy, world music, and composition. She is internationally acclaimed as a virtuoso performer, with a rich history of solo recitals across Europe and Latin America, including performances at the London Classical Guitar Festival, Córdoba Guitar Festival, Slovenian Philharmonic Hall, and the Andrés Segovia Festival in Madrid. She has premiered works by composers such as Bavdek, A. Coduras, M. Lazar, and R. Blanco Pons.

Sanja Plohl has received over 30 awards in international guitar competitions, including first prizes at the Ivor Mairants Award (London), Seville Guitar Competition, and Córdoba Guitar Festival. She has also served on juries for events like the Madrid International Guitar Festival and the Seville International Guitar Competition.

She has been supported by grants from the Huygens Fund (Dutch Government), Zois Fund (Slovene Government), Slovenian Ministry of Culture, Soroptimist International, Accademia Chigiana Siena (Italy), and Música en Compostela (Spain). Her compositions are published by Bergmann Edition, and she released the album "Danseuse dans Grenade" (IBS Classical, 2012). She maintains an active teaching and performance practice, recently returning to formal composition studies under Eduardo Morales-Caso.