Duo Arsis

Duo Arsis is a Portuguese guitar duet founded in December of 2016. It is formed by Nuno Jesus and João Robim, who started the project at the University of Évora. Both of them have won several individual prizes at national and international competitions and decided to approach the notoriously more virtuoso repertoire for two guitars, such as the works of Joaquin Rodrigo, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Fernando Sor or Johann Sebastian Bach. Pieces by Oskar Sigmund, J. K. Mertz and Tiago Quintas (world premiere) have also already been presented in public. Throughout 2017 and 2018, there were several public presentations all over Portugal, and Duo Arsis has been awarded prizes in national and international competitions, such as the 3rd National Music Contest "Gilberta Paiva" in Santa Maria da Feira, and the 2nd International Chamber Music Competition with Guitar in Braga, having also been praised by internationally renowned musicians such as Tilman Hoppstock, Fabio Zanon and Gary Ryan.