The classical guitar is a magical treasure for the Norwegian guitarist Kristina Vårlid. Fascinated by the big variety of sound you can produce with the guitar, she likes to explore and go beyond its boundaries.  Kristina's debut album "An Idea" was released in 2019 with Simax Classics. The album received excellent reviews and was named Norwegian Classical Album of the Year 2019 by Klassekampen. She has given solo recitals in several major halls, among others The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Universitetets Aula in Oslo. She has also appeared as a soloist with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra among others. In 2022, Kristina fulfilled her dream of meeting and performing at the same concert as her idol, Kazuhito Yamashita, at Shirakawa Hall in Nagoya, Japan. Kristina is already an internationally acclaimed classical guitarist after winning several competitions and awards. Among others she got the 1st prize in Antwerpen International Guitar Competition 2017 and was named the best music student in The Netherlands the same year when she won Grachtenfestival Conservatorium concours. Kristina teaches at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen where she became a professor of guitar at the age of 24. Kristina plays on a guitar made by Andrés D. Marvi and has been a D'Addario artist since 2019.