Guitarist Esther Steenbergen feels at home in the classical, the contemporary and the Latin-American repertoire. She performed worldwide with the highly praised Amsterdam Guitar Trio. Today she can be listened to with bass player Eric Calmes and percussionist Enrique Firpi with whom she started her own trio.

Esther Steenbergen performes as a soloist as well as in chamber music ensembles. As an accompanist she works on a regular base with baritone Maarten Koningsberger, world champion artwhistling Geert Chatrou and Edison winner mezzo soprano Tania Kross.

Next to concerts Esther teaches and lectures about guitar technical as well as musicological subjects. Her favorite subjects are retorica in music and the performance practice in Latin American music.

Esther Steenbergen studied classical guitar with Hubert Käppel at the Musikhochschule in Cologne (Germany), as well as Musicology at the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands). During her studies she took lessons with Czech guitarist Pavel Steidl and participated in master classes with the Cubans Manuel Barrueco and Leo Brouwer. While still a student, she won first-prize in the internationally renowned Maria Canals competition in Barcelona (Spain).

Besides playing the guitar Esther Steenbergen also has some organizing skills. She is responsible for the Meesters op de Gitaar concert series in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Esther Steenbergen plays an instrument made by

Dutch guitar maker Otto Vowinkel.