"This member of the Amsterdam Guitar Trio also happens to be an extraordinary solo player. "
Luister Magazine

Amsterdam guitarist Esther Steenbergen feels at home in the classical, the contemporary and the Latin-American repertoire. As a soloist, an accompanist and as a member of innumerable ensembles including the highly praised Amsterdam Guitar Trio, she performed in North and South America, Japan, Indonesia, South Africa and nearly entire Western Europe. 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 Pavel Steidl and participated in master classes with Manuel Barrueco and Leo Brouwer. While still a student, she won first-prize in the internationally renowned Maria Canals competition in Barcelona (Spain).
Esther Steenbergen also has some organizing skills and is responsible for the Meesters op de Gitaar concertseries in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Esther Steenbergen plays an Otto Vowinkel guitar

Prelude BWV 1007 by J.S. Bach