Import:Gabriella Quevedo

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Gabriella Quevedo
| image =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Gabriella Evelina Quevedo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1997-01-12}}
| birth_place = [[Kinna]], [[Sweden]]
| genre = [[Fingerstyle]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[Rock music|rock]]
| occupation =
| instrument = Acoustic guitar
| years_active = 2009–present
| label =
| associated_acts = [[Tommy Emmanuel]], [[Sungha Jung]], [[Adam Rafferty]]
| website = {{url|gabriellaquevedo.com}}
}}

'''Gabriella Evelina Quevedo''' (born 12 January 1997, [[Kinna]], [[Sweden]]) is a Swedish guitarist. She grew up in [[Kinna]] and developed an interest in guitar because her father played the instrument. Her father is from [[Argentina]] and her mother is Argentine-Swedish.<ref name="arg">{{cite web|title=Front and Center: Fingerstyle Teen Guitarist Gabriella Quevedo|url=http://www.thewimn.com/front-and-center-fingerstyle-teen-guitarist-gabriella-quevedo/|publisher=The Women's International Network|last=France|first=Pauline |year=2016|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref> In addition to Swedish, she also speaks English and she understands Spanish.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Gabriella Quevedo – FBS – Español (28-05-16)| time =4:30 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DrunL3dIwY|date=28 May 2016|access-date=15 June 2017}}</ref>

She began playing guitar at age twelve, quickly discovering, and mastering [[fingerstyle guitar]] techniques, which led to her recording a number of [[Cover version|cover]]s of other guitarists' performances and her own guitar arrangements on YouTube.<ref name="SFGlobe2015">{{cite web|title=Gabriella Quevedo Plays All Parts Of 'Hotel California' On One Guitar'|newspaper=The San Francisco Globe|url=http://hotel-california.sfglobe.com/2015/04/11/gabriella-quevado-plays-all-parts-of-hotel-california-played-on-one-guitar/?src=share_fb_new_39539&sv=3&xas=o39539__1449352348|date=15 November 2015|accessdate=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208210105/http://hotel-california.sfglobe.com/2015/04/11/gabriella-quevado-plays-all-parts-of-hotel-california-played-on-one-guitar/?src=share_fb_new_39539&sv=3&xas=o39539__1449352348|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="borastidningHotelCalifornia">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Gabriella gör succé på Youtube|newspaper=Borås Tidning|url=
http://www.bt.se/mark/gabriella-gor-succe-pa-youtube/|date= 17 April 2015|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="SVT vast150515">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Gabriellas gitarrspel skapar klickpanik|newspaper=SVT Nyheter Väst|url=http://www.svtplay.se/klipp/2932762/gabriellas-gitarrspel-skapar-klickpanik|date=15 May 2015|access-date=28 March 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320105509/http://www.svtplay.se/klipp/2932762/gabriellas-gitarrspel-skapar-klickpanik|archive-date=20 March 2016|df=}}</ref> As of October 2020, Gabriella's YouTube channel had more than 1.3 million subscribers and over 210 million views. Selected covers have also been published in other channels. In July 2018 an album entitled ''Acoustic Cover Songs Vol. 1'' containing 16 songs appeared on [[Spotify]], [[iTunes]], [[Deezer]], [[Amazon Music]], [[Google Play Music]], [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]], [[YouTube Music]] and [[Apple Music]].
Gabriella's first original songs, "Last Time" and "Remember", were released at the end of 2019. They were recorded at [[Mono Music]] studio in Stockholm, established by former [[ABBA]] member [[Benny Andersson]].

Quevedo cites her main influences as [[Tommy Emmanuel]], [[Sungha Jung]], [[Kotaro Oshio]] and [[Andy McKee]], whose music she has included in her recordings and performance repertoires, and with whom she has appeared in concerts in Sweden and on the international stage.<ref name="SRsunghatour2014">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Världsartisterna Gabriella Quevedo och Sungha Jung i P4 Förmiddag|publisher=P4 Göteborg, [[Sveriges Radio]]|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=104&artikel=5967646|date= 17 September 2014|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>

Her recording of "[[Hotel California]]" by [[Eagles (band)|the Eagles]], arranged by Tomi Paldanius, had over 22 million views on YouTube in July 2019. In 2012 she won first prize in the category of "young talent" on the [[Uppsala International Guitar Festival]]<ref name="uppsala2012">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival 2012|publisher=[[MyNewsDesk]]|url=
http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/uppsala-internationella-gitarrfestival/pressreleases/gabriella-quevedo-vann-finalen-paa-konsert-unga-foermaagor-2012-803322
|date=28 October 2012|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref> and 2014 [[Ryan Seacrest]]'s vote on the best cover of the song "Young Girls" by [[Bruno Mars]].<ref name="borastidningcoverfinal2014">{{cite news |last1=Rabén |first1=Susanna |title=Fena på gitarr i final |work=Borås Tidning |date=12 May 2014 |page=11}}</ref><ref name="shredd2014">{{cite web|title=Gabriella Quevedo: wins Ryan Seacrest contest!!!|publisher=shreddelicious.com|url=
http://www.shreddelicious.com/2014/05/gabriella-quevedo-wins-ryan-seacrest.html|date= 12 May 2014|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref> In 2016 she was awarded the [[Hagström]] grant of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Music]] (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien).<ref name="Hagströmstipendiet">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Årets Hagströmstipendiater utsedda|publisher=Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien|url=
http://www.musikaliskaakademien.se/nyheter/nyheter/aretshagstromstipendiaterutsedda.1060.html
|date= 14 April 2016|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>

She first learned to play on her father's [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] guitar, but later her parents bought Gabriella her own guitar, a "shiny black Yamaha with a cutaway", which is seen in her earlier videos on YouTube, and which was signed by [[Tommy Emmanuel]].<ref name="gabriellaquevedowebsite">{{cite web|title=About Me|url=
http://gabriellaquevedo.com/about.html|accessdate=17 April 2017}}</ref> She later started playing [[Taylor Guitars]], first a custom Taylor GC8e,<ref name="guitarworldinterview">{{cite web|title=Gabriella Quevedo Talks Gear, Breaking Down Stereotypes and More|magazine=[[Guitar World]]|url=
http://www.guitarworld.com/artist-news-interviews-interviews/gabriella-quevedo-breaks-down-stereotypes-talks-gear-and-more|date=29 July 2016|accessdate=17 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="tearsinheaventaylor">{{cite web|title=Gabriella Quevedo 'Tears in Heaven' – Fingerstyle|publisher=Taylor Guitars|url=
https://www.taylorguitars.com/media/gabriella-quevedo-tears-heaven-fingerstyle|accessdate=17 April 2017}}</ref> then a Taylor 912ce<ref name="gabriellataylorpage">{{cite web|title=Gabriella Quevedo Plays|publisher=Taylor Guitars|url=
https://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/gabriella-quevedo|accessdate=17 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="desperado">{{cite web|title=(Eagles) Desperado – Gabriella Quevedo|via=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYbt6zYdN0s|accessdate=17 April 2017}}</ref> and a custom Taylor 812ce.<ref name="anotherbrickinthewall">{{cite web|title=(Pink Floyd) Another Brick in the Wall – Gabriella Quevedo|via=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw9k2F9OPVE|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref> Quevedo is an artist supported by Taylor Guitars<ref name="gabriellataylorpage"/> and by [[G7th Capo Company|G7th, The Capo Company]].<ref name="gabriellag7thpage">{{cite web|title=Gabriella Quevedo|publisher=G7th, The Capo Company|url=https://www.g7th.com/artist/gabriellaquevedo|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref>

== Concerts ==
Gabriella Quevedo has appeared in concerts in Sweden, Norway, Germany, the US and Asia, including:

* with Hansel Pethig,<ref name="HanselPethig">{{cite web|language=German|title=Hansel's Gitarrenschule|publisher=Gitarre Owl|url=
http://gitarre-owl.de/|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref> Lemgo, Germany (2012)<ref name="blomberglemgoBT">{{cite news|language=Swedish|title=Tyska konsertscener väntar på Gabriella|newspaper=Borås Tidning|date=17 July 2012}}</ref>

* with Sungha Jung, Blomberg, Germany (2012)<ref name="blomberglemgoBT"/><ref name="lippische2011">{{cite news|language=German|last=Schwarzer|first=Marianne|title=Blomberg zeigt sich weiterhin "vielsaitig"|newspaper=Lippische Landes-Zeitung
|date=17 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="blomberg2012">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Se filmklipp: Slutsåld spelning för Gabriella och Sungha|publisher=Markbladet|url=http://markbladet.se/?artikel=201209051053244111|date= 5 September 2012|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref> and Sweden (2014)<ref name="SRsunghatour2014"/><ref name="sungha2014">{{cite web|title=Sungha Jung Scandinavian Tour 2014|publisher=Sungha Jung Official Site|url=http://www.sunghajung.com/news_schedule/270728|date=11 March 2014|accessdate=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408001417/http://www.sunghajung.com/news_schedule/270728|archive-date=8 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="uppsala2014"/>
* [[Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival]], Uppsala, Sweden (2012,2014)<ref name="uppsala2012"/><ref name="uppsala2014">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival 2014|publisher=[[MyNewsDesk]]|url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/uppsala-internationella-gitarrfestival/pressreleases/superfenomenet-shunga-jung-fingerstylegitarristen-med-en-miljard-visningar-till-uppsalagitarrfestival-1008526|date=16 June 2014|accessdate=14 January 2018}}</ref>
* with Tommy Emmanuel, Gothenburg, Sweden (2012,2015)<ref name="tommyemmanuel2012">{{cite news|language=Swedish|last=Petersson|first=Magnus|title=Drömmen blev sann – Gabriella fick spela med idolen|publisher=Markbladet|date= 19 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="TommyEmmanuel2015">{{cite web|title=Tommy Emmanuel + Pam Rose|publisher={{ill|Kulturbolaget|sv}}|language=Swedish|url=http://kulturbolaget.se/konserter/2014/tommy-emmanuel-gbg/|year=2014|accessdate=18 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="emmanuelquevedo2015">{{cite web|title=Tommy Emmanuel and Gabriella Quevedo|via=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHVzFLsfZ8|accessdate=31 January 2018}}</ref>
* Sundsvall Gitarrfestival, Sundsvall, Sweden (2013,2017)<ref name="sundsvall130108">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Törnell och gitarrfestival på Almamia|publisher=Sundsvalls Tidning|url=http://www.st.nu/kultur/tornell-och-gitarrfestival-pa-almamia|date= 8 January 2013|accessdate=29 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="sundsvall130314">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Gitarren firas nästa vecka|publisher=Sundsvalls Tidning|url=http://www.st.nu/kultur/gitarren-firas-nasta-vecka|date= 14 March 2013|accessdate=29 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="sundsvall130321">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Nästa generations gitarrister|newspaper=[[Sundsvalls Tidning]]|url=http://www.st.nu/kultur/musik/nasta-generations-gitarrister|date= 21 March 2013|accessdate=29 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="sundsvall130328">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Får vi lov att presentera Sundsvall VII Gitarrfestival|publisher=Sundsvall Gitarrfestival|url=http://sundsvallsgitarrfestival.se/nyheter/far-vi-lov-att-presentera-sundsvall-vii-gitarrfestival/|date=19 February 2017|accessdate=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111172029/http://sundsvallsgitarrfestival.se/nyheter/far-vi-lov-att-presentera-sundsvall-vii-gitarrfestival/|archive-date=11 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* with [[Adam Rafferty]],<ref name="AdamRafferty">{{cite web|title=Adam Rafferty Funky Fingerstyle Guitar|publisher=adamrafferty.com|url=http://www.adamrafferty.com/|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref> Blomberg, Germany (2013)<ref name="borastidningblomberg2013">{{cite news |last1=Haglund |first1=Rolf |title=Ny musik från Borås |work=Borås Tidning |date=10 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="markbladetblomberg2013">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Quevedo till Borås Konstmuseum|newspaper=Markbladet|url=http://markbladet.se/?artikel=201309171409001389|date= 17 September 2013|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref>
* Larvik Gitar Festival, Larvik, Norway (2014,2017)<ref name="larvik2014">{{cite web|language=Norwegian|title=Larvik Gitar Festival|publisher=Larvik Gitar Festival|url=http://www.larvikgitarfestival.com/ |year= 2014|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref>
* with Andy McKee, Gothenburg, Sweden (2015)<ref name="gsoMcKee">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Andy McKee|publisher=Göteborgs konserthus|url=http://www.gso.se/sv/event/2015-10-10/20:00/Andy-McKee |date= 10 October 2015|accessdate=8 January 2016}}</ref>
* Winter [[NAMM Show]], USA (2016)<ref name="namm2016">{{cite web|title=Artists announced for Taylor Guitars Stage at Winter NAMM|publisher=Maverick-Country|url=http://maverick-country.com/grace-and-chelsea-constable-james-tw-zac-brown-band-members-and-more-to-perform-on-the-taylor-guitars-stage-at-winter-namm/|date= 18 January 2016|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>
* concert tour in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China (2016)<ref name="asienturne2016BT">{{cite web|language=Swedish|title=Tolv spelningar i fyra länder – Kinnagitarrist på turné|newspaper=Borås Tidning|url=http://www.bt.se/mark/tolv-spelningar-i-fyra-lander-kinnagitarrist-pa-turne/ |date= 4 March 2016|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{YouTube|id=NQHVzFLsfZ8|title=Tommy Emmanuel and Gabriella Quevedo (Gothenburg 2015)}}

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