Mauro Godoy Villalobos

C o m p o s e r

About the Composer

Born in Santiago de Chile, Mauro Godoy Villalobos grew up in Växjö in Sweden. He now lives and works as a composer in Stockholm.

Villalobos started studying guitar at the Music Conservatory “Civica Scuola Di Musica Claudio Abbado” in Milan with maestro Aldo Minella. In Sweden Mauro continued to study composition with Johan Hammerth, Henrik Strindberg and Per Mårtensson. He has also received lessons from visiting guest professor Sven-David Sandström.

Villalobos’ compositions both solo works and orchestral pieces have been performed worldwide on a regular basis. His compositions include works for solo guitar, duos with piano, chamber music, choral music, works for string orchestra, wind orchestra and symphony orchestra.

Villalobos has been awarded multiple scholarships and have won nine international
composition competitions. Among others:

1st Prize Mozart on…International Composition Competition - Osaka, Japan 2016

1st Prize Claxica International Composition Competition - Bologna, Italy 2015

1st Prize conDiT Concerts of Technological District -Composition Competition,Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014

1st Prize CGSV's Villa-Lobos International Composition Competition - Melbourne, Australia 2014

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Un café con Astor for two guitars

Dedicated to Duo Pace Poli Capelli (IT)

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Si, lo siento for solo guitar

1st prize at the International Composition Competition:MOZART ON..COMPETITION Osaka, Japan 2016

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Anawen for guitar and string quartet

1st prize at the International Composition Competition, Claxica - Bologna, Italy 2015

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Homage to Heitor Villa-Lobos

1st prize in the 2014 Classical Guitar Society of Victoria Composition Competition 2014 in Australia

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Primera Línea for two guitars

2nd Prize at the 2020 Veria International Composition Competition, Greece

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Latest duo for guitar is now available

1st Prize at the 2024 Veria International Composition Competition, Greece

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January 2026

A new work for guitar quartet has recently been released by the Tetraktys Guitar Quartet. Landscape for four guitars

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Fantasía for solo guitar

November 2025

Fantasía for solo guitar was awarded third prize at the Aalborg International Guitar Composition Competition. The piece will be published by Bergmann Edition

Tres Reflejos for two guitars

August 2025

My latest work for guitar duo, which was awarded first prize at the Veria International Composition Competition, is now available.

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Ensemble Getögon

January 2025

"La vigencia de una imagen contundente" has been selected by the Swedish ensemble Getögon's Call for Scores 2025 to be premiered and recorded this year.

Call for Scores 2025

1st prize at Veria International Composition Competition.

December 2024. Veria, Greece.

1st prize at Veria International Guitar Duo Composition Competition

Greece - VIGF

1st prize at Malmö Forum International Composition Competition

November 2024. Malmö, Sweden.

1st prize at Malmö Guitar Forum composition contest for classical guitar and string quartet.

Malmö- Ida Presti 100

ISCM World New Music Days in Portugal

October 2024. Lissabon, Porto, Portugal.

MOODS for string orchestra has been chosen by an international jury to represent Sweden at the World New Music Days in Portugal 2025. October 2024

ISCM Portugal

Ögonblick ur mitt Liv, Heliga Birgitta- music by Mauro Godoy Villalobos

July 12–19. 2024

Music-monologue “Ögonblick ur mitt Liv, Heliga Birgitta” by Sandra Ottander (actrice) and Sonja Ander Slootman (direction)! They will play it all summer but I will be there on the 13th and 14th of July! Music by Mauro Godoy Villalobos and Peter Floor.

Ögonblickurmittliv.se

Recommended works

June 2024. Finland.

A large number of entries was submitted for the V International Uuno Klami Composition Competition. The competition office received no fewer than almost 230 works, 37 nationalities. The jury has also drawn up a separate list of good works that did not reach the finals.Habitat for guitar and Orchestra by Mauro G-Villalobos has been chosen for this list of recommended works.

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My violin duo piece will be performed in New York

Jun 7, 2024. New York, USA.

Miolina will present compositions that explore the nature of wood in connection with the exhibition TALL TIMBER: The Future of Cities in Wood! Works by Dan Cooper, Dorothee Eberhardt, Mauro Godoy Villalobos, Jesse Jones, Sunny Knable, and Jessie Montgomery.

Violin concerto

Brännkyrkagatan 112, Stockholm, Sverige

Mauro Godoy Villalobos

C o m p o s e r

Listen & See

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Sheet Music

Un café con Astor for two guitars

Si, lo siento for solo guitar

Anawen for guitar and string quartet

Homage to Heitor Villa-Lobos

Primera Línea for two guitars

More scores at Svensk Musik

Latest duo for guitar is now available

News

Fantasía for solo guitar

Tres Reflejos for two guitars

Ensemble Getögon

1st prize at Veria International Composition Competition.

1st prize at Malmö Forum International Composition Competition

ISCM World New Music Days in Portugal

Ögonblick ur mitt Liv, Heliga Birgitta- music by Mauro Godoy Villalobos

Recommended works

My violin duo piece will be performed in New York

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