Our History

Our History

Duo Qitayes was formed in 2011 in The Hague (The Netherlands) by Rocío Campos and Víctor Landeira with the intention of making known the little explored repertoire for clarinet and guitar from the 18th century to the present. As a result of this interest, in the programs of their concerts coincide romantic authors such as Joseph Küffner or Ferdinand Rebay with contemporary authors, among them Josep Soler, Libby Larsen or Laura Vega.

For Qitayes it is a priority to increase the corpus of works for their training, with special attention to Spanish and Latin American creation. That is why they have commissioned several works from composers such as Daniel Roca, Leo Brouwer, Igor Maia or Mateo Soto. In 2024 their discographic work “Première” was published, which gives an overview of this work.

Qitayes has taken its music to different parts of Spain, offering concerts with different formats and themes adapted to different audiences and occasions. They have collaborated with entities such as FAIC (Federation of Iberian Associations of Composers), PROMUSCAN (Association for the Promotion of Music in the Canary Islands), ADEC (Association for the Study and Development of the Clarinet), University of Seville, Teatro Auditorio “José Luis Perales” of Cuenca, Mapfre Guanarteme Foundation and Casa de Galicia in Madrid.

In Belo Horizonte, Dúo Qitayes were invited as guest artists and premiered several works written for them by the students of the composition class of PhD professor Igor L. Maia.

ROCÍO CAMPOS (Écija, Sevilla)

She holds a clarinet teaching degree from the Conservatorio Superior de Música “Rafael Orozco” in Córdoba. She studied musicology at La Rioja University and finished her master’s degree in musical interpretation at The Royal Conservatory of The Hague with professor Pierre Woudenberg

She received advice from renowned musicians such as Walter Boeykens, Karl Leister, Julian Farrell, Joan Enric Lluna, Cristo Barrios and Louis Andrienssen. She has performed under conductors including Michael Thomas, Jurjen Hempel, and Etienne Siebens.

She has appeared in Spain, Italy, The Netherlands and Belgium as soloist and in chamber music groups as Not’a Trio or Dúo Qitayes. She was appointed by the Orquesta Joven de Andalucía (OJA). She is also a specialist in the Music Learning Theory (MLT) methodology by Edwin Gordon and is clarinet professor at the Conservatorio Elemental de Música “Vicente Gómez Zarzuela” de Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz).

VÍCTOR LANDEIRA (Carrizal, Las Palmas)

He is a guitarist, composer and researcher. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, where he studied with Enno Vorhoorst and Zoran Dukic. He studied musicology at La Rioja University and finished his PhD Thesis at La Laguna University.

He is a guitar professor at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Música Manuel de Falla in Cádiz.

As a performer, highlights include collaborations with diverse chamber music groups and orchestras (Orquesta del Atlántico, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria) and the Prize “Excellens in Música”, given by the Real Academia Canaria of Fine Arts in 2016. His discography includes the recording of works by composers of the Spanish “Generación del 27″ for SEdeM and the guitar works of Alfonso Broqua, which were broadcasted by Radio France and Radio del Sodre in Uruguay.