About

Daria Semikina

Guitarist & Composer

“Daria demonstrates rare creativity that knows no boundaries of genre – she directs her talent anywhere from modern fingerstyle arrangements of famous pop songs to authentic renditions of traditional folk tunes, from masterful interpretations of classical and modern composers to original compositions where she experiments with jazz and ambient music.
Gentle touch and impeccable technique, partnered with a naturally deep understanding of music let her develop a truly unique voice on her instrument. “

Bio

My path in music began at the age of fifteen when I got an electric guitar for my birthday. After a couple of years of teaching myself to play rock songs it became apparent to me that if I want to make music seriously I need to study it seriously so I started to take classical guitar lessons and eventually went to study classical guitar performance in college.

Later in my studies, my interest in contemporary guitar repertoire led me to discover fingerstyle guitar scene. I got inspired by guitarists like Masaaki Kishibe, Kotaro Oshio and Sungha Jung and began to play steel-string acoustic guitar as well, which eventually led me to create my YouTube channel where I shared my recordings of contemporary and classical guitar music, and original solo guitar arrangements.