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Boston GuitarFest 2008WEST MEETS EAST “OCCIDENTE Y ORIENTE”

June 10 - 15, 2008New England Conservatory 290 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115

Concerts | Seminars | Master Classes | Composition Competition | Performance Competition

Boston GuitarFest III 2008West Meets East “Occidente y Oriente”

New England Conservatory and Northeastern University are pleased to announce Boston GuitarFest III – West Meets East “Occidente y Oriente”, June 10 – 15, 2008. Under the artistic direction of Eliot Fisk, GuitarFest 2008 is a concentrated guitar institute consisting of concerts, master classes, workshops, lec-tures, and performance and composition competitions. The Festival attracts aficionados and professionals from around the world.

For the first time, this year’s GuitarFest is a joint venture of NEC and Northeastern University. Events will be held on the campuses of both institutions. La Bella Strings, manufacturer of acoustic, electric, flamenco, classical, bass and custom guitar strings, is the official sponsor of this year’s festival.

Guest artists include Alexander Dunn, guitar; Dominic Frasca, gui-tar; Ricardo Gallén, guitar; John Gibbons, harpsichord; Adam Holz-man, guitar; Bruce Holzman, guitar; Wu Man, pipa; Luis Orlandini, guitar; Peter Row, sitar; Richard Savino, guitar, and the ensemble “El Mundo”; David Tanenbaum, guitar; Robert Ward, guitar; and the winners of last year’s adult performance competition.

While the main focus is on the classical guitar, the festival also aims to set the instrument within a broader musical, cultural and social context.

The highlight of the festival will be a gala concert on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 8:00pm, featuring world-renowned guitarists Eliot Fisk and Angel Romero, at NEC’s Jordan Hall.

As an educational tool for those aspiring to a performance career, GuitarFest offers two competitions in a friendly, supportive environ-ment. The Adult Competition spans the week, while the Youth Competition takes place on June 14. In addition, Boston Guitar-Fest 2008 marks the first year of its Composition Competition, seeking new original works for solo guitar.

Details for all events, and information for perspective participants, may be found at www.bostonguitarfest.org.

Welcome from the State Offices

I commend New England Conser-

vatory for convening this celebration

of the power and possibilities of

classical guitar.

- Edward M. Kennedy

Massachusetts Senator

Boston GuitarFest is a perfect ex-

ample of music’s ability to traverse

geographic, cultural and ethnic

boundaries, and as a confirmed

amateur guitarist I know it will also

be a lot of fun.

- John Kerry

Massachusetts Senator

I welcome Boston GuitarFest as it

continues to showcase the cultural

advantages of the City of Boston,

and to provide us all with the op-

portunity to hear wonderful music,

played at its best.

- Barney Frank

Massachusetts Representative

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Message From The Directors

Boston GuitarFest III focuses on the theme West Meets East (“Occidente y Oriente”) celebrating some of the great music born of the artistic currents which have flowed back and forth between east and west over the centuries. We will feature the music of Spain as a great example of the melding of contrasting cultures. Boston GuitarFest 2008 will also include music of Britten, Reich, Riley, and Takemitsu.

Further exemplifying the festival’s theme West Meets East, we will present a performance of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s rarely heard, Romancero Gitano for guitar and chorus in honor of the 40th an-niversary of the composer’s death.

We would like to extend a warm welcome and thank all of you for making Boston GuitarFest one of the premiere guitar festivals in the world!

Eliot Fisk, Artistic Director

Anthony Paul De Ritis, Administrative Director

ScheduleProfilesCompetitionsMaster ClassesSeminarsConcertsSupport Map

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Program Design by Maureen Ton. More Information: Arthur Rishi [email protected] or 617.373.2671

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9 a.m. Williams Hall

COMPETITION SEMIFINALS

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Keller, 118, 124

MASTER CLASSES

Adam Holzman, Alexander Dunn, Luis Orlandini

12 – 1:30 p.m.LUNCH BREAK

Guitar Presentation @ MFA

2 – 3 p.m. Keller Room

SEMINAR/WORKSHOP

Tips on Technique Angel Romero (USA/Spain)

3 – 4 p.m. Rm. 124

COFFEE BREAK

4 – 5 p.m. Williams Hall

CONCERT

Minimalism and BeyondDominic Frasca, guitar (USA); Alexander Dunn, guitar (USA/Canada); Robert Ward, guitar (USA)

8 p.m. Williams Hall

CONCERT

Modernity Past and PresentDavid Tanenbaum, guitar (USA); John Gibbons, harpsichord (USA)


YOUTH COMPETITION

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Keller, 118, 124

MASTER CLASSES David Tanenbaum, Luis Orlandini, Adam Holzman


On your own


SEMINAR/WORKSHOP

Baroque Performance Practice in Bach and ScarlattiJohn Gibbons, harpsichord (USA)

3 – 4 p.m. Rm. 124

COFFEE BREAK


CONCERT

Music of TakemitsuSteve Lin, guitar (USA); Alexander Dunn, guitar (USA/Canada); Robert Ward, guitar (USA); David Tanenbaum, guitar (USA)

8 p.m. Jordan Hall

FEATURE CONCERT

Boston GuitarFest 2008Angel Romero, guitar (USA/Spain); Eliot Fisk, guitar (USA)

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Keller, 118, 124

MASTER CLASSES

Alexander DunnEliot Fisk


On your own


SEMINAR/WORKSHOP

The Future of the Guitar: Musical and Economic Survival in the 21st Century Anthony De Ritis (USA)

3 – 4 p.m. Rm. 124

COFFEE BREAK


CONCERT

Moisés Fernández Vía, piano (Spain); Grigory Goryachev, guitar (Russia/USA); Zaira Meneses, guitar (Mexico/USA)

8 p.m. Jordan Hall

CONCERT

Competition Finals

CLOSING RECEPTIONCurry Student Center Ballroom, NU

Friday, June 13 Saturday, June 14 Sunday, June 15

Schedule

Tuesday, June 10 Thursday, June 12Wednesday, June 11

1 - 8 p.m. Beethoven Foyer

CHECK-IN


CONCERT

Boston GuitarFest 2007 Prize Winners1st Prize: Cristina Pérez Madiedo, guitar (Cuba); 2nd Prize: Jérôme Mouffe, guitar (Belgium); 3rd Prize: Adam Levin, guitar (USA)

6 - 8 p.m. Curry Student Center

Ballroom, Northeastern University

WELCOME RECEPTION

8 p.m. Jordan Hall

CONCERT Music of Spain: Past, Present and FutureRicardo Gallén, guitar (Spain); Richard Savino, guitar (USA) and El Mundo


COMPETITION

PRELIMINARIES

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Keller, 118, 124

MASTER CLASSES Ricardo Gallén, Adam Holzman


On your own


SEMINAR/WORKSHOP

West Meets East: An Introduction to Indian Music for GuitaristsPeter Row, sitar (USA), Nitin Mitta, tabla (India)

3 – 4 p.m. Rm. 124

COFFEE BREAK & TALK

What Every Guitarist Needs to Know About the BodyJerald Harscher


CONCERT

Music of Eastern EuropeDan Acsadi, guitar (USA); Alexander Dunn, guitar (USA/Canada); Adam Levin (USA), Steven Lin (USA)


CONCERT India and ChinaPeter Row, sitar (USA) and Nitin Mitta, tabla (India); Wu Man, Chinese pipa (China)


COMPETITION

PRELIMINARIES

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Keller, 118, 124

MASTER CLASSES Eliot Fisk, David Tanenbaum


On your own


SEMINAR/WORKSHOP

West Meets East: An Introduction to the Chinese pipa for GuitaristsWu Man, pipa (China)

3 – 4 p.m. Rm. 124

COFFEE BREAK & TALK

The Archives of Agustin BarriosFederico Sheppard


CONCERT

Voice(s) and GuitarAlexander Dunn, guitar (USA/Canada); Luis Orlandini (Chile); Steven Lin (USA); Jon Yerby (USA)


CONCERT

North Meets SouthAdam Holzman, guitar (USA); Luis Orlandini (Chile)

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Angel Romero Special Guest (USA/Spain) Hailed for his superior artistry as the Spanish maestro of the guitar, Angel Romero’s eminence in the music world as soloist and conductor is heralded by audiences and critics alike. One of the most sought-after musicians of his generation, Angel Romero has appeared in the major cultural centers throughout the world including those of London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Munich, Zurich, Chicago, Los Angles and New York among others. He has appeared as soloist with such leading orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, the New World Symphony, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. As conductor, he has led numerous orchestras worldwide including the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Royal Philharmonic, Germany’s NDR Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Symphoniker, the Beijing Philharmonic, the Euro-Asia Philharmonic, the Shanghai Symphony, the

Bogotá Philharmonic, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Orquesta de Baja California, the Santa Barbara Symphony, the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Chamber Orchestra among others. Regardless of his role on stage, his driving intensity and flawless control mark him as a true master of the arts.

Angel Romero’s extensive discography includes highly acclaimed recordings for Delos International, RCA Victor Red Seal and RCA Victor Worldwide, Telarc and Angel/EMI. In 2001, Delos released “Bella,” which includes monumental pieces such as Bach’s Air on the G String to Romero’s own father’s Tango Angelita - a composition dedicated to his late mother. In 1999, “Romero Plays Rodrigo” was released featuring works written for and dedicated to Angel Romero through his long and close relationship with the Spanish composer. In 1998, he was featured as soloist and conductor in an acclaimed recording of Vivaldi’s guitar concertos with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

In February 2000 he was presented with the highest honor that the country of Spain has to offer, the Grand Cross of Isabel la Catolica and was knighted Sir Angel Romero in reverence of his astounding musical accomplishments. In 2007, Angel Romero was honored by the Recording Academy, producer of the Grammy Awards, with the Recording Academy President’s Merit Award for his significant contribu-tions to the music world and for his professional career achievements.

In 1989, he performed the entire score for “The Milagro Bean Field War” directed by Robert Redford. In 1994, he composed and directed the musical score for the Gabriele Retes film “Bienvenido-Welcome,” which opened at the Muestra del Cine film festival in Guadalajara. For his work on this film, Mr. Romero won the 1995 ARIEL (the “Academy Award” of Mexico) in the category of music written originally for film. He also performed and recorded the entire score for the film “By The Sword” composed by Bill Conti, and played a cameo role in the major motion picture “Bound by Honor,” a Taylor Hackford film.

Born in Malaga, Spain, Angel Romero made his professional debut at the age of six and his United States debut at the Hollywood Bowl when he was 16 giving the West Coast premiere of the famed Rodrigo’s “Aranjuez Concerto.” This occasion also marked the first time a guitarist was featured as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 1991, he gave the world premiere of Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Rincones de España” at New York’s Lincoln Center.

Eliot Fisk Founder and Director (USA)A creative innovator linked to the great romantic tradition of the past, guitarist Eliot Fisk is one of the most exciting and unique art-ists before the public today. Known world wide for his adventurous repertoire and willingness to take art music into unusual venues (including schools, senior centers and even prisons!) he belongs, as his great mentor Andrés Segovia once wrote, “at the top line of our artistic world.”

In June of 2006, by order of King Juan Carlos of Spain, Eliot Fisk was awarded the Cruz of Isabel la Catótlica for his service to the cause of Spanish music. Earlier recipients of this rarely bestowed honor in-clude Andrés Segovia and Yehudi Menuhin. Eliot Fisk has performed to dazzling critical and public acclaim in recital, as soloist with major orchestras and in a wide variety of chamber music combinations in

most of the great concert halls of the world and in 1996 in a command performance in the Palacio de los Cordova in Granada, Spain, for then U.S. President Bill Clinton and King Juan Carlos of Spain and their families.

Eliot Fisk has expanded the repertoire for the guitar enormously through countless ground breaking transcriptions of works by Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Paganini, and others as well as through commissions from leading composers as varied as Luciano Berio, Leonardo Balada, Robert Beaser, William Bolcom, Xavier Montsalvatge, Nicholas Maw, George Rochberg and Kurt Schwertsik. His numerous transcriptions and editions are published by Universal, Presser, Ricordi and Guitar Solo Publications.

Eliot Fisk’s numerous recordings for the Musical Heritage Society, DGG, Arabesque, and EMI have elicited unqualified praise and even entered the Billboard charts as bestsellers. Most of these record-ings include repertoire never before performed on the guitar such as his legendary reading of the 24 solo violin Capricci, Op. 1 of Paganini (“Has to be heard to be believed!” — Ruggiero Ricci), his recordings of contemporary works by Berio and Rochberg or his recording with Paula Robison of Robert Beaser’s Mountain Songs, which was nominated for a Grammy. Guitar Review wrote that his versions of the complete Bach unaccompanied violin Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001-1006 “place him alongside Casals and Gould as one of this century’s greatest interpreters of Bach.” On a lighter note, Gramophone Magazine described his transcriptions for violin, cello and guitar of Bach’s Violin Sonatas BWV 1014 – 1019: “If exploring the instrumental potential of the continuo is Baroque music’s equivalent of exploring Star Trek’s final frontier, then guitarist Eliot Fisk may be its Captain Kirk and his transcription of Bach’s Six Violin Sonatas its Starship Enterprise”.

Eliot Fisk was the last direct pupil of Andrés Segovia and also studied interpretation under the legend-ary harpsichordist, Ralph Kirkpatrick, at Yale University from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1976. Called by one New York Times headline “A Fiery Missionary to the Unconverted,” Eliot Fisk devotes considerable energy to teaching. He is Professor at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, where he teaches in 5 different languages, and in Boston at the New England Conservatory. His students have come from all corners of the earth. Many have gone on to become important per-formers and teachers in their own right. Eliot Fisk lives in Boston, Salzburg, and (whenever possible) in his beloved Granada, Spain, with his wife, acclaimed guitarist Zaira Meneses, and their six year old daughter, Raquel. His website is www.eliotfisk.com.

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Scott Borg Guitar (USA/Australia)Australian classical guitarist Scott Borg has performed recitals in major concert halls such as the Alice Tully Hall in the Lincoln Center, the pollo Theatre, and was a featured artist at the Shell Darwin International Festival Australia. In 2006, he was invited to perform for the internationally televised address of President Hu Jintao, Peoples Republic of China, to the United States of America. As a winner of the Artists International, Mr Borg will make his Carnegie Hall debut next season in Weill Recital Hall. Mr. Borg is currently a candidate in the Doctorate of Musical Arts program at New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Eliot Fisk, he previously completed his Artist Diploma from Yale University School of Music, Masters of Music from The Juilliard School, and Bachelor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong.

Anthony De Ritis Administrative Director (USA)Composer Anthony Paul De Ritis‚ music has been called “infec-tious”, “persuasive”, and “really cool”. His compositions have been performed throughout Europe, North America and Asia, including the San Diego, Oakland, and New Haven symphonies, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, BMOP, and the Taipei Chinese Orchestra. In 2007 De Ritis composed Melody for Peace for Western orchestra and orchestra of non-Western indigenous instruments. Commis-sioned by the Melody for Dialogue Among Civilizations Association, this work was premiered by the Prague Philharmonic at UNESCO headquarters in Paris and then reprised by the Orchestra of St. Lukes at Lincoln Center. Chair of the Music Department at Northeastern University, De Ritis completed his Ph.D. in Music Composition at the University of California, Berkeley, and his MBA in high-tech at North-eastern University. www.deritis.com

Alexander Dunn Guitar (USA/Canada)Canadian classical guitarist Alexander Dunn has performed in Cana-da, the USA, Cuba, New Zealand, Mexico, Brasil, Asia, China, South Africa, Europe, and Russia. Recent chamber music and recital perfor-mances include work with principal players from the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, in duo with guitar-ists Pepe Romero, David Tanenbaum, tenor Benjamin Butterfield, and many more. Mr. Dunn holds a Masters Degree in Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of California, San Diego, where he was a protégé of Pepe Romero; his extensive summer studies were at the Aspen Music Festival and the Salzburg Mozarteum. He is an examiner for the Royal Conservatory Toronto and currently heads what is considered one of Canada’s top guitar programs at the University of Victoria and the Victoria Conservatory of Music.

Jennifer Ashe Soprano (USA)Jennifer Ashe, soprano, has been hailed by the Boston Globe as giving a performance that was “pure bravura...riveting the audience with a radiant and opulent voice”. A strong advocate for new music, Jennifer has participated in countless premieres and recordings for composers active in the Boston area and beyond. At New England Conservatory Jennifer studied with Mark St Laurent and Lucy Shel-ton, receiving the Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance in May 2006. She also holds the Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy from NEC. She received the Bachelor of Music from the Hartt School of Music in Voice Performance and Music Education, and is currently a lecturer at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.

Daniel Acsadi Guitar (USA/Hungary)Through his acclaimed performances, arrangements, and teaching, Dan Acsadi is a passionate advocate for both the guitar and the music of his native Hungary. Dan’s arrangements encompass art and folk music of the 18th through 21st centuries, innovatively expanding the guitar’s repertoire. He performs regularly with voice, viola, violin, flute, string quartet, and guitar ensemble. Beginning his musical stud-ies at age six, Dan earned his M.M. from New England Conservatory (NEC) and B.A. from Cornell University, where he double majored in music and economics. He is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at NEC with Eliot Fisk. Dan has previously studied with Pablo Cohen and John Hall, and has performed in the masterclasses of Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Eduardo Fernandez, and Adam Holzman. Dan maintains a large and diverse teaching studio in the Boston area.

Maria Benotti Youth Competition Judge (USA)Violinist Maria Benotti is Founder and Artistic Director of Music at Eden’s Edge, the regional resident chamber ensemble serving Bos-ton’s North Shore since 1982. She teaches violin, sonata duo class and chamber music at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, where she joined the faculty in 1977. A founding and ongo-ing member of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston (1978), she also performs regularly on Baroque and Classical violin with the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in music from Oberlin College and received Master of Music degrees in Violin Performance from both the Catholic University of America and the New England Conservatory of Music. Ms. Benotti has held teaching positions at Northeastern University, Gordon College, and Wheaton College.

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John Gibbons Harpsichord (USA)The American harpsichordist, John Gibbons, received the Erwin Bod-ky Prize (1969), the NEC Chadwick Medal (1967), and a Fulbright Scholarship for study with Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam. John Gibbons is a distinguished keyboard artist and member of the Boston Museum Trio. He has performed as harpsichord and fortepiano soloist with major ensembles in the USA and Europe, among them the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York Chamber Symphony, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Philharmonia Baroque, and the Da Camera Society of Houston. He performs regularly at festivals in Torino and Spoleto, Italy, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Aston Magna Festival. He teaches historical performance and chamber music at New England Conservatory, where he also directs the Bach Ensemble.

Grigory (Grisha) Goryachev Guitar (Russia)A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, guitarist Grigory Goryachev has been acclaimed the world over for his blinding virtuosity and extraor-dinary musical sensitivity. As a master of both flamenco and classical styles he has created a new genre all his own and garnered praise from such guitar luminaries as Paco de Lucia, Christopher Parken-ing, and Eliot Fisk. Grigory Goryachev began to play the guitar at the age of seven, studying first with his father, Dimitry, an acknowledged master teacher of the instrument. Since coming to the United States Mr. Goryachev has continued his lifelong love affair with flamenco while deepening his involvement with the classical style. At present he continues to balance international concert obligations with study at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he is earning his graduate degree under American virtuoso, Eliot Fisk.

Adam Holzman Guitar (USA)For more than twenty years, Adam Holzman, recording artist, concert performer, soloist and educator, has been at the forefront of a genera-tion of guitarists. Born in New York City in 1960 Adam began the guitar at the age of 7 as a student of his older brother Bruce and continued his private study with Albert Valdes Blain and Eliot Fisk. He returned to work with his older brother Bruce Holzman at Florida State University where he received his Musical Degrees. In addition he studied in the master classes of Oscar Ghiglia in Siena at the Academia Musicale de Chigiana and at the Aspen music festival. Twice he was chosen to perform in the historic master classes of the legendary Andres Segovia.

Virginia Eskin Performance Competition Judge (USA)Virginia Eskin’s concerto appearances include the Annapolis, Buffalo, Louisville, New Hampshire, Rochester, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Utah Symphony Orchestras, the Boston Classical, the Israel Sinfonietta, and the Boston Pops. She has also performed as a solo-ist with the New York City and Boston Ballet Companies, and at New York ‘s Morgan Library in New York. Ms. Eskin recently created and hosted “First Ladies of Music,” a 13-program radio series sponsored by Northeastern University and produced by WFMT, Chicago, carried by over 100 radio stations in the United States and abroad. She holds the appointment of Visiting Artist, Northeastern University De-partment of Music, and received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Keene State College (NH) to recognize her contributions to women’s music.

Dominic Frasca Guitar (USA)Meet the anti-Yngwie. Personally tapped by minimalist godfather Steve Reich to debut his “Electric Guitar Phase” and recent winner of Guitar Player’s Guitar Hero competition, Dominic Frasca arrives fully with Deviations. A rebel at every turn, the man Entertainment Weekly called “Eddie Van Halen for eggheads” transmutates formal beauty into elegant atmosphere that can make conversation equally with Philip Glass, post-rock legends Tortoise, or late underground acoustic legend John Fahey.

Ricardo Gallén Guitar (Spain)Ricardo Jesús Gallén García was born in Linares (Spain) in 1972. He started to learn the guitar at the age of four and made his debut with his father Manuel Gallen when he was only five. At ten he entered the Conservatorio deMúsica de Linares where he received his first official music lessons with the founder (and by then director) of the Conser-vatorio, composer Tomas Villajos Soler. He continued his studies in the conservatoires of Jaén, Córdoba, Madrid o Granada, under the guidance of Victor Valls, Miguel Barbera, Demetrio Ballesteros and Carmelo Martínez. He took Master classes with such personalities as Miguel Angel Girollet, José Tomás, Manuel Abella, Jose Luis Rodrigo, Flores Chaviano, Francisco Ortiz, Joaquín Clerch, Antoni Spiri, Jurgen Hubscher and Christoph Eglhuber.

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Amy Lieberman ConductorAmy Lieberman is Director of Choral Activities at the New England Conservatory, and is currently a doctoral candidate in Choral and Orchestral conducting at Boston University. Lieberman received her B.A. in Music from Stanford University and her M.M. in Choral Conducting from Yale University. She was the Director of Choral Activities at Wilkes University, where she also conducted and was the Music Director for the Musical Theater program. She has taught for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in New York City. She has been an assistant conductor and pre-concert lecturer for the Cantata Singers of Boston. She has appeared as guest conductor of the Lexington Symphony, the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, and as assistant conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Lieberman led the Chamber Orchestra in Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, at the Ameri-can Choral Directors’ Association Regional Convention in Boston.

Steve Lin Guitar (USA)Steve Lin has performed for audiences throughout the United States, Taiwan and Italy in solo and ensemble engagements. He has received many prizes at major competitions and has appeared at many guitar festivals. In 2007 he released his debut CD, Eliot Fisk Series Vol. 1 (VGo Recordings label); his second CD will feature the music of Latin America. Currently, Steve collaborates with his mentor, Eliot Fisk, on Boston Guitar Project and Boston GuitarFest. During his free time he enjoys cooking and playing table tennis. www.linguitar.com

Cristina Pérez Madiedo Guitar (Cuba)Cristina Madiedo Pérez was born in Havana in 1980. She began her musical studies at age 3 with her mother. She later attended Escuela Nacional de Música and Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana to study with Jesus Ortega. From a very early age she was highlighted in national and international competitions, including: Concurso Nacional Amadeo Roldán 1994, first prize and grand prize for best interpretation of a work by Tárrega; Concurso Nacional de La Habana 1996, special mention in the interpretation of Concierto Elegíaco of Brouwer; Concurso internacional para estudiantes “Musicalia” 2001, first prize; Concurso Nacional de Guitarra de La Habana 2002, first prize; and Concurso Internacional Boston GuitarFest 2007, first prize. Since 2004 she has served as lecturer at the Department of Departamento de Música de la Universidad del Cauca, Colombia.

Bruce Holzman Guitar, Perf. Competition Judge (USA)Holzman’s students have won many prestigious prizes in competi-tions worldwide, including: Guitar Foundation of America Solo/Duo Competition, the Concours Internationale de Guitare of Paris, France, and the Incontri Chitarristici de Gargnano, Italy. Many of his students hold teaching positions at prominent Universities, Colleges and High Schools. Professor Holzman has been on the Artists’ Faculties of The Iserlohn International Guitar Symposium, Germany, Domaine Forget Academie of Music and Dance, Quebec, Canada, National Guitar Summer Workshop, New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes, Boston GuitarFest, and Toronto Guitarfest. He has also been an adjudicator for the guitar competitions throughout the world. Bruce Holzman was awarded a special Lifetime Achievement award at the Fifth New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes held in his honor, “El Maestro/Tradition of the Masters.”

William Knuth Violin (USA)William Knuth, violinist, has earned recognition for his artistry as a solo and chamber musician. He has spent two years as a US Fulbright grantee to Austria studying the “Viennese Musical Tradition” and the music of 20th century Austria at the Vienna Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst. In Vienna, he was a student of Ernst Kovacic. He was a featured performer multiple times for the American Ambassador to Austria and the Austrian Federal Minister of Culture at the Vienna Diplomatische Akademie as well as at the Ambassador’s private villa in Vienna. Mr. Knuth performed for the American Ambas-sador to Germany in Berlin as part of the 2004 German Fulbright Association conference. William recently commenced his MM degree at the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied with Nicholas Kitchen of the acclaimed Borromeo Quartet.

Adam Levin Guitar (USA)Adam Levin has appeared as soloist and in chamber ensembles throughout the US and Italy. The recipient of numerous top prizes, Adam has been recognized by the Society of American Musicians in Chicago (IL), the Lake Forest Concerto Competition (IL) and the Schubert Competition in St. Paul (MN). Most recently, he was award-ed the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, for innovative community work in the Boston area. Adam is currently a Master’s degree candidate at New England Conservatory. He has completed two undergraduate degrees and pre-medical requirements at Northwestern University. www.adamlevinguitar.com

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Jérôme Mouffe Guitar (Belgium)Jérôme Mouffe is a brilliant guitarist from Belgium who has dazzled international audiences in various countries, including Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, and the United States. He has studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. In 2007 he won the 2nd prize at the Boston Guitar-Fest international competition. Jérôme’s repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the 20th century music. His current focus for concert presentation and his upcoming CD is 19th Century Italian compos-ers. He is now undertaking a Doctorate degree in Musical Arts at the New England Conservatory, under the direction of Eliot Fisk. www.jeromemouffe.net

Robert Myers Flute (USA)Robert Myers recently received his M.M. with academic honors from the New England Conservatory, and studied with Fenwick Smith. He received the William H. Grass Memorial Prize at the 2008 James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition. Robert has been an active freelancer, performing with the MA Philharmonic, the Bristol Chamber Orchestra, and the Boston Philharmonic. He formerly studied with Helen Ann Shanley at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, graduating summa cum laude with a B.M. in flute performance. While at Baylor, he won the School of Music’s Concerto Competition and performed Lowell Liebermann’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra with the Baylor Symphony. He also performed with the Waco Symphony and other chamber groups in the Central Texas area. Mr. Myers has per-formed in masterclasses with such notable artists as William Bennett, Bradley Garner, Jill Felber, Jack Wellbaum, and Rhonda Larson.

Luis Orlandini Guitar (Chile)Born in 1964 in Santiago of Chile, he studied at the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile with Professor Ernesto Quezada. In 1987 he obtains a scholarship from the German government to study with Professor Eliot Fisk, at the Superior School of Music of Colonia, Ger-many. In 1989 he obtained the First Prize at the International Music Competition in München, Germany. From that moment on, he began a brilliant, successful international career. He has performed in impor-tant Concert Halls in Berlin, Rome, Venice, Paris, Madrid (Reina Sofía Arts Center), Rotterdam (De Doelen), Danzig, München (Herkules Saal), Geneva, Moscow (Tchaikowsky Conservatory), Tokyo, Houston, London (Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room), La Habana, Montevideo, Buenos Aires (Colon Theatre), and Lima. He has also performed with orchestras from Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Poland, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Jason McStoots Tenor (USA)Jason McStoots has been celebrated as one of the “new generation of New England singers” “particularly outstanding” with “a perfect light-opera voice”. He has been described as one of the “strong cast of singers who are beginning to make their names in Baroque opera.” McStoots is a frequent interpreter of Bach having performed over 30 Cantatas, many with Emmanuel Music’s acclaimed cantata series. He has sung with groups around the US including Boston Lyric Opera, Handel Choir of Baltimore, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Man-chester Choral Society, Granite State Opera and Opera Providence; and has performed recitals with Tanglewood Music Center, MIT Re-cital Series, and Boston French Library. His most recent appearance with the Florestan Recital Project was hailed by The Boston Globe as “at least as polished as it is promising.”

Zaira Meneses Guitar (Mexico/USA)Born in the province of Vera Cruz, Mexico, Zaira Meneses began musical studies at the age of 7. She revealed an extraordinary double talent as singer and guitarist, and was the recipient of numerous prizes for guitar performances both nationally and internationally. Beginning in 1998 she participated in outreach concerts for children in Vera Cruz, Puebla, and Villa Hermosa, Mexico. She also won first prize in the Paracho Michoacán International Guitar Competition and honorable mention in the National Guitar Competition of Xalapa. One year later she won the Competition of Guanajuato, Mexico and in the same year, was awarded a scholarship to the “Paco Marin” Interna-tional Guitar Competition. She has distinguished herself not only as a soloist, but also as a founding member of the Orquesta de Guitarras of Xalapa with which she has toured throughout Mexico and abroad under the Baton of the legendary Alfonso Moreno.

Nitin Mitta Tabla (USA/India)Nitin Mitta is one of the prominent young tabla players of his genera-tion. Born in Hyderabad , in 1975, and brought up there, Nitin first performed solo tabla at the age of ten. Over the years he has matured into a tabla player of rare technical virtuosity and sensitivity. He has performed worldwide with some of India’s most celebrated and hon-ored musicians – such as Pt. Jasraj, Dr. Prabha Atre, Pt. Rajan Sajan Mishra, Pt.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Smt. Veena Sahasrabudhe and Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee just to name a few. Nitin’s accompaniment – at once dexterous, supportive and spontaneously inventive - combined with the rich repertoire that he has inherited from his guru-s, and the inspiration that he draws from his peers has won him the admiration of music lovers and connoisseurs at an international level.

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Brian Robison Composition Competition Judge (USA)Brian Robison is a composer whose creative works reflect his per-forming experience in a broad range of musical styles. Recent awards include composer residencies at Aaron Copland House (2006), the MacDowell Colony (2006), and Norton Island (2005). In 2005 a comprehensive “Brian Robison Collection” was initiated as part of the Contemporary Music Research Collection in the Diehn Composers Room at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA), to facilitate schol-arly investigation of his music. His string quartet Simiaminimae will receive its première by the Quartetto Paul Klee in Venice. Upcoming premières in Boston in fall 2008 include a 5-minute opera for Boston Musica Viva, written in collaboration with Cambridge poet Kathleen Aguero, and a quartet for clarinet, marimba, theremin, and ’cello for Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble. Dr. Robison is currently Visiting As-sistant Professor in the Department of Music at Middlebury College.

Peter Row Sitar (USA)Peter is a performer on sitar and rudra vina and on the faculty of New England Conservatory where he served as Dean (‘83-’90) and Provost (‘90-’96 and ‘00-’04). Peter studied sitar and rudra vina in Calcutta, India (‘65-’73) with Pandit Gokul Nag of the Vishnupur Gha-rana and obtained a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and Doctor of Music (Sangitacharya), from the Prayag Sangit Samiti in Allahabad, India. Peter has performed throughout N. America and India and has made numerous radio and T.V. appearances. A former president of the Society of Ethnomusicology (Northeast), he is widely published and has lectured about Indian music across the U.S. He was the recipient of a JDR Third Fund Fellowship for Doctoral Studies in India and has been a research associate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has also served as a consultant on Asian music for the Smithsonian Institute.

Richard Savino Guitar (USA)Richard Savino’s performances and recordings have been praised by critics throughout the world. He received a Diapason d’Or from Compact (Paris) and a 10 du Rèpertoire (Paris) who also placed his Boccherini recordings in their “Great Discoveries” category. He has also recorded the romantic guitar music of Johann Kaspar Mertz (HM), virtuoso sonatas by Paganini and Giuliani with violinist Monica Huggett, and sonatas for flute and guitar with flutist Laurel Zucker. In 2006 Koch Ints. issued Vol. 1 of his series The Essential Giuliani. Presently he is director of the ensemble El Mundo. He is a lecturer at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Professor of Music at CSU Sacramento where he has been the only music professor to receive “outstanding and exceptional” and “best” sabbatical awards.

Apostolos Paraskevas Composition Comp. Judge (USA)Apostolos Paraskevas is a Grammy-nominated composer and guitarist. Classical Guitar Magazine/London acknowledged him as the only guitarist ever to have a major orchestral piece performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall and the international press as the only musician who performed there in a Grim Reaper’s outfit! Dr. Paraskevas, a Lukas Foss protégé of the early 90’s has being for decades a multi-published and recording artist. Major publishers: Berben/Italy, Clear Note/USA, Centaur and Bridge Records, Santerrelle Verlag/Germany, and PaNas/Greece. He received five First Prizes in International Composition Competitions and is the founder and Artistic Director for 16 years of the International Guitar Congress/Corfu/Greece. He is an Associate Professor of Composition at Berklee College of Music. More information: http://people.berklee.edu/~aparaskevas/

Richard Provost Youth Comp. Judge (USA)Founder and chairman of the guitar department at the Hartt School, University of Hartford Mr. Provost is regarded as one of the Country’s leading guitar pedagogues. He was selected to perform in the last of Andres Segovia’s summer master classes in Santiago de Compostella, Spain, as well as master classes given by Julian Bream and Rey de la Torre. Mr. Provost made is solo debut at London’s Wigmore Hall in 1972. He has performed throughout the United States, Great Britain, and Germany. He has authored The Art and Technique of Practice and The Art and Technique of Performance. In 1988 he became a member of the Goldspiel/Provost Duo, where he continues to perform and record with his partner, Alan Goldspiel. Mr. Provost records for GPD and Brioso Records. His fifth CD as a member of the Goldspiel/Provost Duo, Latin Magic, is scheduled for release in late 2008.

William Riley Youth Competition Judge (USA)Mr. Riley is the Director of Classical Guitar studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, on the faculty at New England Conservatory Prep School, and is Director of the Childbloom Guitar Program of Boston. Mr. Riley has won first prize in the ECU National Guitar Competition, fourth prize at the Portland, OR Guitar Festival competition, and semi-finalist at the GFA International Competition. He has also recorded “Remembrances of Jerusalem” by Israeli composer Lior Navok. Recently he appeared as a soloist on the Juilliard School’s “Composer’s Series”. He is also a founding member of the Quadrivium Guitar Quartet. William Riley holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The University of Texas at Austin, and studied on scholarship with world-renowned guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he received his Master of Music degree, with honors.

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Photo by Ralph Gibson

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Robert Ward Guitar, Performance Competition Judge (USA)Robert Ward holds degrees in guitar performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, BM, and the University of California San Diego, MA. In Paris, he premiered three works written for him at the famed Theatre de Renalgh. At the 4th International Guitar Con-gress in Corfu, Greece he was a featured performer and teacher. In San Diego, Mr. Ward was active with both the La Jolla Playhouse and the San Diego Public Theater, as well as participating in El Cimma-ron by Hans Werner Henze. In Boston, he produced and performed in a concert memoriam to Andres Segovia. Mr. Ward has been a soloist with the New England Philharmonic, the Belmont Symphony Orchestra, the Northeastern Symphony, the Bridgewater Sinfonia, the Mozart Society Orchestra at Harvard and the Newton Symphony Or-chestra. Robert Ward is a faculty member at Northeastern University, The Brookline Music School and The New School of Music.

Wu Man Pipa (China)Wu Man is an internationally renowned pipa virtuoso, cited by the Los Angeles Times as “the artist most responsible for bringing the pipa to the Western World.” The pipa is a lute-like Chinese instrument with a history of more than two thousand years. Having been brought up in the Pudong School of pipa playing, one of the most prestigious classical styles of Imperial China, Wu Man is now recognized as an outstanding exponent of the traditional repertoire as well as a leading interpreter of contemporary pipa music by today’s most prominent composers such as Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Tan Dun, Bright Sheng, Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Bun-Ching Lam and many others. Wu Man continually collaborates with some of the most distinguished musicians and conductors performing today, such as Yo-Yo Ma, David Zinman, Yuri Bashmet, Cho-liang Lin, Dennis Russell Davies, Christoph Eschenbach, Gunther Herbig, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Stern, David Robertson and the Kronos Quartet. wumanpipa.org

John Yerby Guitar (USA)Born in Celle, Germany Jon Yerby began studying percussion at the age of 5 with the encouragement of his father who would later give Jon his first guitar lessons. Jon went on to study marimba, timpani and drum set, after which he took up the guitar at age 10. Mr. Yerby studied at the University of North Texas with Thomas Johnson, and later received his Bachelor of Music from the University of Texas in Austin where he studied with renowned guitarist and pedagogue, Adam Holzman. In 2005 Jon was awarded the named scholarship from the Henry and Sophie Mydans foundation to study at New England Conservatory where he received his Master’s degree with academic honors under the tutelage of Eliot Fisk.

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Ronald Bruce Smith Composition Competition Judge (USA)Ronald Bruce Smith is a composer who works with interactive live electronics. His music has been described as “fresh and lustrous” (The New York Times) and “wonderfully evocative” (San Francisco Chronicle). Smith has studied at the University of Toronto, McGill University and the University of California at Berkeley, from which he received the Ph.D. in music. He has also studied at IRCAM in Paris, France. He previously taught at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, the University of California at Berkeley and at Stanford University.

David Tanenbaum Guitar (USA)Recognized internationally as an outstanding performing and record-ing artist, a charismatic educator, and a transcriber and editor of both taste and intelligence, David Tanenbaum is one of the most admired classical guitarists of his generation. He has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, the former Soviet Union and Asia, and in 1988 he became the first American guitarist to be invited to perform in China by the Chinese government. He has been soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francis-co Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, the Oakland Symphony, Vienna’s ORF orchestra, with such eminent conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kent Nagano and John Adams.

Moisès Fernàndez Via Piano (Spain)Born in Barcelona on 1980, he began his musical education at the age of ten with Josefina Rigolfas, and made his public debut on 1993 in the French city of Agen, where the press acclaimed him as: “un nom qu’il faudra retenir! ” [a name to remember!].He is guest musician in the piano and orchestra conducting classes at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, thanks to the State of Israel Scholarship. He was an acclaimed winner of the 2001 Scarlatti International Piano Competition in Naples (Italy), before winning many prizes and distinctions in competitions like spanish Jeneusses Musicales, Joan Massià International Piano Competition in Barcelona, Josefine Verdet Competition in Barcelona, International Piano Prize in Berga, Youth National Competiton Villafranca de los Barros, Paper de Música Promotion Award, and Andorra International Piano Competition.

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Wednesday, June 11West Meets East: An Introduction to Indian Music for GuitaristsPeter Row, sitar (USA), Nitin Mitta, tabla (India)

Thursday, June 12West Meets East: An Introduction to the Chinese pipa for GuitaristsWu Man, pipa (China)

Friday, June 13Tips on Technique Angel Romero (USA/Spain)

Saturday, June 14Baroque Performance Practice in Bach and ScarlattiJohn Gibbons, harpsichord (USA)

Sunday, June 15The Future of the Guitar: Musical and Economic Survival in the 21st Century Anthony De Ritis (USA)

Wednesday, June 11What Every Guitarist Needs to Know About the BodyJerald Harscher

Thursday, June 12The Archives of Agustin BarriosFederico Sheppard

Master Classes9 a.m. – 12 p.m., Keller, 118, 124

Alexander Dunn, Eliot Fisk, Ricardo Gallén, Adam Holzman, Luis Orlandini, and David Tanenbaum will teach master classes in classical guitar performance and technique during the festival. Bos-ton-based guitar-technique guru Dmitri Goryachev will offer special private les-sons open to guitarists of all levels who prefer working one-on-one.

Wednesday, June 11Ricardo GallénAdam Holzman

Thursday, June 12Eliot FiskDavid Tanenbaum

Friday, June 13Alexander DunnAdam HolzmanLuis Orlandini

Saturday, June 14Adam HolzmanLuis OrlandiniDavid Tanenbaum

Sunday, June 15Alexander DunnEliot Fisk

Seminar/Workshops2 – 3 p.m., Keller Room

Coffee Break & Talk3 – 4 p.m. Rm. 124

Judges: Maria Benotti, Richard Provost, William Riley

Sponsored by the Boston Classical Guitar Society

Preliminary round: 8 to 12 minutes of music of the performer’s own choice, including at least two pieces from Leo Brouwer’s Etudes Simples (Estudios Sencillos), 1-20.

Final round: 15 to 20 minutes of music of the performer’s own choice.

All pieces must be performed from memory on a nylon-string, classical guitar. Prize winners to be announced at the conclusion of the Youth Competition Finals.First prize: $750Second prize: $500Third prize: $250

Judges: Virginia Eskin, Bruce Holzman, Robert Ward

Preliminary round: no more than 10 minutes of music of the performer’s own choice.Wednesday, June 11, 9 a.m.Thursday, June 12, 9 a.m.

Semifinal round: no more than 15 minutes of music of the performer’s own choiceFriday, June 13, 9 a.m.

Final round: no more than 25 minutes of music, including one tremolo piece by Barrios or Tárrega’s Recuerdos de la Alhambra, and the performer’s own choiceSunday, June 15, 8 p.m.

Individual movements of major works are permitted. No concertos or chamber music. All pieces must be performed from memory on a nylon-string, classical guitar. Prize winners will be announced at the conclusion of the Adult Competition Finals.First prize: $2,500 and a CD recording and release by VGo RecordingsSecond prize: $1,500Third prize: $500Fourth prize: $250

Judges: Apostolos Paraskevas, Brian Robison, Ronald Bruce Smith

Clear Note Publications will publish the top three prizes. The first prize winner will have their composition performed in Boston GuitarFest 2009, will receive a cash award of $400, and will receive free tuition for Boston GuitarFest 2009.

Youth CompetitionJune 14, Williams Hall

Adult CompetitionJune 11, 12, 13, and 15, Williams Hall

Composition CompetitionWorks will be reviewed by judges throughout the festival.

Works for solo guitar must be no more than 15 minutes. No previously published or award-winning compositions should be submitted. Works must be composed for the six-stringed classical guitar.

Prize winners will be announced on the last day of the festival and on the website www.bostonguitarfest.org. Judges have the right to award no first prize.

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Music of Spain: Past, Present and Future8 p.m. Jordan Hall, NEC

The guitar has long been synonymous with Spain, but the many traditions of the instrument go far beyond the phenomenon of flamenco. Tonight’s concert will present two distinct facets of the music of Spain. Acclaimed Spanish guitarist Ricardo Gallén will perform a program of 20th Century works by Spanish composers.

El Mundo is a chamber group dedicated to the performance of sixteenth through nineteenth century Latin American, Spanish and Italian chamber music. Under the direction of lutenist/guitarist Richard Savino and made up of well known period instrument performers, El Mundo combines virtuoso string playing with guitars, lutes and harpsichord in a setting that recreates the distinctive Latin sound of the old and new world Castellanos, and José Quiroz.

El Mundo is Ann Moss, soprano; Paul Shipper, bass, percussion, & guitar; Daniel Stepner, Kinloch Earle, violins; Guy Fishman, cello; Michael Beattie, harpsichord; Richard Savino, baroque guitar.

Ricardo Gallén (guitar)Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)

From 24 Caprichos de Goya, Op. 95I. Francisco Goya y Lucientes, PintorVI. El Amor y la MuerteXX. Obsequio a el Maestro

Antonio Jose (1902 - 1936)

SonataI. Allegro moderatoII. MinuetoIII. Pavana triste: LentoIV. Finale: Allegro con brio Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)

Tres Piezas EspañolasI. FandangoII. PassacagliaIII. Zapateado

Richard Savino (guitar) and El Mundo Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)Symphonia para empezar (Spain)

Antonio Quiroz (18th Century)Jesus, Jesus (Guatemala)

Andrea Falconieri (1586 - 1656)Folia echa para mi Señora Doña Tarolilla (Naples)

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759)No se emenderá jamas: Cantata Espagnuola (Naples)

Juan Hidalgo (1614 - 1685) Xacara de Clarin Luceros y flores (Spain) Ay que si! Ay que no! Juan de Arañes (17th Century)Chaconas (Rome)

Santiago de Murcia (1685 - 1732) Fandango (Mexico/Spain)

Rafael Antonio Castellanos (18th Century)Oygan una Xacarilla (Guatamala)

Concerts Tuesday, June 10

Boston GuitarFest 2007 Competition Prize Winners4 p.m. Williams Hall, NEC

This concert showcases the prize winners from last year’s performance competition. First prize was awarded to Cristina Pérez Madiedo (Cuba), second prize to Jérôme Mouffe (Belgium), and third prize to Adam Levin (USA). Madiedo was also awarded the VGo Recordings prize as the first place winner. Her first album, Eliot Fisk Guitar Series Vol. 2 will be available at this event.

Adam Levin (guitar)William Walton (1902-1983)

From Five BagatellesI. AllegroII. LentoIII. Alla Cubana

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968) From Platero y YoGolondrinas Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949)

Sevillanas (Fantasia), Op. 29

Jérôme Mouffe (guitar)Federico Moreno Torroba (1891 - 1982)

SonatinaI. AllegrettoII. AndanteIII. Allegro

Giulio Regondi (1822 - 1872)

Introduction et Caprice, Op. 23

Gerardo Matos Rodriguez (1897 - 1948)

La Comparsita

Cristina Pérez Madiedo (guitar)Agustín Barrios (1885 - 1944)

Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968) Tarantella, Op. 95

Eduardo Martín (b. 1956)

Preludio, Son, y Allegro

Ñico Rojas (b. 1921)

Guajira a mi Madre

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India and China8 p.m. Williams Hall, NEC

The Indian sitar and the Chinese pipa have both developed a history and repertoire older than the Western guitar, yet these three instruments are almost like musical cousins. This concert brings together acclaimed sitarist Peter Row and pipa virtuoso Wu Man in a celebration of the music of two great Eastern civilizations.

Peter Row (sitar), Nitin Mitta (tabla)Raga Charukeshi- Alap- Jor - Gats in Tintal

Ragamala in Khamaj- Alap- Gats in Rupaktal and Tintal

Wu Man (pipa) Liu Tianhua (1895-1932)

Xu Lai (Meditation) (1929)

Nurlanbek Nyshanov

Music from Kyrgyzstan (2004)

Traditional

San Liu (Three Six )

Wu Man (b. 1963)

Night Thoughts (2005)

Anthony Paul De Ritis (b. 1968)

Jeu de Paume (2008) for pipa and guitar, with Eliot Fisk (guitar)

Traditional

White Snow in sunny Spring

ConcertsWednesday, June 11

Music of Eastern Europe4 p.m. Williams Hall, NEC

This concert offers a new look at works by three of the greatest Eastern European composers.

Grisha Goryachev (guitar), Jérôme Mouffe (guitar), William Knuth (violin)Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), Arr. Scott Lee Wolf

From PulcinellaSuite ItalienneI. IntroduzioneII. SerenataIII. TarantellaIV. Gavotta con due, VariazioniV. ScherzinoVI. Minuetto e Finale

Dan Acsadi (guitar), Jérôme Mouffe (guitar)Bela Bartok (1881 - 1945), Arr. Dan Acsadi

From Ten Easy Pieces5. Evening in Transylvania 10. Bear Dance

From Bagatelles Allegro giocoso

From For Children 13. Andante - Ballad 15. Allegro moderato 18. Andante non troppo - Soldier’s Song 19. Allegretto20. Poco allegro21. Allegro robusto

Alexander Dunn (guitar)György Sándor Ligeti (1923 - 2006), Arr. Alexander Dunn

I. Dialogo: Adagio, rubato, cantabileII. Capriccio: Presto con slancio

Steve Lin (guitar), Scott Borg (guitar), Jennifer Ashe (soprano), Robert Myers (flute)Igor Stravinksy (1882 - 1971), Arr. Steve Lin

From Chants russes 1. The Drake3. Geese and Swans4. Tilim - Bom

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North Meets South8 p.m. Williams Hall, NEC

North Meets South brings together guitarists Adam Holzman and Luis Orlandini, two eminent artists from North and South America. In addition to reflecting the festival’s major theme of West Meets East, this program also explores music of Latin America.

Adam Holzman (guitar)Roland Dyens (b. 1955)

Saudade

Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806 - 1856)

From Bardenklange, Op. 13An die EntfernteUnruhe

Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986)

Cavatina Suite1. Prelude2. Sarabande3. Scherzino4. Barcarole5. Danza Pomposa

Máximo Diego Pujol (b. 1957)

Elegia Por La Muerte De Un Tanguero1. Confuseta2. Melancolia3. Epilogo

Luis Orlandini (guitar)Juan Lemann (1928 - 1988)

Rapsodia (1995)

Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)

Folios

Mauro Giuliani (1782 - 1829)

Rossiniana Op.119

ConcertsThursday, June 12

Voice(s) and Guitar4 p.m. Williams Hall, NEC

The guitar has long served as the quintessential instrument for accompanying the voice. Benjamin Britten’s gorgeous Songs from the Chinese are settings of ancient Chinese texts. Manuel Valls’ Canciones Sefarditas are based on Sephardic (Spanish-Jewish) melodies. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Romancero Gitano draws its inspiration from the poetry of the martyred Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca.

Luis Orlandini (guitar), Jason McStoots (tenor)Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)

Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58I. The Big ChariotII. The Old LuteIII. The Autumn WindIV. The Herd-BoyV. DepressionVI. Dance Song

Jon Yerby (guitar), Megan Taylor (soprano), Robert Myers (flute)Manuel Valls Gorina (1665 - 1747)

Canciones SefarditasI. La rosa enflorece.II. Ven Querida, ven amadaIII. Adio, QueridaIV. Durme, DurmeV. Paxaro d’hermozuraVI. Abrix, mi galanicaVII. Irme Quiero, la mi mareVIII. Ya viene el cavitoIX. Yo m’enamori d’un air

Alexander Dunn (guitar), and the New England Conservatory Choir, Directed by Amy LiebermanMario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)

Romancero Gitano, Op. 152I. Baladilla de los tres riosII. La guitarraIII. PuñalIV. ProcesionV. MementoVI. BaileVII. Crotalo

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Modernity Past and Present8 p.m. Williams Hall, NEC

Great composers have always pushed the boundaries of musical expression. Guitarist David Tanenbaum is known the world over as a great champion of contemporary music. Baroque keyboard genius Domenico Scarlatti wrote harpsichord music which sounds as wild today as it must have to the ears of his 18th Century audiences.

David Tanenbaum (guitar)Terry Riley (b. 1935)

Quando Cosas Malas Caen del Cielo (2003)(When Bad Things Fall from the Sky)1. National Broadstreet March2. La Melodia que se sienta solo (The Melody that feels alone)3. Corrente directa4. Quando Cosas Malas Caen del Cielo

Ronald Bruce Smith (b. 1961)

Five Pieces for Guitar and Electronics (2007)1. L’harpe en Echo 2. Lament, Cortège, Coda 3. Brunet 4. Saudade5. Stéle

Steve Reich (b. 1936)

Electric Counterpoint (1987)

John Gibbons (harpsichord)Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757)

SonatasK. 460 in C Major, 2/2 AllegroK. 460 in C Major, 3/8 Allegro K. 466 in F Minor, 4/4 Andante moderatoK. 467 in F Minor, 3/4 Allegrissimo K. 468 in F Major, 3/4 AllegroK. 468 in F Major, 2/2 Allegro molto K. 490 in D Major, 2/2 CantabileK. 491 in D Major, 3/4 AllegroK. 492 in D Major, 6/8 Presto

ConcertsFriday, June 13

Minimalism and Beyond4 p.m. Williams Hall, NEC

The movement in classical music that has come to be called “minimalism” has drawn on sources from outside the Western classical tradition, particularly Indonesian gamelan music and West African drumming. Friday afternoon’s concert offers music by one of the greatest minimalist composers, Steve Reich, as well as a pithy tango by Lou Harrison and some compositions using extended guitar techniques both composed and inspired by the amazing Dominic Frasca.

Alexander Dunn (guitar), Robert Ward (guitar)Lou Harrison (1917 - 2003)

Arr. David Tanenbaum

Tandy’s Tango

Steve Reich (b. 1936)

Nagoya Guitars

Dominic Frasca (guitar)Dominic Frasca (b. 1967)

Fixations Part 4

Dominic Frasca (b. 1967)

Shattered Glass

Marc Mellits (b. 1966)

Lefty’s Elegy

Dominic Frasca (b. 1967)

Deviations

Selected instruments from the Museum of Fine Arts Instrument Collection will be featured in a presentation by curator Darcy Kuronen and guitarist Olav Henriksen. Free admission for GuitarFest participants.

The Museum of Fine Arts is located about 4 blocks from New England Conservatory:465 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115

Guitar Presentation at the Museum of Fine Arts Friday June 13, 12 - 1:30 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts

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FEATURE CONCERT

Boston GuitarFest 20088 p.m. Jordan Hall, NEC

Guitarists Eliot Fisk and Angel Romero, great friends and great virtuosos of the guitar, come together in a program featuring the music of Spain. The program features the two artists separately and in duo performance for the first time on the east coast.

Eliot Fisk (guitar) and Angel Romero (guitar)Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839)

L’encouragement, Op. 341. Cantabile2. Theme and Variations3. Valse

Mauro Giuliani (1781 - 1829)

Introduzione e Variazioni Concertanti, Op. 130

Eliot Fisk (guitar) Solos to be announced

Intermission

Angel Romero (guitar)Solos to be announced

Eliot Fisk (guitar) and Angel Romero (guitar)Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916)

Dances Españolas1. Danza Española I in G (Minuetto)2. Danza Española II in C minor (Orientale)3. Danza Española III in D (Zarabanda)4. Danza Española IV in G (Villanesca)5. Danza Española V in E (Andaluza)6. Danza Española VI in D (Rondalla Aragonesa)

ConcertsSaturday, June 14

Music of Takemitsu4 p.m. Williams Hall, NEC

Toru Takemitsu’s numerous compositions for guitar, both solo and in combination with other instruments, form one of the greatest bodies of work for the guitar in the 20th Century. Saturday afternoon’s concert reflects the great diversity of Takemitsu’s oeuvre. The famous Claire du Lune by Debussy and Leo Brouwer’s elegy, Hika frame a selection of Takemitsu’s delicate masterpieces for one and two instruments.

Moisés Fernández Vía (piano)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Claire de Lune

Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)

Les yeux Clos II

Robert Myers (flute)Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)

Solo flute piece

Robert Myers (alto flute), Steve Lin (guitar)Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)

Toward the Sea1. The Night2. Moby-Dick3. Cape Cod

Alexander Dunn (guitar), Robert Ward (guitar)Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)

Bad BoyA Boy Named Hiroshima

David Tanenbaum (guitar)Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)

All In Twilight

Luis Orlandini (guitar)Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)

Hika, In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu

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Boston GuitarFest 2008 Competition Finals8 p.m. Jordan Hall, NEC

One of the main goals of Boston GuitarFest is to give a forum for young guitarists from all over the world. The competition, which has been part of GuitarFest since its inception in 2006, provides a unique opportunity for young guitarists to advance their careers in a friendly atmosphere.

Featuring the winners of our week-long guitar performance competition.

Concert program to be announced.

ConcertsSunday, June 15

Concert4 p.m. Williams Hall, NEC

This concert explores the fascinating relationship between Spanish piano music and the guitar. Interestingly enough, many of the piano works by Isaac Albéniz are today better known in guitar transcriptions than in the piano originals. In an interesting turn, this afternoon’s concert features De Falla’s own transcription for solo piano of his masterpiece for solo guitar, entitled Homenaje pour Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy performed by the brilliant Catalan pianist, Moisés Fernández Vía. Grisha Goryachev will play two works of Paco de Lucia, the great flamenco guitar genius who has revolutionized the art of flamenco so beloved by Manuel de Falla. Zaira Meneses and Goryachev will close this afternoon’s performance with Joaquin Rodrigo’s Tonadilla for two guitars which also celebrates the music of Spain.

Zaira Meneses (guitar)Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)

From Suite Español op.47 and Cantos de España op.323Sevilla

Grisha Goryachev (guitar)Paco de Lucia (b. 1947)

Colombianas

Cypress Duo Grisha Goryachev (guitar) and Zaira Meneses (guitar)Joaquin Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)

TonadillaI. Allegro Ma non troppoII. Minuto PomposoIII. Allegro Vivace

Moisés Fernández Vía (piano)Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)

From Suite Español Op.47 and Cantos de España Op.323 SevillaCórdobaCádizGranada

Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)

Homenaje pour Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy

Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)

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Johnson, myself and dozens of others all played countless concerts and made numerous recordings on various generations of Humphrey guitars. In short, Tom recreated in his work the big, boisterous, decentralized extended family he had known as a child growing up in Minnesota.

Of course Tom also created a new human family all his own when he married his lovely, Brazilian wife, Marta, who gave him 2 precious daughters, Gabriella and Adriana, who have grown to be as lovely as the famous, flamed jacaranda that graced the sides and backs of so many of his beloved guitars.

Tom had moved out of his New York City digs in the 1990’s, buying a gorgeous piece of property near Gardiner, New York, with water running through it and a breathtaking view of the famous “ridge”, a huge expanse of variegated, exposed rock to rival the Grand Canyon. In fact, Bruce Holzman and I used to call Tom’s place “Ponderosa East”! On this property Tom had a whole crew of horses, two scrappy, yapping little dogs, and a number of cats, all of whom shared the huge tract of land with the innumerable revolving guests who came through and very often stayed for long periods of time.

As we drove away from the final reception after Tom’s memorial service, Zaira and I drove past this place for the first time without Tom in it. But we immediately turned back on impulse and stopped and walked onto the grounds and once or twice around the house, even peering in at the workshop to see if it might have all been some cruel cosmic mistake and he might still be there.

Memories flooded in: Tom in his workshop, myself walking with Tom through the unending grounds as he expounded on some new idea, our daughter Raquel riding the horses as Tom or one of his daughters led, ourselves jumping up and down on that huge trampoline Tom put out back, the many meals that Marta would conjure up out of nowhere… too many good times to ever remember them all at once.

And I thought to myself, “This house is here, this barn, this shed for the horses are all here because Tom dreamed them up and put them there, just like his instruments.” And although I knew I’d never again hug him as he came smiling out the front door to greet us, somehow he didn’t seem gone at all. Instead his being seemed to be all around us, smiling down from the great ridge and bubbling out of the clear brook and cavorting on the grass: the unforgettable companion whose presence lit up all our lives (even we didn’t know how much till now!) that unique personality wide as the American prairie, his imagination as far out as space…. And it seems to me now writing this that his soul still shines down on those of us who knew and loved him, leaving in its warm afterglow an abiding love that will never leave us.

Boston GuitarFest 2008 is dedicated to the memory of Thomas Humphrey, Guitar Designer (1948 - 2008)

The loss of Thomas Humphrey last Wednesday, April 16, 2008, leaves a void so big that no one and nothing can fill it, nothing that is except the Paul Bunyan sized, the bigger- than- life- sized memory of this quintessentially American giant who gave to the world of guitar making a legacy as big as his own rollicking personality and stratospherically creative imagination.

During the 3 decades of our long friendship I was occasionally asked by the press to describe Tom to the uninitiated. I used to say what I would still say today: he was out of the tradition of the great American

inventors like Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone (“What hath God wrought?”) or Thomas Edison, who when he made the first light bulb, famously stared at it for 48 hours straight!

Like many other guitar players, I too in my early years in New York City revolved in and out of Tom’s famous 72nd St. workshop and apartment thrilling to each unpredictable zig and zag of his febrile luthier’s fantasy. Many guitar builders work slowly and methodically, carefully changing small details in a lifelong, disciplined controlled experiment. Their work can resemble a practically monastic search for the Holy Grail. Not so Tom. Some totally new idea would come to him – like the famous Millennium design which announced itself in a dream – and off he would go on some previously unknown, wild horse of an idea, laughing at each wild jolt along the way as he charged fearlessly into uncharted guitaristic territory.

But Tom was more than just an inspired guitar maker. Perhaps because he had lost his own father early in life, Tom had an unbelievable sensitivity to and love for young guitarists or for anyone going through a tough time. My wife and I can never forget Tom’s kindness to us when we had just come back to the United States in the summer of 2000. No one was more loving or more sympathetic or gave us more hope for the future than Tom and his beautiful wife, Marta.

The stories of the countless young players Tom befriended, nurtured and mentored are too numerous to recount here, but the list of important players and teachers who found unsuspected musical possibilities through the grace of his instruments is like a “Who’s Who” of the classical guitar in the closing decades of the 20th century. People like Odair and Sergio Assad, Sharon Isbin, Ben Verdery, Michael Newman, Laura Oltman, David Starobin, David Tanenbaum, Lili Afshar, Peter McCutcheon, Vladimir Mikulka, Ernesto Tamayo, Costas Cotsiolis, Roger Cope, Bruce and Adam Holzman, Tom

An Elegy for TomBy Eliot Fisk

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Chameleon Arts Ensemble

all concerts are at the Goethe-Institut 170 Beacon Street, Boston

1 | transcendent music I have heardSat. October 4, 2008, 8pm & Sun. October 5, 2008, 3pmDebussy • Penderecki • Brahms

2 | a hundred onward yearsSat. November 8, 2008, 8pmBeethoven • Schumann • Harrison • Loeffler • Kernis

3 | a tale that's told in ancient songSat. February 14, 2009, 8pm & Sun. February 15, 2009, 3pmRavel • Weir• Chen• Falla • Smetana

4 | like woven sounds of streamsSat. March 28, 2009, 8pmSchubert • Argento • Welcher • Eisler

5 | of spirits voices ecstaticSat. May 16, 2009, 8pm & Sun. May 17, 2009, 3pmSchumann • Takemitsu • Part • Korde • Faure

2008-2009 Season

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L. McDonagh Charitable Foundation

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FRIENDup to $499Fidelity Charitable Gift FundEdward G. WertheimAmy K. WertheimMarv GoldschmittJohn FriarEgon Bach

Support Boston GuitarFestDear Friend of GuitarFest,

Boston GuitarFest is the dream of visionary guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk. While the main focus is always on the classical guitar, the festival also aims to set the instrument within a broader musical, cultural and social context. Every year, GuitarFest gives audiences and students the opportunity to hear world-class performers and teachers.

Your tax-deductible contribution to Boston GuitarFest will enable us to expand future festivals, provide scholarships and prize awards.

If you share Eliot Fisk’s vision, please contribute to Boston GuitarFest. Let’s bring the music of the classical guitar to a wider audience!

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