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WELCOME TO THE 25TH
WEST DEAN INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL
GUITAR FESTIVAL AND SUMMER SCHOOL
In celebration of this special anniversary festival
and summer school I’m very pleased to be able to
introduce concert artists and tutors who have all
previously appeared at the festival. They are not only
represented by the return of popular performers and
tutors, but also by a new generation of musicians
who have previously attended the festival as students
themselves. I hope you would agree that this
illustrates the importance of musical events such as
the West Dean Festival, which over the years has
nurtured many of today’s foremost classical guitarists.
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Centre, Birmingham. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank Brian again for all his
support including his generous scholarship
towards a place on the Summer School.
We continue to assist a number of young
talented guitarists each year by means of our
student bursary scheme, through the money
raised via our festival raffle. I’m pleased to be
able to announce that for this year’s raffle we
have numerous prizes including a 130 Anos
classical guitar generously donated by José
Ramírez. The raffle also includes prizes donated
by our sponsors Classical Guitar magazine, The
D’Addario Foundation and Classical Guitar
Centre, Birmingham.
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SUMMER 2015
Our international concert series begins
on Saturday evening with a recital by the
wonderfully entertaining guitarist-composer
Benjamin Verdery all the way from New
York. Sean Shibe a BBC New Generation
Artist concludes this year’s Open Day with
his West Dean recital début on Sunday.
Monday evening sees the welcome return of
Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas with a superb
selection of Latin American music.
Irina Kulikova, Russian virtuoso and West
Dean alumni will be giving our Tuesday
evening recital, and the concert series
concludes on Wednesday with the return
of the dynamic Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
Alongside these international artists we are
joined by our highly experienced tutors
Rebecca Baulch, Ray Burley and Manus Noble.
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Sunday’s Open Day begins with a talk by
festival sponsor Cristina Ramírez, on her
family’s history of guitar making in Madrid.
This year the demonstration of individual
makers instruments in the Guitar Makers
Showcase will be given by Ray Burley. During
the afternoon we welcome renowned author
Graham Wade to present a lecture on the
current status and future of the classical
guitar, and Benjamin Verdery will be giving
a masterclass. Throughout the day there
will be a wide variety of instruments, music
We are thankful to Classical Guitar magazine for
their sponsorship, and give a warm welcome to
publisher David Lusterman on his first visit to
West Dean, and to the D’Addario Foundation
for their continued support. My thanks also
goes to the staff at West Dean College. I wish
you all an enjoyable week of music making and
hope we may be able to celebrate the festival’s
anniversary again in another twenty-five years!
Andrew Gough
Festival Director
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BENJAMIN VERDERY, Professor of Guitar at
the Yale University School of Music and artistic director
of the bi-annual Yale Guitar Extravaganza since 1985,
and Artistic Director of 92Y’s Art of the Guitar series
(NYC) since 2006, Benjamin Verdery is hailed for his
innovative and eclectic musical career.
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Now You See It, Now You Don't,
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Since 1980 he has performed worldwide in theatres
and at festivals, his tours regularly taking him
throughout North America, Europe and Asia. He has
recorded and performed with such diverse artists as
Andy Summers, Frederic Hand, William Coulter, Leo
Kottke, Anthony Newman, Jessye Norman, Paco Peña,
Hermann Prey and John Williams.
As a recording artist, Verdery has released over 15
CDs. His latest include Happy Here (2011), with
William Coulter, First You Build A Cloud (2007), a
collaboration with Andy Summers and Branches
(2007), a solo album featuring arrangements of Bach,
Mozart, Strauss and Hendrix. His recording, Start Now
won the 2005 Classical Recording Foundation Award.
Future recordings include one featuring Yale
composers and one featuring his classical guitar
arrangements of Randy Newman, Neil Young, Prince,
Hendrix, John Lennon, Eddy Vedder, The National,
Cream, Elvis and others.
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With the prerecorded voice of
Pablo Neruda. The words of the poet
(and their English translations), in order:
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the summer of 2016 marks the 17th anniversary of his
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OPEN DAY
THE 25th WEST DEAN
INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL
GUITAR FESTIVAL OPEN DAY
Sunday 21st August 2016
11.30am – 7.00pm
12.00pm – 12.40pm
Ramírez Guitars - an illustrated talk by
Cristina Ramírez
Old Library
12.45pm
Time to view the Open Day Exhibition
Oak Hall
1.30pm – 2.15pm
Guitar Makers’ Showcase with Ray Burley
Old Library
2.15pm - 7pm
An opportunity to try out the makers’
instruments
Oak Hall
2.30pm – 3.30pm
The Classical Guitar in the 21st Century
– lecture by Graham Wade
Old Library
4.00pm – 5.30pm
Benjamin Verdery Masterclass
Old Library
6.00pm
Sean Shibe Recital
St. Andrew’s Church, West Dean
SEAN SHIBE
BURSARY FUND RAFFLE
1st Prize – José Ramírez 130 Años classical guitar,
including a Hiscox case donated by José Ramirez and
Classical Guitar Centre, Birmingham, and a subscription
to Classical Guitar magazine.
2nd Prize – Box of Pro-Arté EJ46 carbon strings
donated by the D’Addario Foundation, and a
subscription to Classical Guitar magazine.
3rd Prize – The Tárrega-Leckie Guitar
Manuscripts book by Brian Whitehouse, and
a subscription to Classical Guitar magazine.
Tickets: £5 each. Please purchase them from
West Dean College Reception or at events
during the festival.
The raffle will be drawn on Wednesday 24th
August 2016 in The Auditorium, The Edward
James Studios, West Dean at the end of the
interval of the evening concert.
Thank you to José Ramirez
(www.guitarrasramirez.com), Brian
Whitehouse and Classical Guitar Centre,
Birmingham (www.classicalguitar.co.uk),
the D’Addario Foundation
(www.daddariofoundation.org) and
Classical Guitar magazine
(www.classicalguitarmagazine.com)
for such generosity.
SEAN SHIBE Born in Edinburgh in 1992, Sean
studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and
currently with Paolo Pegoraro for whose continued
support he is very grateful. In 2012 he became the
first guitarist selected for the BBC Radio 3 New
Generation Artists scheme, and the only solo guitarist
to be awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship.
Sean has appeared as soloist with the Scottish
Chamber, BBC Symphony and BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestras. He recorded Takemitsu’s To
the Edge of Dream with the BBC National Orchestra
of Wales and performed with the BBC Singers
broadcast live by Radio 3.
Concert highlights include his debut solo recital at
Wigmore Hall, taking part in the Britten celebrations
in Aldeburgh, and the Marlboro Summer Music
Festival & Academy in the USA on the invitation of
Mitsuko Uchida.
Drawn to chamber music and song, Sean has
collaborated with the Danish String Quartet, Mahan
Esfahani, Robin Tritschler and Ben Johnson. During
2016 he returns to Wigmore Hall, and gives recitals
at the Heidelberger-Fruhling, Festspiele MecklenburgVorpommern, Bath International and Aldeburgh
Festivals. He collaborates with harpsichordist Mahan
Esfahani, cellist Isang Enders and tenor Robert Murray.
Sean was selected by YCAT in 2015.
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SEAN SHIBE
Sunday 21st August 6pm
St. Andrew’s Church, West Dean
William Walton
5 Bagatelles for guitar
Malcolm Arnold
Fantasy for guitar, Op.107
John Dowland
Forlorn Hope Fancy
Benjamin Britten
Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op.70
BERTA ROJAS
IRINA KULIKOVA
BERTA ROJAS
Monday 22nd August 8pm
St. Andrew’s Church, West Dean
Manuel M. Ponce
Suite in A Minor
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatina in A Major
Allergretto
Preludio
Allemande
Andante
Sarabande
Allegro
Kai Nieminen
Aquarelles of the Night
Gavotte I-II
Gigue
Sonata III
Johann Sebastian Bach
from Cello suite no. 1
BWV 1007 (arr. I. Kulikova)
Allegro Moderato
Prelude
Andante (Chanson)
Allemande
Allegro ma non troppo
Courante
Estrellita
BERTA ROJAS Renowned for her breathtaking
technique and musicality, Berta Rojas been praised as
“guitarist extraordinaire” by the Washington Post and
by Classical Guitar Magazine as an “Ambassador of the
classical guitar.” She has been nominated three times
for a Latin Grammy Award, most recently for her
2015 album History of Tango.
Berta’s performances have won over audiences across
the world, and her CD Intimate Barrios remains one
of the most celebrated recordings of the works of
the great Paraguayan. The albums Salsa Roja, Cielo
Abierto, Terruno and A Day and A Half, with Paquito
D'Rivera, have won critical acclaim for their exciting
new repertoire.
In 2011, Berta initiated the four-year tour “In the
Footsteps of Mangoré” through 20 Latin American
and Caribbean countries. She created the first online
classical guitar competition, the Barrios World Wide
Web Competition, in 2009. She is firmly committed
to promoting the music of Latin America, and to
supporting the careers of upcoming artists.
Berta first studied in her native Paraguay, and later
in Uruguay under Abel Carlevaro and Eduardo
Fernández. She graduated from the USA's Peabody
Institute under Manuel Barrueco.
In 2014, the news agency EFE named her one of the
most influential women in the Hispanic world.
Berta Rojas plays a guitar by Michael O’Leary and
uses Savarez Strings.
www.bertarojas.com
IRINA KULIKOVA
Tuesday 23rd August 8pm
St. Andrew’s Church, West Dean
I N T E RVAL
IRINA KULIKOVA With the rare beauty of
Vincent Lindsey Clark
Suite Americana*
Galopa
El Vuelo de la Mariposa
Salsa Roja
Finale
Agustin Pio Barrios Mangoré
Un Sueño en la Floresta
La Catedral
Preludio
Andante Religioso
Allegro Solemne
* Dedicated to Berta Rojas
her tone and her enchanting presence on stage, Irina
Kulikova catches the hearts of audiences across the
globe. Her secret, in life as in music: It’s about the touch.
She tours far afield, with appearances at leading
festivals in Europe, North America and Asia and in
concert halls such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw,
the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Academic Capella
in St. Petersburg, Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg, the Palau
de la Musica in Valencia, the Musashino Hall in Tokyo
and the Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai. She received
over 30 awards for her artistry, including 1st prizes at
the highly prestigious competitions of Michele Pittaluga
in Italy, Guitarra Alhambra in Spain, Forum Gitarre
Wien in Austria and Iserlohn in Germany.
Irina Kulikova graduated with distinction at the
Mozarteum University in Salzburg (Austria), the
Conservatoire of Maastricht (The Netherlands)
and the Gnessins Academy in Moscow (Russia). She
recorded four solo CD’s, three of which are
distributed worldwide by the Naxos label.
Today, Irina Kulikova resides in Los Angeles (USA),
Salzburg (Austria) and The Hague (The Netherlands).
Her concert career as a solist and with a variety
of ensembles and orchestra’s, she combines with a
personal dedication to teaching.
www.irinakulikova.com
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I N T E RVA L
Konstantin Vassiliev
Three Lyric Pieces
Elegie
Reminiscence
Mogiana
Swan Princess (dedicated to I. Kulikova)
Sergej Rudnev
Old Lime Tree
José María Gallardo del Rey
California suite
Preludio
Allemande
Sarabande
Vals
AQUARELLE GUITAR QUARTET
knowledge and experience to future generations,
embraces every opportunity to be involved in
education work. They all enjoy teaching posts in the
Northwest of England and the quartet regularly gives
masterclasses to guitarists and chamber musicians,
ranging from enthusiastic youngsters to aspiring
professionals, including students at the RNCM and
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Their former
association with Yehudi Menuhin’s scheme ‘Live Music
Now’ has also equipped them with experience and
expertise in providing educational recitals to a wide
range of audiences.
In 2009 the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet was signed
exclusively to Chandos Records and has since
recorded 4 albums, ‘Dances’ (released in June 2010),
‘Spirit of Brazil’ (March 2009), ‘Final Cut’ (June 2012)
and ‘Cuatro’ (Nov 2013). Both ‘Dances’ and ‘Spirit of
Brazil’ received critical acclaim from the press. BBC
Music Magazine awarded ‘Spirit of Brazil’ five stars for
both performance and recording.
AQUARELLE GUITAR QUARTET
Recognised as one of Britain’s leading chamber music
groups, the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet is a dynamic
and innovative ensemble known for its extraordinary
ensemble in performance and expansive repertoire.
The Aquarelle Guitar Quartet has performed
extensively in major venues including the Wigmore
Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Bridgewater Hall.
Their engagements have taken them to venues
throughout Europe, most recently visiting Germany,
Spain, Denmark, Greece, Estonia, Poland and Ireland.
The quartet has performed as part of the Last
Night of the Proms and has given live broadcasts on
Radio 3, Classic FM, Lyric FM and ERA 3 (Greece).
In 2007 they became the only guitar quartet to have
ever performed in the finals of the Royal Overseas
League and Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT)
Competitions. In 2011 they were “Artist in Residence”
at the Harrogate International Festival.
In 2014 they made their debut in Asia with a series
of concerts in Seoul and they return to South Korea
in 2016, this time to Daejeon International Guitar
Festival.
The AGQ is dedicated to presenting music from
around the globe, spanning the period from the
renaissance right through to the present day. Many
established international composers, including
Carlos Rafael Rivera (U.S.A), Phillip Houghton
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(Australia), Stephen Dodgson (U.K) and Nikita
Koshkin (Russia) have invited the quartet to
perform their compositions, and the group’s recent
commission “Danças Nativas”, by the Brazilian
composer Clarice Assad, was nominated for a Latin
Grammy® award for best classical composition in
2009. A further source of material for the AGQ’s
constantly expanding repertoire is their own
arrangements of music from various genres, including
works by Gismonti, Mussorgsky, Rossini, and film
music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. The group is
also committed to continuing their involvement in
outreach and educational projects, and is regularly
invited to give master classes. In addition to their
recital and educational work, the Aquarelle Guitar
Quartet frequently appears with orchestras, and
is responsible for the re-emergence of two great
concertos, Rodrigo’s Concierto Andaluz and Torroba’s
Concierto Iberico for four guitars.
Formed originally at the Royal Northern College of
Music (in 1999), under the guidance of Craig Ogden
and Gordon Crosskey, the quartet went on to study
with renowned guitarists such as Sérgio Assad, Oscar
Ghiglia and Scott Tennant. The quartet’s ground
breaking work in developing the guitar quartet medium
subsequently earned them awards from the Musicians
Benevolent Fund, Tillett Trust and Tunnell Trust.
The Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, recognising the
responsibility artists have to impart some of their
‘Final Cut’, featuring the group’s own arrangements
of celebrated film themes, was chosen as Classic FM
Drive’s CD of the week on its release in June 2012,
was given a five stars review by Time Out Magazine
and has since been given exceptional praise by Sinfini
Music (Universal), International Record Review and
American Record Guide.
Their original debut CD ‘Promenade’ was released in
May 2005 and ‘Watersmeet', a collaborative CD of
Stephen Dodgson’s guitar music was released on the
Cadenza label in March 2006.
The Aquarelle Guitar Quartet was a Making Music
‘recommended artist’ for the season 09-10, and was
invited by the Making Music Concert Promoter’s
Network Committee to feature in the CPN Brochure
for a second time, as one of a small selection of artists
recommended to Making Music member promoters
for the 12-13 season.
Sinfini Music (Universal) invited the Aquarelle Guitar
Quartet to be filmed for their inaugural “Sinfini
Session”; the resulting footage is featured on the
Sinfini Music website.
The Aquarelle Guitar Quartet's last CD for Chandos,
‘Cuatro’ - A tribute to the Music of Spain, was released
in November 2013 and was prominently featured in
Classical Guitar Magazine. In 2016 they record a new
CD, which will be launched on the Chandos label in
the autumn.
AQUARELLE GUITAR QUARTET
Wednesday 24th August 8pm
The Auditorium,
The Edward James Studios
Giacomo Rossini (arr. Richard Safhill)
Overture from L'Italiana in Algeri
Isaac Albeniz (arr. David Roe)
La Vega
N.Rimsky-Korsakov (arr.William Kanengiser)
Capriccio Espagnol
Alborada
Variazioni
Alborada
Scena e canto gitano
Fandango Asturiano
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Miroslav Tadic/Vlatko Stefanovski
(arr.Vasilis Bessas)
Two Balkan Pieces:
Do you remember, Milice / Pajduska
Elliot Goldenthal (arr. Mike Baker)
Themes from Frida
Luis Bacalov (arr. Rory Russell)
Il Postino
Gustavo Santaolalla
(from Motorcycle Diaries) (arr.Vasilis Bessas)
De Usuahia a la Quiaca
Dalwyn Henshall (arr. Mike Baker)
Lento, from Three Welsh Dances
Ian Krouse
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REBECCA BAULCH is a graduate of the
Royal College of Music in London where she was
a Foundation Scholar, taught by Gary Ryan. Her
performing career has taken her to New York,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Los Angeles, Italy, France,
Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Peru and all over the
UK, and she has played in venues which include the
Purcell Room, the Wigmore Hall, Buckingham Palace,
and the Houses of Parliament. Rebecca has played on
BBC 1, BBC 3, Channel 5, BBC Radio 3 and Classic
FM. She has recorded CDs with the Appassionata
Trio and the Albach Duo, and her solo album features
music by Walton, Dowland, Purcell and specially
commissioned works by Gary Ryan and Ned Bennett.
Rebecca has taught and given masterclasses around
the world, including recently at London's South Bank
centre. She teaches at the Junior Department at
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance,
where she co-runs the junior guitar department with
Martin Fogel, and her compositions and arrangements
have been featured in the Trinity Guitar exam syllabus.
'Performance of the highest order ... a persuasive
and accessible programme superbly presented' Paul
Fowles, Classical Guitar Magazine.
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RAYMOND BURLEY Raymond Burley is
one of Britain's most experienced guitarists having
performed solo concerts, concertos, on film
scores, radio, and television and in virtually every
possible guitar ensemble combination. As a soloist
he has toured extensively throughout the globe
and has appeared many times at the UK’s major
concert venues. Raymond has been featured on
BBC Radio, and worked with many of England’s
foremost orchestras including the BBC Symphony,
the Philharmonia, the English Chamber Orchestra
and the Royal Philharmonic. Raymond has premièred
many new works and over the years has performed
with Alice Artzt, John Mills, Gilbert Biberian, Gregg
Nestor, John Feeley, John Etheridge, Clive Carroll, and
keyboard player Rick Wakeman. He is currently a
member of the Rodrigo Guitar Trio. The trio's second
CD, Danzas Fantasticas, was Henry Kelly's 'CD of the
week' on Classic FM. This CD was released under the
trio's former name, The New Pro Arte Guitar Trio.
The most recent duo partnerships include Gordon
Giltrap in the duo Double Vision, percussionist Keith
Fairbairn and with virtuoso Portuguese violinist
Emanuel Salvador. He is also in great demand as a
teacher, having given master-classes and directed
guitar workshops, festivals and summer schools
internationally. Raymond has many arrangements
to his credit and has also edited music for Schott
Publications.
www.raymondburley.com
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ANDREW GOUGH, FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
is head of guitar at the Birmingham Conservatoire
Junior Department and also teaches at The Blue
Coat School and King Edward’s School, Birmingham.
He has given many solo recitals and enjoys working
in various ensembles including a duo with his wife,
pianist Sarah Daniels. Andrew has performed many
guitar concerti with orchestras in England and with
the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO)
and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) as an
orchestral guitarist, performing at venues including
Berlin Philharmonie, Symphony Hall, London
Coliseum, CBSO Centre, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
and at the Aldeburgh Festival. In 2009 Andrew
founded the Central England Guitar Ensemble for
advanced classical guitarists based in the Midlands
which he also conducts. He has recorded three
CDs, including Diffusion a surround-sound and
stereo double album of works by Steve Reich,
Gerald Garcia and David Carroll. In 2010 Andrew
was given Honorary Membership of Birmingham
Conservatoire. Andrew has been a tutor at the West
Dean International Classical Guitar Festival & Summer
School since 2003 and has been its director since 2013.
MANUS NOBLE Irish guitarist Manus Noble
was born in London. At the age of sixteen he was
taught privately by Craig Ogden before continuing
his studies with Gary Ryan at the Royal College of
Music. In 2010 he graduated with first class honours
and was awarded a scholarship to do his Masters
in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music. He
was also given Performance Awards by the Musicians
Benevolent Fund, Countess of Munster and Ian
Flemming Trust, and was accepted onto the Park Lane
Group Young Artist’s Concert Series. He won first
prize in the Ivor Mairants Guitar Competition in 2011.
After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music
with Distinction, Noble has launched his career in
the UK, giving recitals and masterclasses at festivals
such as West Dean, Cheltenham, Bath and London
International Guitar Festivals. He has been accepted
onto the Countess of Munster, as well as the Making
Music recital scheme in 2014, and is now in high
demand as a performer. Recent performances include
solo recitals at Kings Place, Sage Gateshead and
Bridgewater Hall.
As well as writing new works for the instrument
himself, Noble has developed a certain flair and
passion for modern techniques and repertoire, with
many composers choosing to write new works for
him, including ‘Hot Club Francais’ by Gary Ryan.
[email protected]
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