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BOSTON GUITARFEST 2009
Viva Mexico
JUNE 10-14, 2009
Robert Ward, Administrative Director
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Press Release
April 3, 2009
crossed artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and the tragic conquista
of Hernan Cortes and its aftermath.
BOSTON GUITARFEST 2009: June 10 - June 14
“A week of musical and cultural exploration.”
Boston GuitarFest 2009 is a concentrated guitar workshop consisting
of concerts, master classes, workshops, lectures, and three seperate
international competitions, attracting professionals and aficionados
from around the world.
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. In 2009, our attention will be focused on Mexican music and
culture (¡Viva México!), celebrating the traditions and new directions
of Mexico’s national instrument. A range of artistic and cultural
expressions will be offered including film, popular music, and other
aspects of Mexico’s rich cultural landscape.
In accordance with the theme of ¡Viva México!, Boston GuitarFest
2009 features three generations of Mexican virtuosos: Alfonso
Moreno, the father of modern Mexican guitar playing and founder of
the world famed Orquesta de Guitarras; Alfredo Sanchez, known
internationally for his ground breaking guitar transcriptions of Bach’s
key works; and the young Cecilio Perera, star member of Eliot Fisk’s
class at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and first prize winner of last year’s
Boston GuitarFest adult level competition. We will also wish a happy
70th birthday to Leo Brouwer.
We are especially proud that this year’s opening concert will be given
by our old friend, Scott Tennant, famed virtuoso and founding member
of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
In addition, we will welcome in his Boston area debut Cuban fenom
Marco Tamayo, who will also premiere last year’s composition
competition first prize work by Israeli composer Tal Hurvitz. Both
Marco Tamayo and Cecilio Perera will be part of our 70th birthday
celebration of Leo Brouwer.
Our cross disciplinary events will include eminent pianist David Witten
in piano works of Manual Ponce and separate lectures on the star
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Eliot’s solo recital will include Villa-Lobo’s epic 12 Etudes as well as
other works by Tarrega, Barrios and Albeniz. To conclude the festival,
the adorable Mexican folk ensemble Tlen Huicani returns to Boston
GuitarFest following their triumphant concert at GuitarFest II in 2007.
Boston GuitarFest 2009 promises to be a varied and colorful festival;
¡Les invitamos a Viva México y al homenaje a Leo Brouwer!
Registration Details
Admission
Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. Early registration is
recommended.
Housing
An application for on-campus housing will be posted here shortly.
There are also many hotels in the area.
Tuition
* NEC registration fee: $30
* Active Student non-credit tuition
* (Early-bird) Registered/Paid by May 6: $450
* Registered/Paid after May 6: $550
* Active Student for 2 SCE Credits (School of Continuing
Education): $1000
* Competition Only: $160
* Auditors: $210 (includes all festival events)
* Day Passes: $80 (includes all festival events for one day)
Special Rates
* Cultural Consortium member discounted rate (subject to
verification) Auditor $190 / Day Pass $72
* High School Student Auditor: $105 (includes all festival events)
* Boston GuitarFest Youth Competition Only: $50* (no registration
fee required)
* Saturday & Sunday Youth Weekend Special: $105* (no registration
fee required)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: contact Robert Ward, Administrative
Director [email protected]
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Event Schedule
Please check www.bostonguitarfest.org for the latest information.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Arrival
10 - 11 am Location: TBD
Check-in
11 am - 12 pm Location: TBD
Welcome Barbecue
4 - 7 pm Location: TBD
Join us for some delicious BBQ to kick off GuitarFest 2009!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Registration
8:30 - 9 am Fenway Center
Master Classes (Eliot Fisk/ Alfredo Sanchez)
9 am - 12 pm Eliot Fisk - Keller Room
9 am - 12 pm Alfredo Sanchez - JH 124
Adult Performance Competition
9 am - 12 pm Fenway Center
Adult competition performances.
Lunch
12 - 1 pm
Guitar Holiday Screening
2 - 3 pm Fenway Center
Screening of Guitar Holiday, a film by Dennis Conway about the guitar in Paracho, Mexico.
Concert: Cecilio Perera (“Homenaje a Leo Brouwer”)
4 - 5 pm Fenway Center - $8
Recital by Cecilio Perera, GuitarFest 2008 adult competition first prize winner.
Dinner
6 - 7 pm
Concert: Scott Tennant
8 - 10 pm Fenway Center - $15 General / $8 Students
Friday, June 12, 2009
Morning Coffee
8:30 - 9 am Espresso Royale Cafe
Master Classes (Scott Tennant/ Alfonso Moreno)
9 am - 12 pm Scott Tennant - Keller Room
9 am - 12 pm Alfonso Moreno - JH 124
Adult Performance Competition
9 am - 12 pm Fenway Center
Adult competition performances.
Lunch
12 - 1 pm
Lecture: La Conquista; Before and After
2 - 3 pm Fenway Center
Lecture/Class: Virginia Eskin, Robert Ward and Zaira Meneses: Guitar and
Piano, A Shared Repertoir
3 - 4 pm Fenway Center
Concert: Marco Tamayo (“Homenaje a Leo Brouwer”)
4:30 - 5:30 pm Fenway Center - $8
Dinner
6 - 7 pm
Concert: Alfredo Sanchez, Simon Tedeschi and Alfonso Moreno
8 - 10 pm Fenway Center -$15 General / $8 Students
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Morning Coffee
8:30 - 9 am Espresso Royale Cafe
Master Classes (Marco Tamayo/ Alfredo Sanchez)
9 am - 12 pm Marco Tamayo - Keller Room
9 am - 12 pm Alfredo Sanchez - JH 124
Youth Performance Competition
9 am - 12 pm Location: TBD
Youth Competition performances.
Adult Performance Competition Semifinals
9 am - 12 pm Fenway Center
Adult competition performance semifinals.
Lunch
12 - 1 pm
Youth Performance Competition Finals
1 - 2 pm Fenway Center
Youth Competition performance finals.
Lecture: Legends in Mexican Art: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
2 - 3 pm Fenway Center
Adriana Zavala, an art historian at Tufts University, discusses the history of
Mexican art.
Lecutre: LaBella Strings Eric Coco lecture: How Strings Are Really Made
3 - 4 pm Fenway Center
Concert: David Witten
4:30 - 5:30 pm Fenway Center - $8
David Witten performs piano music of Manuel Ponce.
Dinner
6 - 7 pm
Concert: Eliot Fisk
8 - 10 pm Fenway Center - $15 General / $8 Students
Will include the 12 Études of Heitor Villa-Lobos and other works by Tarrega and
I. Albéniz among others.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Morning Coffee
8:30 - 9 am Espresso Royale Cafe
Master Classes (Eliot Fisk/ Alfonso Moreno)
9 am - 11:30 pm Eliot Fisk - Keller Room
9 am - 11:30 pm Alfonso Moreno - JH 124
Adult Performance Competition Finals
12 - 2 pm Fenway Center
Adult competition performance finals.
Lunch
2 - 3 pm
Roundtable
3:30 - 4:30 pm Fenway Center
Focus on the future of the guitar with special emphasis on economic survival.
Discussion to be chaired by Dr. Matthew Hinsley, president of the Austin Classical Guitar Society.
Dinner
4:30 - 6 pm
Closing Concert: Tlen Huicani
6 - 7:30 pm Fenway Center - $15 General / $8 Students
Popular music from the province of Vera Cruz with guitars, harp and vocals.
Closing Party
8 - 10 pm Location: TBD
Competition winners will be announced during the party.
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Performance Competitions
The 2009 Boston GuitarFest Competitions will run concurrently with the festival.
The competitions are open to all registered master class participants, but it is
also possible to register for the competitions alone.
Youth Competition
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Preliminary Round: 9 am - 12 pm
Final Round: 1 - 2 pm
(Subject to change)
Adult Competition
June 11-14, 2009
Preliminary round: June 11-12, 9 am - 12 pm
Semifinal round: June 13, 9 am - 12 pm
Final round: June 14, 12-2 PM
Eligibility
* Contestants must be younger than 19 years of age as of June 13, 2009.
* Contestants must not be enrolled in a post-secondary institution as of June
13, 2009.
* Contestants cannot hold a post-secondary degree of any kind.
Eligibility
* Contestants must be at the outset of their careers and may not have professional representation.
* Previous first prize winners of the Boston GuitarFest competition are not
eligible.
* There is no age limit.
Prizes
* 1st prize: $ 750
* 2nd prize: $ 500
* 3rd prize: $ 250
Required Pieces
* Preliminary round: 8-12 minutes of playing time, including one piece from
Francisco Tárrega.
* Final round: 15-20 minutes of playing time. Free choice. Preliminary round
pieces may be repeated, including the required pieces.
* Individual movements from major works are acceptable.
* No concertos or chamber music will be permitted.
Instrumentation
* All pieces must be performed on a nylon-string, classical guitar.
Memorization
* All works must be performed from memory.
Copies of Scores
* If possible, contestants should bring one copy of each score to present to
the jury upon request.
Adjudication
* The judges’ decisions are final. The judges reserve the right to hear all or
part of the prepared works. Time on stage before and between pieces is generally not counted towards the total time limit except when deemed as excessive
by the judges. Performances going over the time limit may be stopped at no
penalty to the contestant.
Application and Scheduling Information
* All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.
* Boston GuitarFest has the right to limit the number of participants based on
a first come, first serve basis.
* Performance times will be determined by a random drawing. Special requests cannot be accommodated.
* Failure to appear at the appointed time will result in disqualification.
Questions?
* Please contact Dan Acsadi, Boston GuitarFest Director of Competitions, at
[email protected]
Composition Competition
Boston GuitarFest 2009 Composition Competition will focus on the combination of the classical guitar with either the viola or the clarinet. Also possible is the
interchangeability of the viola or the clarinet in combination with the guitar (alla
Brahms). Download the Submission form at www.bostonguitarfest.org
All works should be submitted by June 10, 2009.
Works and Submission Form can be emailed to Bob Ward (ro.ward@neu.
edu) and payments (made to Northeastern University)
There is NO FEE for submitting ONE work. A $50 fee must accompany EACH
ADDITIONAL submitted work (no limit to the number of additional works).
* The work should not exceed 15 minutes.
* No published, or publicly performed, or award-winning compositions should
be submitted
* Judges will look for idiosyncratic writing for the instruments, originality, form,
playability and musical imagination.
* Scores should be set using a program such as Finale or Sibelius or legibly
handwritten.
Prizes
* First prize: $5000, concert in 2010, CD recording (at discretion of the jury)
* Second prize: $2500
* Third prize: $1500
* Interpretation prize for music from a Mexican composer: $250
Required Pieces
* Preliminary round: not to exceed 10 minutes. Contestant must include one
work by Leo Brouwer.
* Semifinal round: not to exceed 15 minutes. Free choice.
* Final round: not to exceed 25 minutes. Contestant must include one work of
Isaac Albéniz.
* Individual movements from major works are acceptable.
* No concertos or chamber music will be permitted.
* Required pieces may not be repeated in other rounds. While other works
may be repeated from round to round, the judges welcome a variety of repertoire.
Instrumentation
* All pieces must be performed on a nylon-string, classical guitar.
Memorization
* All works must be performed from memory.
Copies of Scores
* If possible, contestants should bring one copy of each score to present to
the jury upon request.
Adjudication
* The judges’ decisions are final. The judges reserve the right to hear all or part
of the prepared works. Time on stage before and between pieces is generally not
counted towards the total time limit except when deemed as excessive by the
judges. Performances going over the time limit may be stopped at no penalty to
the contestant.
Application and Scheduling Information
* All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.
* Boston GuitarFest has the right to limit the number of participants based on
a first come, first serve basis.
* Performance times will be determined by a random drawing. Special requests cannot be accommodated.
* Failure to appear at the appointed time will result in disqualification.
* $400.00 for the winning competition and performance at GuitarFest 2010.
Also free tuition for GuitarFest 2010
* 3 winners published by Bèrben & IGS publishing
* Prize winners will be announced the last day of the festival. Judges have the
right to award no first prize. The judges’ decisions are final.
* Email submissions should be done in PDF format along with the electronic
submission form. Payment can be sent by mail. If available, a recording of the
submitted work may also be emailed as a MPS audio file.
* Submission by regular mail should include one bound copy of the score,
submission form and payment. If available, a recording a recording of the submitted work may also be included on an audio CD.
* Care should be taken that the real name of the composer only appears on
the first page of the submitted score. GuitarFest staff will take measures to withhold the real name of the composer, and will provide judges with a number for
each submission.
* No works will be returned (do not send originals).
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Artistic Director
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 artists 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 include 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, Wiliam 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 recordings
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, Gramophon 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’s
forays into unconventional territory have included collaborations with
chanteuse, Ute Lemper; Turkish music master, Burhan Öçal; jazz guitar
legend, Joe Pass; flamenco great, Paco Pena; and master of castanets,
Lucero Tena. 2006-07 season projects included four major premieres:
Leonardo Balada’s “Caprichos” (seven movements after songs of
Federico Garcia Lorca for guitar and string quartet), Kurt Schwertsik’s
25 minute “Ein Kleines Requiem” for solo guitar; Daniel Bernard Romain’s concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra (“We March”); and
Eliot Fisk’s transcription of Mark O’ Connor’s violin concerto movement
entitled, “Winter” for guitar and orchestra.
In 2008 he began a long anticipated collaboration with legendary virtuoso Angel Romero in a program to include a newly commissioned work
for two guitars by Leonardo Balada as well as new Fisk transcriptions
for two guitars of works by Scarlatti and others. Eliot Fisk is founder
and director of Boston Guitar Fest, an annual event held in the month
of June at the New England Conservatory. This festival is dedicated to
exploring cutting-edge possibilities of the guitar in an interdisciplinary
cross-cultural context. Eliot Fisk was the last direct pupil of Andrés
Segovia and also studied interpretation under the legendary 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
performers 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.
Other Festival Participants
Dan Acsadi, Competition Director
Maria Benotti, Youth Competition Juror
Dennis Conway, Film Maker
Alexander Dunn, Youth Competition
Judge
Virginia Eskin, Adult Competition Juror
Eliot Fisk, Artistic Director
Grisha Goryachev, Teacher
Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, Flutist
Matt Hinsley, Adult Competition Juror
Bruce Holzman, Adult Competition Jury
President
Zaira Meneses, Teacher
Apostolos Paraskevas, Composition
Competition Judge
Brian Robison, Composition
Competition Judge
Ronald Bruce Smith, Composition
Competition Judge
Robert Ward, Administrative Director
Adriana Zavala, Art Historian
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Guest Artists
Cecilio Perera
Guitar, 2008 Winner
Tlen Huicani
Featured Ensemble
e ensemble Tlen Huicani (‘the singers”
in the indigenious nàhuatl language)
is dedicated to immortalizing the
music of the Mexican town and
province of Veracruz. Its members
uncover and faithfully perform new
and almost forgotten traditional music.
The repertoire of the group has been enriched during tours through the
various countries of Central and South America. During these journeys,
Tlen Huicani has augmented their already vast repertoire, assimilating
the styles and techniques of innumerable local artists. Tlen Huicani collaborates frequently with theatre and dance companies. Their numerous
tours with Mexico’s Ballet Folklorico have taken them throughout Central and South America, the USA, Europe and Asia. During its illustrious
career, Tlen Huicani has received numerous awards and honors. Critics
have celebrated Tlen Huicani as “the finest ensemble of folkloric music
in the Mexican Republic”.
Alfonso Moreno
Guitar
Alfonso Moreno is one of the greatest
interpreters known to the world of
classical guitar. Moreno takes a symphonic approach to the guitar, using
a broad palette of colors, timbres and
dynamics, which often give the listener the sense of listening to an entire
orchestra. Moreno is well known for
his prodigious technique and intense
musical interpretations. He has give
over 3000 concerts throughout Europe, America and Asia, transforming
audiences with the sweetness, depth and sincerity of his interpretation.
His repertoire ranges from ancient music to music by contemporary
composers. Many composers have written works specifically for him. In
1999 Moreno co founded the Latin American Guitar Quartet along with
guitarists Eugenia Rodriguez (Chile), Marcela Sfriso and Walter Ujaldon
(Argentina), which made its debut at the International Guitar Festival in
Turkey, as soloists with the Istambul Philharmonic, under Ionescu Galati.
For the 2000-20001 season, the quartet has been invited to perform
in over 15 festivals, which are paying homage to Joaquin Rodrigo,
throughout Mexico, the United States, South America, Asia and Europe.
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Cecilio was born in Merida, Yucatan,
Mexico in 1983. He started playing guitar at the age of nine with his
brother Pedro Perera. After several
years, he began studying with Ricardo
Vega at the music school in his town,
and began to give concerts soon after.
He studied at Xalapa University of
Music with Consuelo Bolio and Alfredo Sanchez from 1999 to 2005. He
has taken master classes with John
Williams, David Russell, Angel Romero,
Joaquin Clerch, Remi Boucher, Juan Carlos Laguna, Julio César Oliva,
Paolo Pegoraro, and Pavel Steidl among others. Cecilio has played
with many famous orchestras including the Cuba National Orchestra,
UNAM Philarmonic Orchestra, Yucatan Symphony Orchestra, Xalapa
Chamber Music Orchestra, Acapulco Philarmonic Orchestra, Chihuahua
Philarmonic Orchestra, Salzburg Youth Philarmonic Orchestra, Italian
Orchestra Academia Musical Naonis, Merida Chamber Music Orchestra
and Almería Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in Mexico, United
States, Canada, Cuba, Costa Rica, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Spain
and Italy. He’s played for TV and radio programs as well in prestigious
festivals and theatres in Europe and America. He’s collaborated with
several famous composers who have dedicated guitar works to him.
Cecilio is now studying at Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria with
Eliot Fisk and Ricardo Gallen. His repertoire ranges from renaissance on
the lute to contemporary music. He plays with flute, voice, string quartet,
and other combinations.
Alfredo Sanchez
Guitar
Alfredo Sánchez began playing the
guitar at the age of 12, teaching
himself to play with the music of Bach.
In later years he studied with Manuel
López Ramos, Andrés Segovia (1981),
Iván Rijos, Robert Guthrie and Leo
Brouwer. He also took master-classes
with Manuel Barrueco and David
Russell. Between the years 1982 and
1992, Alfredo Sánchez won first and
second prizes in several important
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competitions in Mexico and in Puerto Rico. He toured the Soviet Union
in 1983, 1984 and 1987, and has often appeared in Mexico in most
of the important concert halls. He has recorded numerous programs
for national radio and television. Alfredo Sanchez is active as recitalist,
soloist with orchestra, and as a member of numerous chamber music
ensembles. He is professor of the Instituto Superior de Música del
Estado de Veracruz (ISMEV). In 1994 he was asked to establish the
guitar department at the prestigious University of the Americas, Puebla,
Mexico where he taught for several years. In 1997 he was appointed
professor at the distinguished University of Veracruz, Mexico. Many of
his students have gone on to important international careers.
Marco Tamayo
Guitar
Marco Tamayo was born in Havana,
where he started to play guitar at
the age of three under his father’s
tuition. He studied with Antonio
Alberto Rodríguez and Leo Brouwer,
and later in Europe in Munich and at
the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where he
was a pupil of Eliot Fisk, and studied
interpretation as well with Rainer
Schmidt (violin), and Anthony Spiri
(harpsichord), among others. Winner
of numerous major international guitar
competitions such as the Michele Pittaluga, Città di Alessandria, in
1999, Marco Tamayo has performed with the Chamber Orchestra of St
Petersburg, the Turin Philharmonic, the Chamber Orchestra of Aix en
Provence, the Tampere Philharmonic in Finland and the Havana Philharmonic, among many others. He divides his activities between concert
appearances and teaching, with master classes in inumerable guitar
festivals around the world and in universities such as Seoul University
of Arts in South Korea. He has lived in Salzburg since 1995 and has
taught at the Universität Mozarteum since 2000.
Simon Tedeschi
Piano
Born in Australia, Simon Tedeschi
studied piano with Neta Maughan in
Sydney and in London with Noretta
Conci. Described by pianist Leslie
Howard as one of the finest musicians of his generation worldwide, Mr.
Tedeschi was named the Symphony
Australia Young Performer of the
Year performing Ginastera’s Piano
Concerto No. 1 with the Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Tedeschi
first performed a Mozart Piano Concerto at age 9 in the Sydney Opera House and since then has played
as a soloist with the Queensland, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide symphony orchestras, as well as the Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, Texas.
Simon is currently based in the United States, although he continues a
very active performing schedule in Australia. He is the Roving Ambassador for The Australian Children’s Music Foundation, and he was recently
awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal by the Governor General
of Australia. Simon’s instrument in Australia is kindly provided by Hutchings Pianos of Sydney.
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Scott Tennant
Guitar
Scott Tennant is a founding member
of the Grammy®-winning ensemble
L.A. Guitar Quartet, and is himself considered to be one of the world’s top
classical guitarists. Mr. Tennant is a favorite guest artist on music series and
major guitar festivals around the world.
Past seasons have taken him to such
festivals in Ubeda (Spain), Milan, Sao
Paulo, Tokyo, Osaka, Paris, Orleans,
Ansbach and Wetzlar (Germany),
Bergen (Norway), Amsterdam, Mexico,
Dundee, Bath (UK) among others all over the United States and Canada. He has authored several books and articles on guitar technique,
including his best-seller Pumping Nylon, which has attained a “cult” classic status. He has made numerous recordings as a soloist on the GHA
and Delos labels, and with the LAGQ he has recorded for GHA, Delos,
Sony Classical, Windham Hill, Deutsche Grammophon and Telarc labels.
Their Telarc release “LAGQ Latin” was nominated for a Grammy®, and
it was their current Telarc title “LAGQ’s Guitar Heroes” which won a
Grammy® as the best classical crossover recording of 2005. He is wellknown for his recordings of the music of Joaquín Rodrigo, and equally
praised for his interpretations of early music and the guitar’s classical
repertoire. Projects currently underway include a five-volume classical
guitar method for Alfred Music/Workshop Arts, and new independently
produced recordings and instructional videos (available in mid-2008),
as well as transcription publications, which will be released by Tennant’s
own Plainsong Music. He lives in the Los Angeles area, and is on the
faculty at the USC Thornton School of Music.
David Witten
Piano
Pianist David Witten’s international
career has included numerous concert tours in Ireland, Finland, Russia,
Ukraine, Europe, Mexico, South
America, and China. As the recipient
of a 1990 Fulbright Scholar award,
Witten spent five months teaching
and concertizing throughout Brazil,
and he is frequently invited back to
give concerts and masterclasses.
Closer to home, Witten’s performances have included solo appearances
with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra,
and various chamber music collaborations with members of the New
York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Witten has
also been active in contemporary music. He has recorded piano music
of Nicholas Van Slyck (Titanic Records), and has commissioned over a
dozen new works for Soli Espri, a chamber trio he founded in Boston
with clarinetist Chester Brezniak and mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato.
With flutist Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, Witten formed Dúo Clásico; their recording, Flute and Piano Music of Latin America, is available
on the Musical Heritage Society label. After twenty years as an active
recitalist, chamber music pianist, and teacher in the Boston area, Witten accepted a position at the Cali School of Music at Montclair State
University, where he is currently Coordinator of Keyboard Studies.
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Pulling The Strings, Continued
JUNE 10-14, 2009
More Information: Robert Ward [email protected]
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JUNE 10-14, 2009
Sponsors
Official Sponsor of Boston GuitarFest 2008
The Robert E. Davoli
and Eileen L. McDonagh
Charitable Foundation
Sponsors list last updated 4/3/09
More Information: Robert Ward [email protected]
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JUNE 10-14, 2009
Program
Advertising
Price List
2009
Inside Cover Full Page: $750
Inside Back Cover Full Page: $750
Back Cover Full Page: $750
Full Page: $500
Half Page: $300
Quarter Page: $175
Half Page: 5” x 4”
Artwork and payment deadline to
advertise in the program: May 8, 2009
Full Page: 5” x 8”
Quarter Page: 2.5” x 4”
More Information: Robert Ward [email protected]
Download this presskit at: www.bostonguitarfest.org