2005-2006 Benaroya Concert Series

 Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall

Benaroya Hall, 3rd and Union, downtown Seattle

 

Jorge Caballero: Saturday, September 24, 2005, 7.30 pm

Adam del Monte: Saturday, October 29, 2005, 7.30 pm

Katona Twins: Saturday, January 28, 2006, 7.30 pm

Michael Nicolella: Saturday, March 18, 2006, 7.30 pm

Admission: 4-Concert Series: $90 general admission; $75 for SCGS members, students, seniors
3-Concert Series: $75 and $60
Individual tickets: $28 and $22

Tickets may be purchased by mail, sending check or money order made out to SCGS, to
SCGS, PO Box 31256, Seattle, WA 98103-1256
Or for information and advance tickets contact the Rosewood Guitar, 206-297-8788.


The Seattle Classic Guitar Society announces the performing artists for its "2005-2006 Benaroya Concert Series" taking place at the Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya. SCGS is proud to offer Seattle audiences the opportunity to hear truly world-class classical guitarists, in company with one pianist this year.  Nordstrom Hall  is a 540-seat recital space within Benaroya. With its extensive wood paneling it is ideal acoustically for the unamplified guitar.


Jorge Caballero (Saturday, September 24, 2005)


Jorge Caballero is regarded by many in the music world as one of the finest guitaristic talents to have emerged during the past decade. A native of Lima, Peru, Caballero began his musical studies with Oscar Zamora at the National Conservatory in Lima. As a young student, he was the recipient of numerous awards, including First Prize at the Peruvian Conservatory Competition, and First Prize at the First Latin American Guitar Competition. This prize included a major tour, with concerto performances for the 16 year-old Caballero in Mexico City, Washington DC and Spain, as well as throughout South America.At the age of 19, Mr. Caballero became the first guitarist to win the Naumburg International Competition in New York City. The New York Times praised Caballero’s “illuminating clarity and touching gracefulness” in his debut recital in 1997, acknowledging “his unusual combination of a deft, powerful technique and a soft-spoken interpretive persona.” At a second recital sponsored by the Naumburg Foundation, The Times noted, “Mr. Caballero has grown as an interpreter, and he showed that he was not afraid to take chances.”
Adam del Monte (Saturday October 29, 2005)

"“Adam del Monte, a man whose blinding virtuosity coupled with an agile and creative improvisatory sensibility electrifies audiences wherever he goes." Soundboard
One of the leading flamenco and classical guitarists/composers of his time, Adam del Monte has made it his life mission to fully express himself in these two genres, transcending labeling and convention. His compositions incorporate a wide variety of musical styles from around the world. Adam is the first prize winner of the International Stotsenberg Classical Guitar Competition 1997.Parallel to his classical guitar studies, del Monte lived and studied with gypsies of Sacromonte in Granda, Spain. It was in Granada and later in Madrid where he absorbed the art of flamenco, learning and performing with the true maestros of Spain: Pepe “Habichuela”, Paco Cortez, and Gerardo Nunez, to name a few. He performed with singers such as Enrique Morente in the Teatro Real, Madrid and Teatro Manuel de Falla in Granada. He has performed for the last 20 years in Spain, England, France, Switzerland, Israel, Brazil, and the US.

Katona Twins (Saturday, January 28, 2006)


"“Rarely have I heard such dynamism coupled with incisive musical articulation; an overture to whet the most sated of appetites. …This was Bach played on the guitar in monumental fashion." Classical Guitar Magazine, November 2004.
The Hungarian born Katona Twins, Peter and Zoltán, studied both individually and as a guitar duo in Budapest, Frankfurt and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The twins have won numerous prizes. In 2004 they were awarded the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni prize, the first guitarist in the trust’s history. In 1998 they won the Concert Artists Guild Competition held in New York and in 1997 they successfully auditioned for the Park Lane contemporary music group. In 1993 they won first prize at the most prestigious guitar duo competition in Montelimar, France.They have given recitals throughout the world, including performances at Carnegie Hall in New York; the Purcell Room of the Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in London; the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; the Konzerthaus in Vienna ,the Suntory Hall in Tokyo; the Forbidden City in Beijing; the Alte Oper in Frankfurt and the Philharmonie in Cologne.

Michael Nicollela (Saturday March 18, 2006)

"Astounding musicianship...Nicolella is a virtuosic wonder." San Francisco Examiner
With a repertoire spanning from J.S. Bach to Jimi Hendrix, Michael Nicolella is recognized as one of America’s most innovative classical guitar virtuosos. A uniquely eclectic and versatile artist, Michael blurs the lines between musical styles and disciplines and is part of a growing trend in classical music to revitalize the role of the composer/performer. He has received international critical acclaim for his performances, compositions and recordings. His March program will include some of his own pieces, as well as works by Bach, Albeniz, Rodrigo, and Piazzolla.His new CD Shard was released in May 2005. The recording features new music for guitar including his own Guitar Concerto performed with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Anthony Spain. Shard is a stylistic follow up to his CD Push, which was described by John Duarte in Gramophone as "“a display of stunning technical skill and unfailing musicality over a very broad spectrum."

Visit earlier Benaroya series, 2002-3, 2003-4 and 2004-5.


"The Seattle Classic Guitar Society's series of recitals at Benaroya Hall is one of the great, relatively undiscovered delights of Seattle's classical-music season. The performers are top-notch, and the venue, Benaroya's Nordstrom Recital Hall, has acoustics that are matched perfectly to the intimate demands of the guitar." The Seattle Times, November 2000

 

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