SEATTLE SYMPHONY GUITAR SERIES, 2002-2003

In addition to the Guitar Society's offerings there are three concerts in the BIG Benaroya Hall (the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium). As the Symphony  website says:

"Savor the beauty of the most romantic of instruments in this new series dedicated to the art of the classical guitar. Three evenings of great music will transport you to worlds of rapture."

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John Williams and Friends

Impressions of Africa

John Williams, guitar
Paul Clarvis, hand-drums and percussion
John Etheridge, guitar
Chris Laurence, double bass
Richard Harvey, flutes, whistles, etc.
     Though this concert is now past, you can enjoy much of the music in The Magic Box, which can be sampled in a surprisingly elaborate link to  Sony Classical.

"The 15 tracks here, with Williams and 'Friends' (five contributing musicians, plus the African Children's Choir), are irresistibly catchy and full of wonderful virtuoso combinations such as "requinto" guitar, strings, and a valiha (or tubular bamboo zither)."
-- SeattleTimes.com, October 2002

  Monday, February 24, 2003  7:30 PM

 Manuel Barrueco and Al Di Meola, guitars

Manuel Barrueco visited us in the 2001 Benaroya recital series, followed by a memorable Master Class (see review on our home page). He has a wide repertoire, and a particular interest in Cuban music, and a great web site. To learn about the 'rhythm king' Al Di Meola, visit here.

Thursday, July 10, 2003  7.30 pm

Friday, July 11, 2003  8.00 pm

Saturday, July 12, 2003  8.00 pm

 Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin and Sérgio & Odair Assad,guitars

with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Alastair Willis conducting,

 performing Assads' Concerto for Violin, Two Guitars and Orchestra

The Assad Concerto will have its premier in Minneapolis in January. "The concerto is written in five movements and it's called Origenes. I based the first two movements in Italian dances because Nadja is Italian, and the other two movements are Brazilian dances...because we are from Brazil! And the last, the fifth movement is just a cross between those two things." -Sergio Assad. 

 For an interview with Sergio Assad in Guitarra Magazine, click here. The 'Latin' Grammy Award of 2000 for 'Tango' went to the Nonesuch recording,  Segio and Odair Assad play Piazzola, with Nadja Salerno-Sonneberg as guest artist. The Assad brothers have been frequent visitors to Seattle, and performed in the SCGS Benaroya series in 2001.

Born in Rome, Nadja  Salerno-Sonnenberg emigrated to the Unites States at the age of eight to study at The Curtis Institute of Music and later studied with Dorothy DeLay at The Julliard School. A highly acclaimed recording artist, Nadja's numerous classical recordings are released on the Angel/EMI Classic and Nonesuch labels. A sought-after artist who has performed with many of the world's greatest conductors and orchestras and at major international festivals, she has played at the White House in a command performance for the Arts & Humanities Awards. She has also collaborated with such artists as Mandy Patinkin, Joe Jackson, Judy Blazer, Janice Siegel, the Assad brothers, Mark O'Connor and Roger Kellaway.