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THIS PAST autumn, theDAddario Music Foundation, inconjunction with D'Addario andCompany, presented the first con-cert of the 2O1l-2O12 D'AddarioPro-Arte Concert Series featuringAustralian guitadst RuPert BoYdand Brazilian guitarist trduardoMinozzi-Costa. This concertseries is a re-launch of the twelve-year-long series first establishedin 1979 as a showcase foryounger guitarists.

Rupert Boyd, winner of theLillian Fuchs Chamber MusicCompetition and winner of the

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Eisenberg-Fried ConcertoCompetition, had been the firstperformer of the evening. BoYdholds a Bachelor of Music degreewith First Class honours from theAustralian National UniversitYSchool of Music, where he studiedwith Timothy Kain. He holds, aMaster of Music degree from the ManhattanSchool of Music and an Artist Diploma from theYale University School of Music.

Boyd performed Australian composer PhillipHoughton's God of tlrc N ortlrcrn Fore st, Houghton'snod to Joan Miro's 1922 cubist painting of thesame title, which Houghton wrote for his formerteacher Sebastian Jorgensen. Sharp' marchingbasses punctuating contrastin$ treble notes at theopening of this pensive modernist piece. Boyd per-formed Alois-Henri-Gerard Fornerod's busy anddulcet Prelude op. 13, ori$inally written forSegovia; Heitor Villa-I-obos' Etude AIo. 8: Moderatoarrd Boyd coaxed a lovely tone from Etrtde' No. 9:Tres Peu Antme and Astor Piazzolla's somber, cas-cading Inuierno Pofteno. He closed his programmewith J. Arcas/F. Tarrega's fun and spritelyFrrntasic- Sobre l-aTrauiata de Verdt and art encoreof AlbenZ' Torre Bermeja.

Boyd arrived in the United States in August 2OO4

to pursue his Masters of Music degree and he hasbeen living in NewYork as a freelance musician forthe past three years. He teaches privately and per-forms both solo and chamber music, 'everything

from guitar ensembles to a duo with a iazz sopra-no sax player.' He has established the AustralialGuitar Duo with guitarist Jacob Cordover andrecently recorded a debut CD with producer JohnTaylor in London that shall be released in March2Ol2 witkr a lS-concert tour in Australia. Theyrecorded the CD at the Holy Trinity Church, sur-rounded by wheat fields in Weston, Hertfordshire,4O minutes north of London.

Left to right: Janet D'Addario, Jim D'Addario, Chairman & CE0 of D'Addario

& Co. Suzanne D'Addario-Brouder, Exec Director, D'Addario Music Foundation

Eduardo Minnozi-Costa and Rupert Boyd.

As for his advice for other guitarists on enteringcompetitions, he says, 'Competitions can be agreat way to gain exposure and performanceexperience in addition to meeting people. I adviseentering competitions with the idea of treating itas a performance opportunity and learning expe-rience and to not place too much importance onthe outcome alone. Competitions are also a greatopportunity to learn new repertoire and to pushyour playing to its highest level.'

Eduardo Minozzi-Costa, the second guitarist toperform, completed his Bachelor's Degree in gui-tar performance at the University of Sao Paulowith Dr. Edelton Gloeden. Minozzi-Costareceived a sponsorship to visit the US from theSao Paulo United States Consulate General,which resulted in a full scholarship to pursue hisMasters and Doctorate degrees in guitar perfor-mance at the University of Arizona' He has beena teaching assistant to Professor ThomasPatterson since 2O06. Minozzi-Costa is the win-ner of the Alhambra International GuitarCompetition in Dallas, Texas and he earned thirdplace at the 2O1O GFA comPetition.

For his programme, Minozzi-Costa performedthe French baroque piece, Les BctrricadesMgsterieuses by Francois Couperin; the A Majorkey, 3/8 tempo Sonatq K2Og by DomenicoScarlatti and Spanish Serenade by JoaquinMalats, which had been a favourite of Se$ovia'srepertoire. Minozzi-Costa revelled in playingBrazilian composers from various generations forthe rest of the programme, starting with the

traditional Brazilian Choro no. 2 by ArmandoNeves, the popular Brazilian song Rosa byPlxinguinha; the scintillating and jazzry Baiao deLacan by Guinga; the hopeful Luiza by TomJobim and jaunty Tico-Tico no Fuba by Zequinhade Abreu. He ended the programme wirt-r rhe pen-sive yet sweet ELi's portrait, a tribute to Canadianguitarist Eli Kassner for his BOth birthday writtenby Sergio Assad, followed by the contrasting,rhapsodical Appas stonata by Ronaldo Miranda.

Minozzi-Costa, who is currently a graduateteaching assistant at the University of Arizona,offers online coaching and has designed twoonline improvement programmes for classicalguitarists which can be found on his website:http:/ /www.guitarimpact.com. His first pro-gramme, 'Pathways to Guitar Excellence,' is ateaching philosophy that enables guitarists to gainthe most from their performances. Minozzi-Costadescribes it as an intensive multimedia course thatworks like a personal trainer for guitarists. His sec-ond prograrnme, 'Improvement Means Change,'promises to help guitadsts break past any staidplateaus that develop from the boredom of practice.He has prepared a page on his website specificallyfor Classical Guitar Magazine readers:l'tttp : / / www. guitarimpact. com / n od e / 4O8 whichfeatures two live recordings of his workshopsat the University of Arizona which focus onstrategies to improve one's practice routine and

a goal-setting workshop which outlines his advicefor guitarists who enter competitions.

'We're thrilled to present such exceptional tal-ent in NY for their Carnegie Hall debut,' saysSuzanne D'Addario-Brouder, executive directorof the D'Addario Foundation. 'Rupert Boyd andEduardo Minozzi-Costa were the perfect pair tokick off our second season. Rupert broughtsuch finesse to the stage while Eduardo'srefined technique really delivered an amazingperformance. The heart of this series is provid-ing an opportunity to perform on a world-classstage all while celebrating the young, accom-plished talent that brings life and enthusiasm tothe classical guitar. We look for-ward to continu-ing the series in the years to come and watchingthose that have performed as part of our seriesflourish in many more spotlights around theworld.'

The series continues in Febmary of 2012 withCecilio Perera, 2011 first prize winner at the44th Michele Pittaluga International GuitarCompetition and Johannes Moller, 2OlO winnerof the Guitar Foundation of AmericaCompetition. In March, the performing gui-tarists shall be Rovshan Mamedkuliev, 2011winner of Heitor Villa-Lobos InternationalGuitar Competition and Edel Mufloz, winner ofthe 2011 Boston Guitar Fest InternationalCompetition.

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