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Baltimore Classical Guitar Society

2009-2010 Concert Season

Jason VieauxSaturday, December 5, 2009 at 8 p.m.Baltimore Museum of Art

Lukasz KuropaczewskiSaturday, March 6, 2010 at 8 p.m.Baltimore Museum of Art

Katona TwinsSaturday, October 3, 2009, at 8 p.m.Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University

Manuel BarruecoSaturday, April 24, 2010 at 8 p.m.Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University

Baltimore Classical Guitar Society2009-2010 Concert Season

Our programs are supported by the City of Baltimore and The Maryland State Arts Council, The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences, Free Fall Baltimore and The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts, D’Addario Music Foundation with support from D’Addario & Company Inc., and Mel Bay Publications.

Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University, Osler & Cross Campus Drives, Towson, MD 21252For more information, please call (410) 247-5320 or visit www.bcgs.org

Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 8 p.m.Baltimore Museum of Art

“...among the elite of today’s classical guitarists.”(Gramophone)

One of America’s leading guitarists, Jason Vieaux is changing the face of guitar programming and has earned a devoted international fan base along the way. Recent performance highlights include recitals for New York’s “92nd St. Y” series and San Francisco’s OMNI Foundation for the Performing Arts, concertos with North American orchestras from coast to coast, a debut for the prestigious Nürtingen International Guitar Festival in Germany, tours of Mexico, debuts in Brazil and Poland, and triumphant returns as “series favorite” in Boston, Hartford, Cleveland, Knoxville, and St. Petersburg.

Jason VieauxMr. Vieaux is a frequent guest with orchestras across the United States. He has performed as concerto soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Ft. Worth Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Auckland Philharmonia, while working with such renowned conductors as Miguel Harth-Bedoya, David Robertson, Jahja Ling, and Alasdair Neale. His triumphant programs and collaborations for Music@Menlo, Strings Music Festival, Grand Teton, and Jupiter Chamber Players have forged his reputation as a first-rate chamber musician. As a passionate advocate of new music, Mr. Vieaux has Premiered new pieces by Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, José Luis Merlin, and Eric Sessler. Mr. Vieaux already has ten recordings to his credit and many more to come under his multi-record deal with Azica Records.

Mr. Vieaux will perform his “e/Merge” program, including pieces by Albéniz, Brouwer, Bach, and Pat Metheny.

also works with prominent artists such as Igor Yuzefovich (assistant concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony), Jan Stanienda, Martin Chalifour (concertmaster of the Los Angeles Symphony), the musicians of Concerto Avenna, the San Antonio Symphony, and the Cleveland Symphony. In Poland he has performed the celebrated Concierto de Aranjuez with the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, among others. Mr. Kuropaczewski was granted a full scholarship at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he studied with his mentor Manuel Barrueco and graduated from the prestigious Artist Diploma program in 2008.

Mr. Kuropaczewski is on faculty of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland and a College House Music Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. He has released five critically acclaimed CDs.

Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 8 p.m.Baltimore Museum of Art

“A master technician which displays artistic maturity well beyond his years...” (Classical Guitar Magazine)

Polish guitarist Lukasz Kuropaczewski has given recitals worldwide, including London, Berlin, Paris, Reykjavik, Prague, Sofia, Minsk, Baltimore, Philadelphia,Washington, and New York. He was the first Polish classical guitarist and one of the first Polish soloists in history to perform in Carnegie Hall in New York and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in the same season. Mr. Kuropaczewski performs as guest artist every year at the most important music festivals in the world, where he

Lukasz Kuropaczewski

Manuel BarruecoSaturday, April 24, 2010 at 8 p.m.Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University “A major artist with remarkable musicianship and a world of technique... simply and consistently awesome.” (Los Angeles Times)

Grammy-nominated Manuel Barrueco is internationally recognized as one of the most important guitarists of our time. His unique artistry has been continually described as that of a superb instrumentalist and a superior and elegant musician, possessing a seductive sound and uncommon lyrical gifts. His career has been dedicated to bringing the guitar to the main musical centers of the world. During three decades of concertizing, he has performed across the United Sates from the New World Symphony in Miami to the Seattle Symphony, and from the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic to New York’s Lincoln Center.

He has appeared with such prestigious orchestras as the Philadelphia Orchestra and with Boston Symphony under the direction of Seiji Ozawa, in the American premiere of Toru’s Takemitsu’s “To the Edge of Dream.” In addition, he appears regularly with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and with San Francisco Performances. His international tours have taken him to some of the most important musical centers in the world, and his recording catalogue includes over a dozen recordings for the EMI label. Recent CD releases include two recordings that feature the music of Astor Piazzolla: Grammy-nominated “Solo Piazzolla” (2007) as well as “Tango Sensations” (2008), a collaboration with the Cuarteto Latinoamericano. These recordings are part of the exclusive “Manuel Barrueco Collection” on Tonar Music label.

Mr. Barrueco’s program is an hommage to Tárrega and Albéniz, in this centenary of both of the composers’ deaths.

ChromaDuo (Tracy Anne Smith & Rob MacDonald)Young Talent ConcertSunday, February 7, 2010 at 3 p.m., An Die Musik

A dedicated new voice in the contemporary music world, ChromaDuo is vigorously developing and presenting some of today’s most evocative, lyrical, and exhilarating music. With two classical guitars, Tracy Anne Smith and Rob MacDonald unveil refreshing and innovative programs ofnew works by some of the most exciting composers of our

time. As soloists, they have performed in Canada, USA, Mexico, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and England; as chamber musicians, they perform alongside CAGE Avant Garde Ensemble, soprano Jennifer Holbrook, Soundstreams, the Canadian Opera Company, and the Madawaska String Quartet.

The program will feature the world premiere of a new work for guitar duo by former Peabody student Christopher William Pierce, commissioned by the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society as part of its “BCGS Composition Commission Award.”

Katona TwinsSaturday, October 3, 2009 at 8 p.m.Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University

“The Hungarian Katona twins... are stunning: full of the flair, drama and passion.” (BBC Radio 3)

Hungarian born Peter and Zoltán Katona make up the Katona Twins, a guitar duo which has given recitals throughout the world including Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo. The twins have won numerous prizes, both individually and together. In 2004 they were awarded with the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni prize, the first guitar prize in the trust’s history. In 1998 they won the Concert Artists Guild

Competition held in New York, and in 1997 they were winners at the Young Concert Artist Trust auditions in London. The wide repertoire of the duo spans from Scarlatti to Piazzolla’s tango music. Michael Berkeley, Judith Bingham, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, and several other contemporary composers have written for and dedicated works to the Katona Twins. From the age of ten the twins have studied both individually and as a guitar duo in Budapest, Frankfurt, and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. During their studies they benefitted from classes with Julian Bream and John Williams. The Katona Twins have been invited on numerous occasions to record for the BBC and other international television and radio stations.

The Katona Twins will perform pieces by Mozart, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, and de Falla.

Baltimore premiere