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Barcelona, September 4th to 9th, 2017

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INDEX

1. PRESENTATION

2. THE FESTIVAL

3. ACTIVITIES

3.1 Evening concerts 3.2 Master classes 3.3 Lectures 3.4 Competition and awards 3.5 Exhibitions

4. CALENDAR

5. ARTISTS’ BIOGRAPHIES

6. CONTACT & LINKS

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1. PRESENTATION

“Without music life would be a mistake” Friedrich Nietzsche

The idea of organizing the International Guitar Festival “Ferran Sor”, in the city of , originates in the desire to promote and raise awareness of the life and work of the eminent Catalan composer and guitarist, born in Barcelona in 1778.

This festival is intended as the most effective way in which to pay homage to Ferran Sor i Muntades, the most important musical personality in eighteenth-century guitar history. The works of this extraordinary composer, concert performer and pedagogue are well known. His music is still performed by famous guitarists and students of today, and published by the most prestigious music publishers of the world.

Thanks to its great expressive power and versatility, the guitar has always been a dynamic and heterogeneous medium, which has been able to adapt to many different musical styles and be part of innumerable ensembles.

With the festival, the city of Barcelona is presented with an important opportunity to keep alive the memory of one of its most important and influential personalities; not only for his musical legacy as a whole, but also for what he contributed to the canon.

Giuliano Belotti, artistic director Núria Viladot, executive director

3 2. THE FESTIVAL

The International Guitar Festival “Ferran Sor” is, first of all, a unique opportunity to attend live concerts by internationally renowned musicians. During the week of its second edition, the festival will feature concerts and master classes by Marcin Dylla, Carles Trepat, José Antonio Escobar, Nora Buschmann, the duo Tamayo-Montesinos and Emerson Salazar, winner of the Competition 2016.

Drawing on the typology of festivals celebrated elsewhere, the festivals that more likely draw attention of the public, in general, and of music professionals and students, in particular, are those that offer a real and active exchange between citizens and participants by events of high artistic quality.

It is not enough to organise first-class concerts, it is also necessary to create workshops and activities that offer participants the opportunity to be the real protagonists of the festival, to encourage the exchange of new ideas and to improve new skills and teaching methods.

For this reason, besides concerts, master classes will be given by concert performers who are participating in the festival. These classes will also give guitar students the opportunity to take lessons with some of the most renowned guitarists in the world. The festival will also offer the possibility to guitar aficionados, teachers and pedagogues to attend the master classes as listeners and observers.

The professional audio video recording of all events and interviews of the festival will be used to create an archive dedicated to Ferran Sor. This archive will be available on the festival’s website (www.festivalsor.com).

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3.1 Evening concerts

During the festival´s first edition, six concerts by Marcin Dylla, Carles Trepat, Nora Buschmann, José Antonio Escobar, the duo Marco Tamayo – Anabel Montesinos will take place. Each artist has been chosen for his own undeniable artistic qualities and his international recognition.

The closing concert will comprise performances by the three best students participating in at least one master class and Emerson Salazar, winner of the Certamen Internacional de Guitarra Miquel LLobet 2016.

3.2 Master Classes

The pedagogical importance of the International Guitar Festival "Ferran Sor" is highlighted: during a week, there will be master classes given by each invited artist, for a total daily duration of 5 hours and 15 minutes, which will accommodate seven students, each of which will receive a 45 minute lesson. The festival will also offer the chance to benefit from these classes for those who want to attend as listeners.

3.3 Lectures

The Festival will present a cycle of four lectures and a documentary, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, at the Teatre Regina. The first one will be held by the luthier Santiago Canals who will talk about the construction of the concert guitar and those used by Ferran Sor. The other three lectures will be centred on the figure of Ferran Sor and will be held by guitarists, musicologists and composers: Josep María Mangado, author of the book “La Guitarra en Catalunya, 1769-1939”, Luis Gàsser, author of the book “Estudios sobre Fenando Sor”, and Jaume Torrent. The documentary, “Emili Pujol, Teacher of Life”, directed by Maria Ribera Gibal, will be projected on the last day of the Festival.

3.4 Competition and awards

The best masterclass student of the International Guitar Festival Sor will receive a diploma and a prize consisting in a paid concert for Art LLobet 2018, in Barcelona, and in the production of a professional video and audio recording (max. 10 minutes) that will be published on the website and social networks of the International Guitar Festival “Ferran Sor”.

3.5 Exhibitions

The International Guitar Festival Ferran Sor will also accommodate and be of interest to guitar makers, music publishers, record labels, and string and guitar accessories manufactures.

The exhibition will open on Monday, September 4th at 5 pmand will end on Wednesday 6th at 7 pm. It will take place at the first-floor hall of the Music School Joan Llongueres (just above the Regina theatre). Exhibitors who wish to stay more days, are welcome and they can exhibit until Saturday 9that 7 pm. Each day, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 1 pm to 1:30 pm, a guitar test of luthiers’ instruments participating in the Festival will be held by the invited artists, at the Regina Theatre. In addition, on September 5th, at 11 am, a guided tour through luthiers’ and exhibitor’s stands will be held by luthier Santiago Canals, to give the opportunity to personally know and appreciate concert guitars and luthiers from all over the world.

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4. CALENDAR

6 5. ARTISTS’ BIOGRAPHIES

MARCIN DYLLA (Sept. 4, 2017, 8:30 PM, Teatre Regina)

Hailed by Washington Post as “among the most gifted guitarists on the planet” Polish guitarist, Marcin Dylla is a rare phenomenon in recent history of Classical Guitar. Many music critics, connoisseurs and music lovers certify that Marcin Dylla is among the world’s elite of classical guitar players. He has earned this position, among others, to unparalleled number of awards including 19 First Prizes from 1996-2007 at the most prestigious international music competitions around the world. His last triumph was the Gold Medal of the ‘2007 Guitar Foundation of America International Competition’ in Los Angeles known as the most prestigious guitar contest in the world followed by tour of over 50 cities in North America, Mexico and Canada during 2008-09 season, live recital video recording for Mel Bay Publications and CD recording for Naxos that reached the Naxos ‘Top 10 Bestselling Albums’ in September 2008. His live recital DVD “Wawel Royal Castle at Dusk” was nominated for 2010 Fryderyk Award (equal to American Grammy) in the category of Solo Album of the Year. Mr. Dylla’s 2012/2013 season will include his Carnegie Hall debut during his two month long tour of North America with recitals covering both coasts. He will return to Konzerthaus in and continue his extensive recital tour in ending in at the Koblenz International Guitar Festival and Competition where he’s a beloved regular and will later return to the US again to perform at the 2013 Guitar Foundation of America Festival followed by return engagements in Mexico. 2011/12 season saw Mr. Dylla’s debut with the Warsaw Philharmonic conducted by Christian Arming in a program that featured two concerti (Ponce’s Concierto del Sur and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez) on two consecutive nights, in addition to recitals throughout Poland and Germany as well as , Russia, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal, Norway, Turkey, , , the , Scotland, Slovenia, Switzerland, and several cities in Mexico. Spring of 2011 highlights in North America included recitals in Cincinnati, Lexington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Jersey and Seattle as well as appearing with Riverside Symphonia in Piazzolla’s double concerto for guitar and bandoneon. During 2009/10 season he appeared in solo recital in Norway, Spain, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, Poland and Italy where he returned to serve on the distinguished jury panel of the 42nd edition of Michele Pittaluga’s International Classical Guitar Competition. He also returned to Germany for several recitals throughout the country ending with his return to Koblenz International Guitar Festival and competition. 2008/9 season’s notable appearances featured recitals in China, an extensive tour of Europe ending in Germany where he appeared with the Radio Symphony Orchestra at Stuttgart Liederhalle and in Romania with the National Romanian Radio Orchestra in Bucharest performing ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’ by Joaquin Rodrigo.

7 In 2007 he performed as a soloist with the Hermitage State Orchestra at the Hermitage Festival in St. Petersburg followed by an exceedingly successful tour of the U.S. in the fall performing in a number of concerts with the Fort Collins Symphony under Wes Kenney, the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and the Riverside Symphonia under the baton of Mariusz Smolij. In 2006, Cecilia Rodrigo, daughter of the legendary Spanish composer, Joaquin Rodrigo, chose Mr. Dylla to perform the world premiere of a lately discovered new guitar work by her father entitled ‘Toccata’ (1933) at Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art in . In 2002, at the 7th International Guitar Convent in Alessandria, he was granted a “gold guitar” musical critics’ award for the best coming young guitar player. He has appeared in a number of distinguished concert halls such as Konzerthaus, Musikverein and Palais Lobkovitz in Vienna (Austria), Auditorio Nacional and Auditorio Conde Duque in Madrid (Spain), St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall (Russian Federation), Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo (USA), Villa Hügel in Essen (Germany) and the Palazzina Liberty in Milan (Italy). Apart from his guest performances at virtually every major European and North American guitar festival, he has been regularly invited to appear at Festival Internazionale Settimane Musicali di Stresa (Italy), Don Quixote Music Festival (, France), Burghofspiele Eltville (Germany), International Festival Musical Olympus (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation), Inverno Musicale (Alzano, Italy), Central European Music Festival (Zilinai, Lithuania), Festival Internacional de Música (Toledo, Italy) and Musique Dans la Rue (Aix-en-Provence, France). Furthermore, he has appeared as soloist with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (USA), Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Television Espanola (RTVE Madrid, Spain), St. Petersburg Philharmonia Orchestra (Russian Federation), Orchestra Filharmonica di Torino (Italy) and the Essen Chamber Orchestra (Germany) under the baton of JoAnn Falletta, Alexander Rahbari and Mariusz Smolij. Marcin Dylla was born in Chorzow in 1976 and received his first guitar lessons at the Ruda Slaska Music Conservatory in his native Poland. From 1995 to 2000 he studied at the Music Academy of Katowice with Adi Wanda Palacz and later completed his studies with Oscar Ghiglia, Sonja Prunnbauer and Carlo Marchione at the Music Academies of Basel (Switzerland), Freiburg (Germany) and (The Netherlands), respectively. He is currently a Professor at the Music Academy in Kraków and Katowice.

8 CARLES TREPAT (Sept. 5, 2017, 8:30 PM, Teatre Regina)

Born in (Spain) 1960, at thirteen years old he began his guitar studies with Jordi Montagut. In 1976, he attended the last course given by the celebrated guitar teacher , in Cervera. He also studied with Eduardo Sainz de la Maz, Eulogio Davalos, in Barcelona, José Tomás in the Alicante Conservatory “Oscar Esplá”, and Rafael Andia and Alberto Ponce at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. Carles Trepat began his concert career when he was seventeen, and, one year later, he made his debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid as the winner of the First Young Performer Competition “Jeunesses Musicales”. Thereafter, he was awarded, in the most prestigious international guitar competitions, such as the Tárrega Prize at the International Guitar Competition , the Special Jury Prize at the International Competition of Havana and the First Prize at the Fifth International Competition of Toronto. Since very young Carles Trepat has been devoting some of his time to teach and he also had the privilege of being assistant professor of José Tomás, during the summer courses of Denia and Vila-Seca for more than ten years. He is frequently invited to give advanced courses at the conservatories of Zaragoza, La Coruña, Jaén, Alicante, Cartagena, Badajoz, Bilbao, Ikasmúsica, Alkmaar (Netherlands), Volos and Thessaloniki (Greece), Mikulov (Czech Republic), among others. Carles Trepat regularly performs around the world, in prestigious venues such as the Wigmore Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in , the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Teatro de la Maestranza in , Radio France in Paris, among many others. and has been invited in several festivals, just to name a few, the Granada Music Festival, the Shell Guitar Festival in Darwin (Australia), the Ibercamera, the Palau Euroconcert 100, in Barcelona, the Cadaqués Festival. As a soloist, he has performed with the Zagreb Soloists, the Orchestre Philarmonique de Montpellier, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Lyon Opera Orchestra, the London Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. John’s Smith Square and I Musici, under the baton of conductors like Enrique García Asensio, Leopold Hager, Friedemann Layer and Josep Pons. His interest in popular music brought him to arrange for guitar songs by maestro Quiroga and to collaborate with some of the best flamenco artists of the moment like Tomatito, Belén Maya, Israel Galván and Duquende. He has published several original pieces and transcriptions for guitar and his work “Homenaje a Baden Powell” was awarded at the Martinique Carrefour Mondial de la Guitare, in 1994. He has recorded several albums, including some dedicated to works by Mompou and Quiroga, and also one titled “El Albaicin”, featuring the world première recording of his solo guitar transcription of “Iberia” by Albéniz. Carles Trepat is used to play emblematic guitars by some of the most important historical luthiers: Santos Hernandez, Jose Pagés and Antonio de Torres.

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NORA BUSCHMANN (Sept. 6, 2017, 8:30 PM, Teatre Regina)

The -born guitarist Nora Buschmann began her musical education with Monika and Jürgen Rost at the Liszt School of Music, Weimar. Having received a scholarship from the Cultural Fund for Young Artists in Berlin, she continued her studies as a solo pupil of Hubert Käppel at College of Music. She went on to win national and international competitions and was awarded a scholarship by the German Council of Music. Masterclasses with virtuosos such as David Russell, Oscar Ghiglia, Thomas Müller-Pering and Carlo Domeniconi completed the formation of this highly talented classical guitarist. During a five-year stay in Greece, she immersed herself in traditional Greek music and taught guitar at various music conservatories. Nora Buschmann has since been engaged in a variety of musical activities. She is a regular soloist and tutor at leading international festivals, and her concert tours have taken her throughout Europe and . Composers such as Carlo Domeniconi, Sebastian Zambrana, Ricardo Cianferoni and Quique Sinesi have dedicated works to her. The two solo CDs, Suite Orientale, with pieces by Carlo Domeniconi and Dusan Bogdanovic, Live in Bern and Appassionata Latina received highly positive critical acclaim. One associates outstanding musicality and the highest degree of virtuosity with this classical guitarist from Berlin, who has already earned herself an international reputation with her expressive solo concerts. In addition to her refined playing culture, her elegant tone and highly nuanced performance, this winner of the German Music Council stipendium shows a remarkable sense of independence and extends the boundaries of classical guitar music with her in-depth knowledge of Mediterranean mentality, eastern European musical culture and Latin American joie de vivre. She reveals what she considers “music for life”, with a Brazilian choro and modinha, an Argentinean chacarera and a milonga. Nora Buschmann, sure-fingered in her expression, with outstanding sound, filled with elegance and fire, shows why she has won numerous international guitar competitions. And while the press describes this artist and her performances as “intelligent and sensitive” and “lively and spunky”, one must absolutely add attributes such as open-minded, grandiose and captivating.

10 JOSÉ ANTONIO ESCOBAR (Sept. 7, 2017, 8:30 PM, Teatre Regina)

José Antonio Escobar was born, in 1973, in Santiago de Chile, where he graduated with Top Honors after studying at the Conservatory of Music-University of Chile. Immediately after graduating, he continued to perfect his studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Augsburg, Germany with Grammy winner, Prof. Franz Halasz. Under the influence of his first master, the lutenist Ernesto Quezada, he became deeply interested in original ancient instruments from the guitar family. This motivated him to round out his studies by attending Early Music courses and master classes with renowned specialists such as , Eduardo Egüez, and Juan Carlos Rivera.

While he is greatly interested in ancient music, he has always felt at home when performing Contemporary Music. This has led him to commission, premiere and record works by renowned composers such as Angelo Gilardino, Clarice Assad, Javier Farías, Christian Vásquez and Javier Contreras. He has also devoted some time to studying and interpreting music with popular and folk influences from Latin America. In this regard, he has worked in various projects both as a soloist and as part of the guitar duo ‘Dúo Sudamericano’, along with Javier Contreras, the outstanding Chilean composer and guitarist.

Throughout a period encompassing almost 10 years, he obtained more than fifteen prizes in the most prestigious International Guitar Competitions today, such as Francisco Tárrega (Spain), Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil), Alirio Díaz (Venezuela), Forum Guitar Wien (Austria), Viña del Mar (Chile), Stotsenberg (USA), Alessandria (Italy), Alhambra (Spain), Guitar Foundation of America (USA), Julian Arcas (Spain), Karl Scheit (Austria), among many others.

As a soloist and chamber musician he has toured over 30 countries, covering almost all of Europe and the , as well as some North African countries, the Near East, Asia and Oceania. He has been invited to perform as a soloist with distinguished orchestras, namely Israel Camerata (Jerusalem), Orquesta de Extremadura (Spain), Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino (Italy), St. Michel Strings (Finland), State Academic Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov (Moscow), Hofer Symphoniker (Germany), and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile. He has also been invited to major concert halls such as the Brahms-Saal at the Vienna Musikverein, St John’s Smith Square and the Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall (London), Carnegie Hall (New York), Herbst Theatre in (San Francisco), Sala Cecilia Meireles (Rio de Janeiro), Teatro Monumental (Madrid), Teatro Teresa Carreño (Caracas), Sala Luis Angel Arango (Bogotá), Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Moscow), among others.

He has completed several recordings under the Naxos label, receiving impressive reviews from såpecialized media. He has also worked on several independent recordings both as an artist and producer. He is currently living in Barcelona, and he is constantly invited to not only perform at recitals but also share his expertise by giving master classes and lectures at major music festivals, courses, seminars and workshops in prestigious universities around the world.

11 DUO MARCO TAMAYO-ANABEL MONTESINOS (Sept. 8, 2017, 8:30 PM, Teatre Regina)

Anabel Montesinos, the youngest winner (at the age of 17 years old) of the Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition in Spain, is a leader figure on the classical guitar worldwide. Winner of many other major guitar contests like the Michele Pittaluga, Città di Alessandria, in Italy and the Andrés Segovia in Spain, Anabel Montesinos has performed concerts across the planet, made her debut at the Carnegie Hall in the year 2011, she performed several times at the Tchaikovsky hall in Moscow, and performed with orchestras such as the Philharmonic of Turin (Italy), the Philharmonic of Oulu (Finland), the Havana Philharmonic (Cuba) and the Philharmonic of Moscow (Russia). She has recorded for the label Naxos, and her first CD was chosen as a part of the music program for intercontinental flights by the British Airways. Anabel Montesinos is a Savarez Artist and she is used to play with Cantiga Blue strings on her Simon Marty’s guitar. She is also an Honor Citizen of the city of Solero, in Italy.

Marco Tamayo, the Cuban guitarist with Austrian citizenship, acclaimed as “Il Re della Chitarra” by the Italian newspaper La Stampa, is a winner of major international competitions. He also performed with well-known orchestras and conductors around the globe and, nowadays, he is a leading figure on the classical guitar world. Marco Tamayo is Professor at the Mozarteum University of Arts in Salzburg and at the Landeskonservatorium in Klagenfurt. He is also Guest Professor at the Music Academy in Gdansk, Poland, and he was a Professor at the Sydney University in Australia. His book called “Essential Principles for the Performance on the Classical Guitar” has changed the approach on this instrument and its teaching. Many of his students enjoy an international career. Besides, Marco Tamayo is artistic director of the Michele Pittaluga International Guitar competition in Alessandria, Italy. He is also an Honor Citizen of the city of Solero and Alessandria, both in Italy. Tamayo plays on a Simon Marty guitar. He is a Savarez artist, and he is used to play on Alliance Blue-Cantiga strings. Marco Tamayo is Chairman of the Marco Tamayo Edition, publishing house created in 2014, that has renewed the classical guitar editions up to our days.

The classical guitar duo Tamayo-Montesinos was born on the base of music and love. Both well-known soloists enjoy performing together and bringing the idea on stage, as Fryderyk Chopin said: “The guitar is the most beautiful instrument. Perhaps more beautiful than a guitar: two guitars!”. Original works and transcriptions, full of virtuosity, fun and Bel canto will be listened live!

12 EMERSON SALAZAR (Sept. 9, 2017, 8:30 PM, Teatre Regina)

First prize at the International Guitar Competition Miguel Llobet 2016.

Emerson Salazar (1983, San Felipe, Chile) is one of the most brilliant classical guitar players of his generation. First prize winner at the International Guitar Competition Miguel Llobet in 2016, XXXV Andrés Segovia Guitar Competition in 2010 and Luis Sigall Music Competition in 2012, he has delighted audiences in Europe and America through his solid technique and musicality.

In June 2013, he premiered John McLaughlin´s second guitar concerto “Europa” with the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, and Doron Salomon as conductor.

Emerson Salazar began his career as young musician in Chile, where he gave his first guitar recitals and started to appear regularly on radio and television programs. Later, this virtuoso participated in numerous premieres of solo guitar works and played with various orchestras in Chile.

Much of this work was carried out for free, with the purpose of bringing the guitar to all social circles. During this period, Emerson Salazar completed a bachelor degree in Music at the Pontifical Catholic University, Valparaíso, under the tutelage of professor Guillermo Nur.

In 2007 he was granted a scholarship by the Government of Chile to pursue a Master degree at Mozarteum University Salzburg, Austria, where he studied with the guitarists Eliot Fisk and Ricardo Gallén. In 2010, he received the Master degree with summa cum laude.

Since 2007, Emerson has kept an intense artistic activity with performances in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria and awards in different competitions such as Miguel Llobet 2008 guitar competition in Barcelona and Josefina Robledo Competition 2009 in Valencia.

Emerson Salazar currently lives in , Germany, a city full of culture and art, where he found a suitable environment to pursue his artistic work.

Prizes / Awards

1° Prize and audience prize. International Guitar Competition Miguel Llobet – Barcelona, Spain. 2016

13 1° Prize, best performance on obligatory work and audience prize. International Guitar Competition Dr. Luis Sigall – Viña del Mar, Chile. 2012 3° Prize. Alhambra International Guitar Competition – Valencia, Spain. 2012 1° Prize and best performance on Spanish music prize. Andrés Segovia Guitar Competition – La Herradura, Spain. 2010 1° Prize. Josefina Robledo Guitar Competition – Valencia, Spain. 2009 2° Prize and best performance on Llobet music prize. Miguel Llobet Guitar Competition – Barcelona, Spain. 2008 2° Prize and best performance on Chilean music price. Liliana Perez Corey Competition – Santiago, Chile. 2007 1° Prize. Darwin Vargas Competition – Valparaíso, Chile. 2005 3° Prize and best performance on chilean music prize. Liliana Perez Corey Competition – Santiago, Chile. 2003

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6. CONTACT & LINKS www.festivalsor.cat

Marcin Dylla video: https://youtu.be/5EbE_JYZ7xE Carles Trepat video: https://youtu.be/332PRT7hxWw Nora Buschmann video: https://youtu.be/7CLyPvJxgss José Antonio Escobar video: https://youtu.be/pXFugJgTT6I Duo Tamayo – Montesinos video: https://youtu.be/6Hu1-lpuc70

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