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Guitarist A Publication of the Minnesota Guitar Society • P.O. Box 14986 • Minneapolis, MN 55414 MARCH/APRIL 2008 VOL. 24 NO. 2 SundinSundin HallHall ConcertsConcerts Thomas Viloteau classical guitar GFA winner from France Friday March th pm Paulo Bellinati and Monica Salmaso Guitar and voice duo from Brazil Saturday April th pm Also In This Issue Local Artist Series concerts by Weaver & Richter duo and Chris Olson; Olson masterclass article; Youth Guitarathon update; more News and Notes Minnesota Guitar Society Board of Directors Newsletter EDITOR OFFICERS: BOARD MEMBERS: Paul Hintz PRESIDENT Joe Haus Mark Bussey PRODUCTION Steve Kakos VICE-PRESIDENT Joanne Backer i draw the line, inc. Annett Richter ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Joe Hagedorn David’s Print Shop Daniel Sturm DISTRIBUTION TREASURER Jim Campbell Kuan Teoh Todd Tipton MANAGING DIRECTOR Paul Hintz Todd Tipton Web Site Production SECRETARY Alan Norton Brent Weaver Amy Lytton <http://www.mnguitar.org> Minnesota Guitar Society The Minnesota Guitar Society concert season is co-sponsored by Mission Statement Sundin Hall. This activity is made To promote the guitar, in all its stylistic and cultural diversity, possible in part by a grant from the through our newsletter and through our sponsorship of Minnesota State Arts Board, through public forums, concerts, and workshops. an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and a grant from To commission new music and to aid in its the National Endowment for the promotion, publication, and recording. Arts. Matching funds have been To serve as an educational and social link between amateur and provided by General Mills, AT&T, professional guitarists and the community. and Ameriprise Financial. To promote and help create opportunities for Minnesota guitarists and players of related instruments. To reserve tickets for any Sundin Hall concert, call our phone line at 612-677-1151 and leave a message. As a member of the Minnesota Guitar Society, you receive ticket discounts on all MGS-sponsored events, a year’s subscription to the Guitarist and the opportunity to place free classifieds in each issue. To join the Minnesota Guitar Society, please fill out the information on this coupon and mail it to: Minnesota Guitar Society, P.O. Box 14986, Minneapolis, MN 55414 ❐ Student $15 ❐ Family $30 ❐ Sponsor $200 - $499 ❐ Regular $25 ❐ Patron $50 - $199 ❐ Benefactor $500 + ❐ Renewing ❐ New Member NAME __________________________________________________________ ADDRESS _______________________________________________________ CITY ________________________ ST ______________ ZIP _________ 2 guitarist Concert Spotlight: Thomas Viloteau orn in Paris in 1985, Thomas Viloteau began his musi- cal education at age 12 in Port St. Louis, France. In Thomas Viloteau: Classical Guitar Masterclass B1998, he entered the Escuela de Música Juan Pedro Saturday March th to pm Carrero in Barcelona, Spain, where he also participated in MacPhail Center for Music numerous masterclasses with Alvaro Pierri. Two years later, Antonello Performance Hall he entered the Conservatorio Superior de Música de S nd St downtown Minneapolis Barcelona, where he studied with Joan Furio. $ general admission at the door / free to MacPhail families In 2001, Copresented with MacPhail Center for Music Viloteau Visit wwwmacphailorg for more info received a scholarship to the Fondation arts council. Today the GFA is the largest multinational guitar Zigmund organization, providing serious guitarists worldwide a full Zaleski to range of educational, literary, and performance resources and study under opportunities. The GFA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational the direction of and literary organization and is devoted to furthering the Alberto Ponce knowledge of and interest in the guitar and its music. Learn at the Ecole more about the GFA and its activities at their website, Normale in www.guitarfoundation.org. Paris, where he Winners of the GFA International Solo Competition over graduated with the past 26 years have included Antigoni Goni, Denis a Diplôme Azabagic, Martha Masters, and MGS Artistic Director Joseph Supérieur de Hagedorn. Many have been featured in our Sundin Hall Concertiste in concert series. The first prize winner receives a one-CD 2004. Entering recording contract with Naxos and tour sponsorship. As the the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris 2006 winner of the competition, Viloteau embarked in that same year, Viloteau studied in Roland Dyens’s class September of 2007 on a seven-month concert tour of over 50 while also working with Judicaël Perroy and participating in cities in the US, Canada, and Mexico. His Sundin Hall concert masterclasses with Rolf Lislevand and Manuel Gonzales. comes as he nears the end of this marathon. The program will Viloteau has performed in Italy, Spain, Sweden, France, feature selections from his Naxos CD, which will be available and Germany. He has placed first in at the concert. In the words of Glyn Pursglove, reviewer for Musicweb several competitions, including the Thomas Viloteau: Concert Program Salou guitar competition (Spain), the International, “This is one of the most Rito de los Orishas by Leo Brouwer Segovia international competition in enjoyable and rewarding recorded Triaela by Roland Dyens Linares (Spain), the Ville d’Antony guitar recitals that I have heard in Cavatina by Alexander Tansman international competition in Paris, quite some time. It would merit top Sonata Op by Alberto Ginastera and the Mottola competition in Italy. marks (if MusicWeb went in for In 2006, he received first prize in the anything so crude as marks out of ten) Guitar Foundation of America competition. for repertoire, for recording quality, for documentation and Founded in 1973, the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) for the technique and musicianship of the performer.” is America’s leading guitar organization. The GFA provides Join us on March 14th to hear this exciting young artist, and its members the combined advantages of a guitar society, a make plans to attend his masterclass the next day at the new library, a publisher, a continuing educational resource, and an MacPhail Center for Music in downtown Minneapolis. Sundin Hall Season-Ending Concert Directions to Sundin Hall on the Our annual classical guitarathon Hamline U Campus From I head north on Snelling Avenue in St Paul featuring new and long-time MGS friends and members past University Avenue to Hewitt Avenue Turn Saturday, May 17th, 8 pm right Sundin Hall is on your left a halfblock east of Details in the next issue of the newsletter. Snelling Free parking is available one block past Join MGS today and get the news mailed to you! the hall in lots off Hewitt (on your right) or See the form on page 2. off Pascal ( block north) march / april 3 Concert Spotlight: Bellinati and Salmaso n Saturday, April 5th, we’re very excited to present a Costas Cotsiolis, Quaternaglia, Badi Assad, The Assad concert by guitarist Paulo Bellinati and vocalist Brothers, Cristina Azuma, Shinichi Fukuda, and Carlos OMônica Salmaso, two of Brazil’s most acclaimed Barbosa Lima. In 1988, Bellinati won first prize for composi- artists. Their previous Sundin Hall concert, in fall of 1999, tion with his solo guitar piece “Jongo,” at the 8th Carrefour was a sold-out triumph many of us are still talking about! Mondial de la Guitare in Martinique. In 1996, John Williams Their return should be no less spectacular. recorded “Jongo” (in an arrangement for two guitars) for his album The Mantis and the Moon. Paulo Bellinati In 1998 and 2000, The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet recorded Born in São Paulo in 1950, Paulo Bellinati is one of Brazil’s Bellinati’s “A Furiosa” and “Baião de Gude” on the albums most accomplished contemporary guitarists. He studied L.A.G.Q. and Air & Ground. In 1998, Bellinati recorded his first classical guitar with Isaias Sávio and graduated from the video in the US, Brazilian Guitar Virtuoso, performing and Conservatory Dramático e Musical of São Paulo. From 1975 discussing his compositions. The video was produced and to 1980, Bellinati lived in Switzerland, continuing his musical distributed worldwide by Mel Bay Publications. studies at the Conservatory of Geneva and teaching at the A more recent project, released in 2002, is Paulo Bellinati Conservatory of Lausanne. He also performed with his own Plays Antonio Carlos Jobim. This Mel Bay video/DVD features group in many European jazz festivals including the Bellinati’s arrangements of some of the masterpieces of the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Ozone Jazz in Neuchâtel, and the great Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. Festival du Bois de La Batîe in Geneva. Bellinati’s active international career has taken him to Mônica Salmaso Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Besides performing solo Born in São Paulo in 1971, Mônica Salmaso has emerged as concerts and giving masterclasses in many international one of the best young voices among the new talents of Brazil. guitar festivals, he also tours with the American bassist Steve She started her musical career singing in a comedy directed Swallow, the Brazilian singer Mônica Salmaso, the Brazilian by the award winning Gabriel Villela. flutist Antonio Carrasqueira, and some top European Besides her music studies in São Paulo, Salmaso has musicians including Renaud Garcia-Fons, Jean-Louis recorded and performed with important Brazilian artists like Matinier, Lucilla Galeazzi, and Antonio Placer. He has both Edu Lobo, Eduardo Gudin, José Miguel Wisnik, Marlui recorded and performed with these and other important Miranda, Guinga, Nelson Ayres and the Jazz Symphonic artists including Carla Bley, Gal Costa, Leila Pinheiro, João Orchestra of São Paulo. Bosco, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Edu Lobo, Chico Buarque, She was one of the soloists on the album Cançes de Ninar by and the Pau Brasil group. In 1994, he won the prestigious Paulo Tatit and Sandra Peres. The CD won Brazil’s “Prêmio Prêmio Sharp, Brazil’s equivalent of a Grammy, for arranging Sharp—95” award as Best Recording for Children. the selections on Gal Costa’s CD O Sorriso do Gato de Alice.