Łucasz Kuropaczewski | International Artist Series
Concert Program
www.lukaszguitar.com

All-Star Celebration Concert to honor John Olson
Concert Program

Commemorating 17 Years of John Olson's presidency with the NYC Classical Guitar Society. Performances by Gohar Vardanyan, Frederic Hand, Rupert Boyd, Benjamin Verdery, João Luiz Quartet, and Nicoletta Todesco conducting the NYC Guitar Orchestra.

Hao Yang | Salon Series - New York debut
Concert Program
www.haoyangguitar.com

Lovro Peretic | International Artist Series

Laura Snowden | International Artist Series
https://www.laurasnowden.co.uk/

Mak Grgic | International Artist Series
https://makgrgic.com/

Benjamin Verdery with the Ulysses String Quartet | International Artist Series
https://www.benjaminverdery.com/
https://www.ulyssesquartet.com/

Cristina Galietto | Salon Series
https://cristinagalietto.com/en/home_en/

Dale  Kavanagh  | International Artist Series
https://kavanagh.de/

Stephanie Jones | Salon Series
https://stephaniejonesguitar.com/home

Cicchillitti-Cowan Duo | Salon Series
https://augustinestrings.com/artist/cicchillitticowanduo.html

David Leisner | International Artist Series
https://davidleisner.com/

An Tran | Salon Series
https://www.antran.org/

Xuefei Yang | International Artist Series
http://www.xuefeiyang.com/

Andrew York | International Artist Series
https://www.andrewyork.net/

Jiji | International Artist Series
https://jijiguitar.com/

Alan Mearns | Salon Series
https://www.alanmearns.com/

Patterson/Sutton Duo | Salon Series
https://celloandguitar.com/

Raphaella Smits | International Artist Series
https://www.rsmits.com/

Rene Izquierdo | International Artist Series
https://www.reneizquierdoguitar.com/

Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet | International Artist Series
https://quaternaglia.com.br/en/home-english/

Mateusz Kowalski | Salon Series
https://www.mateuszkowalskiguitarist.com/

Irina Kulikova | International Artist Series
https://irinakulikova.com/

Diálogos Duo | Salon Series
https://boukas.com/dialogos-duo

Laura Snowden | Salon Series
https://www.laurasnowden.co.uk/

Judicaël Perroy | International Artist Series
https://www.judicael-perroy.com/

Gohar Vardanyan | Salon Series
https://www.goharvardanyan.com/

Zoran Dukic | International Artist Series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoran_Duki%C4%87

Steve Cowan | Salon Series
https://stevecowanmusic.com/

Guitar Plus | International Artist Series
Renowned guitarist/composer David Leisner, with guitarists Benjamin Verdery and João Luiz and vocalists Courtenay Budd, Devony Smith, and Janna Baty, in a celebration of Mr. Leisner’s 65thbirthday, featuring three of his song cycles for voice and guitar.

Yenne Lee | Salon Series
https://yennelee.com/

Jesse Flowers | Salon Series
https://www.jesse-flowers.com/

Beijing Guitar Duo | International Artist Series
https://www.beijingguitarduo.com/

Luigi Attademo | Salon Series

Frank Wallace and Nancy Knowles | Salon Series

Fabio Zanon | International Artist Series
https://en.fabiozanon.com/

Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo: 40th Anniversary Retrospective | International Artist Series
https://www.guitarduo.com/

Guitar Plus: Serenades and Premieres with David Leisner and Friends | International Artist Series
https://davidleisner.com/

Sheu Pettit Duo | Salon Series

Binelli-Diaz Duo: Piazzolla Revisited | Salon Series

Brasil Guitar Duo | International Artist Series
https://www.brasilguitarduo.com/

Duo Noire | Salon Series
https://www.duonoire.com/

Alvaro Pierri | International Artist Series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Pierri

Boyd Meets Girl | Salon Series
https://www.boydmeetsgirlduo.com/

Andrew York | International Artist Series
https://www.andrewyork.net/

Daniel Lippel | Salon Series
https://danlippel.com/

Marco Sartor | Salon Series
https://marcosartor.com/

Guitar Plus: David Leisner and Michael Kelly | International Artist Series
https://davidleisner.com/

Marcin Dylla | International Artist Series
http://www.marcindylla.com/

Meng Su | International Artist Series
https://www.mengsu.com/

Carlos Barbosa-Lima | International Artist Series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Barbosa-Lima

Ian O’Sullivan | Salon Series
https://augustinestrings.com/artist/ianosullivan.html

Celil Refik Kaya | Salon Series
https://www.celilrefikkaya.com/

Colin Davin | Salon Series
https://colindavin.com/

Benjamin Verdery | International Artist Series
https://www.benjaminverdery.com/

Junhong Kuang | International Artist Series
https://www.junhongkuang.com/

Angel Romero with the Aeolus Quartet | International Artist Series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Romero_(guitarist)

Simon Powis | Salon Series
https://simonpowis.com/

Pablo Sáinz Villegas | International Artist Series
https://www.pablosainzvillegas.com/

Stephen Robinson | Salon Series
https://www.srclassicguitar.com/

Xuefei Yang | International Artist Series

Zaira Meneses | Salon Series
https://zairameneses.com/

Duo Luz Ana | Salon Series

Bradley Colten | Salon Series
https://bradleycolten.com/

Mak Grgic | Salon Series
https://makgrgic.com/

Adam Holzman | International Artist Series
https://www.adamholzman.net/

Raphaella Smits | International Artist Series
https://www.rsmits.com/

Solduo | International Artist Series
https://www.soloduo.it/

Denis Azabagic | International Artist Series
https://www.azabagic.com/

Duo Roldán | Salon Series
Ana Ruth Bermúdez (cello), Rene Izquierdo (guitar)

Lily Afshar | Salon Series

Berta Rojas | International Artist Series
https://www.bertarojas.com/en/

João Luiz and Hye-Jin Kim | Salon Series

Arc Duo | Salon Series

Eduardo Fernández | International Artist Series
https://augustinestrings.com/artist/eduardofern%C3%A1ndez.html

jason vieaux| International Artist Series
https://jasonvieaux.com/

Martha Masters | International Artist Series
https://www.marthamasters.com/

Gohar Vardanyan | Salon Series
PONCE Suite in A minor (in the style of Weiss)
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Un Sueño en la Floresta
SAINZ DE LA MAZA Andaluza
ALBÉNIZ Sevilla (from Suite Española, Op. 47)
ARCAS Fantasía para guitarra (on themes from La Traviata)
RODRIGO Invocación y Danza
MERTZ Fantasie Hongroise, Op. 65, No. 1

Nylon Wound | Salon Series
PARISI Collage, Suite Mexicana
BRUBECK Two-Part Adventures
RAMEAU First Book of Harpsichord Pieces
GERSHWIN Preludes
ADAM Giselle

Tali Roth | Salon Series
BARRIOS Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios
REISS Se Ela Perguntar
MEDINA Malagueña (adaption by Tali Roth)
ALBENIZ Asturias
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez, second movement
PIAZZOLLA Milonga del Angel, Liebertango

Ana Vidović | International Artist Series
https://www.anavidovic.com/

Duo Transatlantique | Salon Series
BELLINATI Jongo
COSTE Grand Duo
PIAZZOLLA Tango Suite
TIERSEN Three pieces from the film Amélie
PETIT Tarantelle

David Leisner | International Artist Series
https://davidleisner.com/

Roland Dyens
As is his custom, Mr. Dyens began his program with an improvisation and announced his program from the stage over the course of the concert.

Pavel Steidl - New York debut
PAGANINI Selections from Sonatas and Ghiribizzi
J.S. BACH Chaconne
ZANI DE FERRANTI Six melodies Nocturnes, Op. 4(a) and Fantasie Caprice, Op. 4

Yamandu Costa
COSTA Samba pro Rafa, Mafuá, Elodie, Choro Loco, Bem Vindo, Sembeco, Sarará, Ana Terra, ElNegro Del Blanco, and Cuyana
MONTANA Suíte Colombiana No. II — Porro
PIXINGUINHA Carinhoso

Grisha Goryachev
SABICAS Con Garbo y Salero (Farruca)
SANLÚCAR Los Caireles (Zapateado); Oracion (Rondeña)
ESCUDERO Impetu (Bulerías)
LECUONA Malagueña
AMIGO Morente (Granadina)
LUCÍA La Barrosa (Alegrías); Monasterio de Sal (Colombiana); Fandango; Cepa Andaluza (Bulerías)
RIQUENI Cagancho (Siguiriya); Brisas (Guajira)

Scott Tennant
SAINZ DE LA MAZA Campana del Alba
WEISS Sonata No. 35
RODRIGO Tiento Antiguo and En los Trigales
JOHANSON Magic Serenade
HEAD Fanfare and Chant
TORROBA Suite Castellana
TARREGA Recuerdos de la Alhambra

William Kanengiser
FALLA La Danza del Molinero
SOR Fantasie Elegiaque, Op. 59
TARREGA ¡Marieta! (Mazurka); Lagrima (Preludio); María (Gavota)
BROUWER Cancion de Cuna; Danza Característica
BARTÓK Sonatina
BOGDANOVIC Three African Sketches
HAND Missing Her
HEAD Sketches for Friends
FUJII Concierto de Los Angeles (with guitar orchestra of students from Mannes College, ManhattanSchool of Music, and The Juilliard School, directed by
Scott Jackson Wiley

VIDA Guitar Quartet - New York debut
BELLINATI Baião de Gude
TURINA La oración del torero
FALLA El amor brujo, El sombrero de tres picos
ATTAINGNANT Six Dances
BIZET Carmen Suite

Brasil Guitar Duo
PIAZZOLLA Zita
RAMEAU Gavotte and Variations
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Prelude and Fugue in C# minor; Fandango en Rondeau
DEBUSSY The Little Shepherd; Golliwogg’s Cakewalk; Serenade for the Doll
LORA Valse and Posludio
LOBO Casa Forte and Zanzibar
BANDOLIM Noites Cariocas and Doce de Coco
GISMONTI Sete Aneis
PEREIRA Bate Coxa

Frederic Hand
HAND Differencias sobre Cantigas de Santa Maria, El Rey de Francia, For Julian Bream, Prayer,Heart’s Song, Sephardic Songs, Trilogy (Third Movement), Artie’s Song, Child’s Play (world premiere),Missing Her, For Gene Bertoncini, Samba
STILES Come Away Death
NELSON Stolen Moments
COREA Crystal Silence

Jorge Caballero
J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue, BWV 849; Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
BERG Sonata, Op. 1: Mäßig bewegt
DVORAK Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 “From the New World”

Duo Erato
PETIT Toccata
PASQUÍNI Sonata in D minor
FRANCK Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Prelude and Fugue No. VII in C-sharp minor; Prelude and Fugue No. IV inE Major
IANNARELLI Siete Pinturas de Frida Kahlo
SOR L’Encouragement, Op. 34
GANGI Suite Italiano

Carlos Barbosa-Lima
SANTÓRSOLA Prelude and Modinha
VILLA-LOBOS Chôro No. 1
ALMEIDA Batuque
NAZARETH Carioca and Odeon
DOMINGUEZ Frenesi
BROUWER Guajira Criolla and Danza del Altiplano
LECUONA Siempre en Mi Corazón and La Comparsa
MADRIGUERA Adíos
JOBIM Luiza*, Chovendo na Roseira*, Samba do Aviao, and A Felicidade*
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Chôro da Saudade and País de Abanico
FUENTES La Bikina
PIXINGUINHA Nunca Te Olvido, Naquele Tempo, and Cochichando
* with Lawrence Del Casale, guitar

Dennis Koster
RICARDO La Farruca
SABICAS Granadinas y Zambra
ESCUDERO Homenaje a Ramón Montoya, Impetu
DE LUCÍA Mi Inspiracíon
SABICAS and ESCUDERO Siguiriyas con Saetas
TÁRREGA Fantasy on Themes from La Traviata
SCHUMANN Arabesque, Op. 18
ZYMAN Tres Piezas para Guitarra
KOSTER Dos Homenajes

Paul Galbraith
HAYDN Sonata for Keyboard, Hob. XVI:8
EBEN Tabulatura Nova—Rhapsodic Variations
J.S. BACH Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007
PONCE Variations and Fugue on “La Folia”

Eden Stell Guitar Duo - New York debut
J.S. BACH Concerto in D minor (BWV 974)
BROUWER Per Suonare a Duo
BOWERS Fantasy on an Old English Melody
MOMPOU Cancíon y Danza Nos. V, IV, IX
HOUGHTON Wave Radiance
RODRIGO Tonadilla
RYAN Bazaar!

Andrew York
YORK Letting Go, Skerries, Avenue of the Giants, Call, Woven Harmony, Lament, Marley’s Ghost,Kinderlight, Sunburst
J.S. BACH Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major

Gyan Riley
J.S. BACH Suite for Lute, BWV 997
RILEY Uspavanka for Téa, Sonata Quasifantokastica, Etudes 1–4
VILLA-LOBOS Etudes Nos. 8 and 7
WOOD/MELLIN My One and Only Love
BONFA Black Orfeus

A Tribute to Gene Bertoncini

Jorge Morel
Selections announced from the stage, including:
Two Paraguayan Dances
GERSHWIN Someone to Watch Over Me

Frederic Hand
HAND Three Sephardic Songs, A Waltz for Gene Bertoncini (world premiere), and Samba
NELSON Stolen Moments
RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Princess
Gene Bertoncini and Frederic Hand
J.S. BACH/ZINDARS Presto from Lute Suite No. 3/How My Heart Sings

Dennis Koster
SABICAS and ESCUDERO Variaciones de Granadinas
KOSTER Plyrhythmic Etude after Scriabin, Tremolo Etude after Brahms, Homenaje a Carmen AmayaGene Bertoncini and Dennis Koster
BADEN POWELL Canto de Ossanha

Gene Bertoncini
CHOPIN/LEWIS/REINHARDT Excerpt/Django/Nuages
BOWMAN East of the Sun
CHOPIN/JOBIM Prelude (excerpt from Op. 28, No. 4)/O Insensatez
PUCCINI Nessun Dorma
BERGMAN, BERGMAN and GRUSIN Love Like Ours

Gene Bertoncini and Paul Meyers
WALLER Jitterbug Waltz
JOBIM Chega de Saudade

Arc Duo
IBERT Entr’acte
LEISNER Acrobats
ADASHI Songs of Kabir
PINKHAM Nocturnes
DYENS Traveling Sonata

Brasil Guitar Duo
SCARLATTI Sonata L. 305
J.S.BACH Concerto No. 3 in D minor, BWV 974
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 199
LORA Valsa (U.S. Premiere)
PIAZZOLLA Zita
DJAVAN Maria das Mercedes, Serrado
LOBO Valsa Brasileira
GISMONTI Seis Aneis
BANDOLIM Doce de coco, Noites cariocas
BELLINATI Bom Partido

David Pavlovits
DOWLAND Can She Excuse?, Forlorn Hope Fancy, and A Fancy
RÓZSA Soanta for Guitar
ALBÉNIZ Cádiz and Sevilla
PAVLOVITS Hungarian Sketches
GINASTERA Sonata for Guitar

Ana Vidovic
SOR Introduction, Theme & Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9
TORROBA Suite Castellana and Sonatina
ALBÉNIZ Asturias
PONCE Sonatina Meridional
SULEK The Troubadour’s Three
BARRIOS MANGORÉ La Catedral

Raphaella Smits
BROUWER Tres Apuntes
HENDERICKX In deep silence
WALTER La Guitarra
J.S. BACH Second Violin Partita, BWV 1004

William Kanengiser
SOR Grand Solo, Op. 14; Elegiac Fantasy, Op. 19
AGUADO Fandango, Op 16
GIULIANI Rossiniana No. 6, Op. 124
RODRIGO En los Trigales, Tiento Antiguo, and Fandango
HAND Missing Her
HEAD Sketches for Friends
DOMENICONI Koyunbaba

Rene Izquierdo
NARVAEZ Cancion del Emperador and Guardame las Vacas
SCARLATTI Sonata in G Major, K. 149; Sonata in G Major, K. 14
J.S. BACH Chaconne
CROWE Sid’s Swagger
PIPO Cancion y Danza
RIVERA Whirler of the Dance
SAINZ DE LA MAZA Rondeña, Petenera, and Zapateado
SAUMELL Los Ojos de Pepa and La Caridad
CERVANTES Adios a Cuba and Los Tres Golpes
ROJAS Guajira a Mi Madre

Tali Roth Trio

Flamenco Festival

Roland Dyens

A Tribute to Aaron Shearer

A Tribute to Jorge Morel

Frederic Hand and David Leisner