HCMC – Guitar Recital with Gabriel Bianco

Thu 22 May 2014, 8 pm
IDECAF

From the organizer:

Come to a guitar recital with Gabriel Bianco.

Beside his young age, Gabriel Bianco has established himself as one of the most active guitarists of his generation. His constantly-updated repertoire comprises both original works and transcriptions covering all periods of classical music.

An eight-time First Prize winner at the most prestigious international competitions (notably at Vienna 2006, San Francisco 2008, Madrid 2011), Gabriel Bianco gives recitals all over the world (Tchaïkovsky Hall in Moscow, Central Conservatory of Beijing, Herbst Theatre at San Francisco, The Luis Angel Arango Library at Bogota, The Centre Culturel of Sao Paulo, at Bucharest with the Romanian National Orchestra, the Auditorium of the Music Academy at Poznan, among others). He has also performed at around fourty international guitar festivals (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Greece, Russia, Thailand, India, Peru, etc).

His first CD was released in 2009 by the Naxos label. It received high praise in the musical press, Classical Guitar Magazine, Guitare Classique, and La Guitarra. He made the cover of Thai Guitar Magazine.

He teaches at the Maurice Ravel Conservatory (13th district) and the Jean-Philippe Rameau Conservatory (6th district) in Paris.

Program

Francesco Da Milano, Fantaisie – De Mon Triste – La Compagna
Napoléon Coste, Fantaisie Dramatique – Le Départ, Le Retour
Agustin Barrios, Julia Florida – Choro da Saudade – Valse n°4
Niccolo Paganni, Grande Sonate pour Guitare – Romanze, Andantino Variato
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonate BWV 998 (extraits) – Prélude, Fugue
John Duarte, Variations sur un thème Catalan
Joaquim Turina, Sonate pour Guitare – Allegro, Allegretto Tranquillo, Andante, Finale : Allegro Vico

Tickets

Entrance: 100.000 VND (50% discount for students)
Tickets on sale at the IDECAF (Tel : 08 38 23 99 68)

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Gabriel Bianco performs at L’Espace Hanoi on Tue 20 May.