Sunday, February 11, 2018

3:00 PM

Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St, Philadelphia, PA

Admission: General $25.00; PCGS Member $10.00 Student/Senior $15.00

More information: https://pcgs.wildapricot.org/event-2588211

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Since his concert debut at the age of 6, Celil Refik Kaya has received high promised repetitions and accolades for his myriad accomplishments at an early age, winning First Prize in the 2012 JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition with the Buffalo Philharmonic; prizewinner of international guitar competitions including Sofia Bulgaria, Naxos Greece, Vienna, Istanbul, and throughout the United States, highlighted awards winner at top competitions such as 2012 Guitar Foundation of America (GFA), Indiana International Guitar Competititon, Boston Guitar Competition, Texas International Guitar Competition, Schadt String Competition, Philadelphia Guitar Competition, Texas International Guitar Competition, Indiana International Guitar Compeition and Boston Guitar Competition. In 2017 He has been awarded “Rising Young Musician of the Year” by the Donizettti Music Classical Awards in Istanbul.

Sunday, January 7, 3:00 p.m.

Settlement Music School, 416 Queen Street, Philadelphia PA 19147

Admission: General,$25.00; PCGS Member, $10; Student/Senior, $15.00

Iranian guitarist and composer, Behdad Moghaddasi, is the former chair of the guitar program at Theran Azad University, before immigrating the United States in 2000. Mr. Moghaddasi is the first Iranian solo guitarist to ever step on stage with Iranian Symphony Orchestras to perform Concerto de Aranjuez. He has also performed several solo concerts throughout the United States Canada,Germany, and England. Mr. Moghaddasi has been hailed as an innovator when it comes to composing music for classical guitar.

More information: https://pcgs.wildapricot.org/event-2588210

Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 5:00 PM

Admission Free, no tickets required

Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall, 4th Floor at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, New York, NY

Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo, Ensemble-in-Residence, Mannes School of Music, College of Performing Arts at The New School

Concert featuring VERY special Mannes guest alumnae and students:

•  Perri di Christina, mezzo-soprano
•  Jingyi Hou, violin
•  Yoonah Kim, clarinet
•  Lu Liu, violin
•  Boya Wei, soprano

 Music by

• Astor Piazzolla
• Manuel de Falla
• Robert Schumann
• Pablo de Sarasate
• Joaquín Rodrigo
• Gerardo Matos Rodríguez

Saturday, December 2, 2017, 8:00 p.m.

Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128

Tickets from $45

More information: https://www.92y.org/event/sharon-isbin

Sharon Isbin’s dazzling technique and lyrical interpretations have made her one of the true masters of classical guitar. She returns to 92Y with a continent-hopping program including selections from Howard Shore’s gorgeous, evocative score for Martin Scorcese’s The Departed and a revisiting of Tan Dun’s Seven Desires for Guitar, with its captivating blend of Chinese and flamenco influences. Isbin gave the world premiere of the work — which Tan Dun composed for her — on the 92Y stage in 2002.

She will be joined by one of the classical guitar world’s rising stars, Colin Davin, who studied with Isbin at Juilliard, and who American Record Guide called “The real thing — a player with a virtuoso’s technique, a deeply expressive musicianship, and a probing imagination.”

The program will also include a selection of Spanish and Latin American classical guitar pieces, making for a concert sure to be filled with brilliance, color and rhythmic fire.