Alicante distinguishes the mastery of Manuel Barrueco

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“Alicante is one of the most important places for me and one of the places that supports me the most. I have many friends here and it is an honor and a pleasure to receive this award.” Cuban-born guitarist living in the USA Manuel Barrueco, a distinguished figure in the Blue Room of Alicante City Council, First Prize Alicante Classical Guitar.

This award is a sculpture in the form of a guitarist made of brass by the sculptor. Miguel Banuls awarded and Spanish Guitar Art AssociationIt aims to open a way of thanks and recognition to the most outstanding international guitarists who have committed to the Master’s Degree in Classical Guitar Performance in Alicante, and this year, in Alicante, which celebrates their ten editions. 116 students from 40 different countries.

baroque pearl Collaborated as teacher every year in Alicante and therefore Master “closely connected” for this guitarist Since its first edition in 2013As highlighted by Alicante Ignatius RhodesThanks to Barrueco for the felt involvement of the whole team, the president of the association and the academic director of the Master “proud and privileged”. Association Vice President, louis cornogave him his statue “art and heart”.

AWARD TO MANUEL BARUECO DAVID’S REVENGES

Manuel Barrueco (Santiago de Cuba, 1952) He is internationally recognized as one of the most important guitarists of our time. He has recorded a dozen recordings for the EMI label and ten for Tonar Music, playing in some of the most prestigious venues in the world, and performing as a soloist in major orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra or the Boston Symphony. He is currently a professor at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States.

“It is a great pleasure for me to be in Alicante with so many talented students. I always enjoy talking about music and guitar.from the work of the person, because at a concert one cannot explain anything, but share this with them, i love it and if you can improve them a bit more, great. Reminding his first performances with the Alicante Concert Ensemble and emphasizing the importance of the guitar in Alicante, the winner said, “I feel that I have many friends here.” “Internationally, it’s nice to have such a focus, a place that cares so much about the guitar.”

Regarding his relationship to the guitar, the instrumentalist described it as: “in love” Ever since I was a kid, they say, “You can’t choose who you fall in love with, and I guess that’s it, I’m in love with the guitar. It’s beautiful and at this age -69 years old-“ I see the beauty in many things I’ve never seen before: voice, repertoire, how to get guitar…”

Interpretation of UA Guitar Master students DAVID’S REVENGES

Cultural Consultant, Anthony Manresa stated that the Alicante City Council showed its “admiration” for it. “universal instrumentalist” after praising his mastery “superior and graceful musicianwith a seductive voice and an unusual lyricism.” “His teaching shows us the way and makes us proud and It’s a privilege to make you a world ambassador Alicante Guitar Master,” he added.

Rodes remembers hearing Barrueco’s interpretation of works by Albéniz and Villalobos for the first time in 1981, through a cassette tape; Shortly after seeing it play at a concert in Paris, “and I could see it conveying the same magic in a live concert”. Regarding the transcendence of the Cuban-American instrumentalist, Rodes, “new musical approach to guitar works”always with serious, consistent and unprecedented possibilities” “extraordinary influence on many generations of guitarists” which represents “a before and after in the recent history of the guitar”.

The event featured a mini-concert of four students from the current edition of The Master: Anatacio Enríquez, Brandon García, Arturo Vera, and Andrew Stevenson, who performed the piece grays and suns, Argentina’s Maximo Diego Pujol

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