Ruben Romero's fascination with the guitar started at the age of seven, after seeing a flamenco dance performance in Taos, New Mexico. A New Mexico native, his interest was further fanned when he saw flamenco guitarists on the "Ed Sullivan Show."
He began studying guitar at age II and later, inspired by the musical interests of his older brothers, he studied flamenco guitar in Spain. In the following years, Romero became a mainstay of the New Mexico music scene and began releasing a series of recordings that merged traditional flamenco with classical and jazz guitar. Romero regularly joins other flamenco artists in public performances and private juergas. He has also appeared with the Denver Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra and has been the subject of a musical documentary aired nationwide on PBS, called 'Simple Treasures' ...
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Christopher Parkening is ranked as one of the world’s preeminent virtuosos of the classical guitar. The Washington Post cited, he is “the leading guitar virtuoso of our day combining profound musical insight with complete technical mastery of his instrument,” and The Los Angeles Times wrote, “Parkening is considered America’s reigning classical guitarist, carrying the torch of his mentor, the late Andrés Segovia.” The great Spanish guitarist Segovia proclaimed that “Christopher Parkening is a great artist—he is one of the most brilliant guitarists in the world.”
Christopher has performed around the world, including such prestigious places as Carnegie Hall and the White House. His television appearances include the Grammy® Awards, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and 20/20. He has recorded 20 albums, and earned two Grammy® nominations in the category of “Best Classical Recording.” He recently received the University Musical Society's "Distinguished Artist Award" for 2003 at the Ford Honors Program. He founded the classical guitar department at Pepperdine University, and holds the Christopher Parkening Chair in Classical Guitar as Distinguished Professor of Music ...
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Duo, a classical guitar duo performing new transcriptions of works by composers such as Beethoven,
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Guitarplayers: Robert Wetzel and Fred Benedetti.
Robert Wetzel born of Dutch, Indonesian, and Chinese lineage, began serious study of the classical guitar at age fifteen with Darryl Saffer at Southern Methodist University. While still in his teens, he was a performer in the guitar master classes of Christopher Parkening, Oscar Ghiglia, the guitar duo of Ako Ito and Henri Dorigny, Robert Guthrie, and Pepe Romero.
In 1972, he began private studies with Angel Romero that continued for several years ...
Fred Benedetti was born in Sasebo, Japan and began playing the guitar at age 9. In 1986 he was one of 12 guitarists chosen worldwide to perform in the Master Class of Andrés Segovia at USC where Guitarra Magazine wrote, "...Fred Benedetti amazed the audience with his performance of the (Bach) Chaconne..." He has also been a performer for the master classes of Pepe Romero, Christopher Parkening, Federico Moreno-Torroba, George Sakellariou, and David Grimes. Fred has performed in the United States, England, Germany, the Czech Republic, Canada, Taiwan and Mexico and locally with the San Diego Symphony, the San Diego Opera, the Starlight Opera, the American Ballet Company, the Old Globe Theatre, Luciano Pavarotti, and jazz artist Dave Brubeck ...