Henrique Carvalho, guitar

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024, 11:30 AM Cabaret Theater | Staller Center for the Arts

PROGRAM

Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839)

Sonata op. 15 (Edited by Henrique Carvalho)

Federico Moreno Torroba (1891 - 1982)

Madroños

H.Villa Lobos ( 1887 - 1959)

Preludes 1 and 5
Etude n.3

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ( 1895 - 1968)

Tarantella op.87

Intermission 10min
Edino Krieger (1928 - 2022)
Passacalha para Fred Schneiter

Celso Machado ( 1953)**

Choro Eterno

João Luiz ( 1979 )*

Prelude n. 2
Improviso n. 3

Sergio Assad ( 1952)**

South Loop

Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)

Night Club 1960
Concert d’aujourd’hui

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the Master of Musical Arts degree.
Henrique Carvalho is a student of João Luiz
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Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839) One of the great gures in the history of the guitar, Fernando Sor was an all-
round musician and composer. Later in life, he composed music for voice, piano, orchestra, etc. Sor
settled in London where he published his celebrated set of studies now known as Op. 6, the Variations on
a Theme of Mozart Op.9, and many other works. In Paris, he worked as a guitar teacher composing many
works for beginners such as Op. 31, 35, and 60 – which have been called the nest works ever written for
guitar beginners. His Sonata Op. 15 is one of his early examples of a classic sonata form, and it is striking
that unlike most of his contemporary guitar composers, this is a single-movement work.

Federico Moreno Torroba (1891 - 1982) Torroba divided his talents between composing, conducting and
music impresario. He wrote a great deal of symphonic and instrumental music and became a prominent
composer of Zarzuelas (comic Spanish Operas). Most of his orchestral works have been neglected, but his
guitar music on the other hand has been part of the core repertoire of the instrument for almost a century,
thanks to his close association with the great Andrés Segovia. Madroños is a ne example of Torroba’s
mid-period- truly Spanish in rhythm and character, making great use of the most expressive qualities of
the guitar.

Heitor Villa-Lobos ( 1887 - 1959) Brazilian composer regarded as the most signi cant creative gure in
20th-century Brazilian art music, Villa-Lobos’ productionVilla-Lobos developed a unique compositional
style in which contemporary European techniques and elements of national music are combined. His
music was in uenced by both Brazilian folk music and elements from the European classical tradition, as
exempli ed by his Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bachians) and his Chôros. His Twelve Etudes for
Guitar (1929) were dedicated to Andrés Segovia, while his 5 Preludes (1940) were dedicated to his
partner Arminda Neves d'Almeida "Mindinha". Both are important works in the classical guitar repertory.

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ( 1895 - 1968) Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was an Italian composer, pianist,
and writer. He was known as one of the foremost guitar composers of the twentieth century, with almost
one hundred compositions for the instrument. In 1939 he immigrated to the United States and became a
lm composer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for some 200 Hollywood movies. He also wrote concertos for
Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky. At the 1932 festival of the International Society of Contemporary
Music, held in Venice, Castelnuovo-Tedesco rst met the Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia. The meeting
inspired Castelnuovo-Tedesco to write for the guitar, beginning with his Variazioni attraverso i secoli
(Variations à travers les siècles) (Variations through the centuries), Op. 71 (1932), and later his Guitar
Concerto No. 1 (1939). Tarantella Op.87 is a lively work that requires great technical command from the
player.

Edino Krieger (1928 - 2022) Edino Krieger was a Brazilian composer, conductor, record producer, and
musical critic. During his career Krieger composed over 150 pieces, including songs (notably Vinicius de
Moraes' "Fuga e antifuga"), incidental music, and lm scores. Among his best-known works is the 1972
suite "Canticum Naturale", in which the orchestra recreates Amazonian natural sounds. In addition,
Krieger’s catalog includes several works for symphony and chamber orchestra, oratorio, and chamber
music.
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His compositions have been performed frequently in Brazil and abroad.
Passacalha para Fred Schneiter was commissioned as a set piece for the Fred Schneiter guitar competition
in Rio. The piece follows a traditional passacaglia form, with several variations that feature extended
techniques such as percussive hits on the body of the guitar and ngerboard.

Celso Machado ( 1953 )Born in Ribeirão Preto (part of São Paulo state in Brazil), Celso Machado studied
classical guitar with Watson Brito. ln 1972, while pursuing his studies, he played in night clubs for very
famous Brazilian singers. He started his international career in 1982 in Great Britain, then in Italy and
Germany. Machado is a highly skilled player in a variety of styles such as samba, chôro, baiao, and frevo.
He is active as a teacher, composer, and recording artist. As a performer, he has collaborated with
guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad, Badi Assad, Romero Lubambo, Yamandu Costa, Cristina Azuma, Peter
Finger, and Solorazaf and has been an opening act for Brazilian jazz musicians including Gilberto Gil and
Bebel Gilberto. The piece Choro Eterno was written and dedicated to Henrique Carvalho as part of his
participation in the Guitar Foundation of America’s (GFA) inaugural mentorship program.

João Luiz ( 1979 ) Two-time Latin Grammy nominee guitarist, educator, and composer, João Luiz began to
play the popular music of his native Brazil professionally during his childhood and was later trained in
classical guitar by his mentor Henrique Pinto. Winner of the 2006 Concert Artists Guild Competition as a
member of the critically acclaimed Brasil Guitar Duo, João has performed extensively in the United
States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. His versatility led him to be chosen to collaborate with Yo-Yo
Ma and Carlos Prieto on a project to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer
in a landmark concert in Cuba in 2014. As a performer and composer, João is equally at home with
classical, Brazilian, and world music; his solo guitar, guitar ensemble, and chamber music repertoire
covers all the main works in the guitar literature from Dowland to Berio and virtually most of the
Brazilian rhythms. Eager to expand the repertoire of his instrument João has commissioned and premiered
works written for him by Sérgio Assad (24 studies), Leo Brouwer (Sonata n.7 and Sonata n.10), David
Leisner, Ronaldo Miranda, Mariel Mayz, Sebastian Zubieta, Marco Pereira, David Sampson, and Frederic
Hand. João is the director of chamber music at CUNY Hunter College and also teaches guitar at Stony
Brook University and Mannes College. He is a recipient of the prestigious 2023 CUNY Feliks Gross
Award in recognition of his outstanding scholarship. Luiz’s Harp Concerto Recife written for Bridget
Kibbey was premiered by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in 2019. His concertino for guitar and
strings MadriAfro I premiered in New York with the São Paulo Chamber Soloists in 2022. Recent
commissions include works for the USC Thornton School of Music guitar department, NYC Master
Chorale, Duo Amaris, GFA, and Duo Sonidos.

Sergio Assad ( 1952 ) One of the most important guitar composers of our time, Sergio Assad has
concentrated most of his efforts on building a repertoire for the guitar duo as a member of the celebrated
Assad Brothers duo. He has extended the possibilities of the two-guitar combination through his
arrangements of Latin American music by composers such as Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, and Ginastera as
well as Baroque works by Scarlatti, Rameau, Soler, and Bach. As a composer Assad has completed more
than one hundred works for guitar, many of which have become standards in the guitar repertoire. His
"Aquarelle" for solo guitar was chosen as the required contemporary work for the 2002 Guitar Foundation
of America Competition in Miami.
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In 2007, he wrote the set piece for the 2008 Guitar Foundation of America Competition named "Valsa de
Outono". Assad's orchestral compositions include the ballet "Scarecrow", the concerto "Mikis" for guitar
and strings, and "Fantasia Carioca" for two guitars which he and his brother Odair premiered. Sergio
Assad has taught master classes in conservatories, universities, and music schools in the US, Europe,
Latin America, Japan, and Australia. The piece South Loop was written for and dedicated to Henrique
Carvalho as part of his participation in the Guitar Foundation of America’s (GFA) inaugural mentorship
program.

Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992) was an Argentine musician, a virtuoso on the bandoneón (a square-built
button accordion), who left traditional Latin American tango bands in 1955 to create a new tango that
blended elements of jazz and classical music. He was a major Latin American composer of the 20th
century.

* New York Premiere

** Pieces dedicated to Henrique Carvalho

Special Guest: Stephanie Bonk, violin