About me: THE MANITOBA CLASSICAL GUITAR DUO (CD Release Party)*featuring guitarists Michael Daher and Skender Sefa
June 28, 2008 SATURDAY at 8 pm
Manitoba Museum - Planetarium Auditorium 190 Rupert Ave.
Tickets $20/$15/$10
Please Call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or more info.
************SKENDER SEFA SOLO CLASSICAL GUITAR CD************
SKENDER SEFA - plays
Brouwer, Dyens, and Tarrega.
FRANCISCO TARREGA (1852-1909)
Capricho Arabe
La Alborada
ROLAND DYENS (b.1955)
Trois Saudades No.3
I- Rituel
II- Danse
III- Fete et Final
Tango en Skai
LEO BROUWER (b.1939)
El Decameron Negro
I- El Arpa del Guerrero
II- La Huida de los Amantes por el
Valle de los Ecos
III- Ballada de la Doncella Enamorada
Elogio de la Danza
I- Lento
II- Obstinato
Hika-In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu
***Recorded at Goodfellas Studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the assistance of Manitoba Film and Sound.
Email
skender@shaw.ca
to purchase CD.
Produced by Michael Daher
GFI Masterworks (GFI 11002)
Guitar: Anselmo Solar Gonzalez
1970 Madrid, Spain.
ABOUT ME
I am a professional classical guitarist based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Recent performance highlights include two performances with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in October of 2006 as a featured soloist in the WSO's prestigious Masterworks series performing Osvaldo Golijov's "Oceana" and three performances with the WSO and the Manitoba Opera Association performing Verdi's "Otello" in April 2007, as well as a full length recital for the Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society in June of 2007.
***UPCOMING PERFORMANCES include two concerts with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra on APRIL 23rd and 24th 2008 at the MTS Center, and a full length recital for the Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society (DUET CD RELEASE PARTY) on Saturday JUNE 28th, 2008 at the Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium at 8 pm.
I completed my studies in Classical Guitar Performance at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Music under professor Ryszard Tyborowski and have enjoyed a successful career as classical guitarist ever since.
I have performed in masterclasses with some of the best classical guitarists in the world including Leo Brouwer(Cuba), David Russell (Scotland), Roland Dyens (Paris), Fabio Zanon (Brazil), Denis Azabagic (Bosnia), Pia Gazarek-Offermann (Germany), Ricardo Cobo (Columbia), Alexander Dunn (Victoria), Alvin Tung (Toronto) and Norbert Kraft (Canada).
At the prestigious Domaine Forget Music and Dance Academy in Quebec, I studied under renown classical guitar pedagogues Bruce Holzman (USA)and Jean Valliers (Quebec) and Patrick Roux (Ottawa).
As a student, I was awarded the Best Overall Performance Award at the 1999 Winnipeg Music Competition Festival by adjudicator Alexander Dunn (Victoria) and was awarded the Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society Scholarship Prize by Ian Hodges (Winnipeg). In 2000, I was again awarded the Best Overall Performance Award at the Winnipeg Music Competition Festival this time by adjudicator Fabio Zanon (Brazil) and again won the Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society Scholarship Prize and was a finalist in the prestigious Lawrence Genser Performance Competition.
I currently teach classical guitar for the University of Manitoba Faculty of Music Preparatory Division and the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts and hold the position of Vice President of the Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society.
In recognition of my career in classical guitar performance I have received awards from both the Canada Council for the Arts and the Manitoba Arts Council.
**********************NEWS***********************
***NEW DUET CD to be released by GFI Masterworks in 2008. The Manitoba Classical Guitar Duo (featuring Skender Sefa and Michael Daher)
***NEW CHAMBER MUSIC CD to be released by Marquis Records Label in 2008. Skender is a featured artist on renown
Winnipeg composer Sid Robinovich's upcoming new CD "Sepharad".
***Concert with the WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 23, 2008 at 7pm at the MTS Center.
***Concert with the WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 24, 2008 at 7pm at the MTS Center.
***Full length recital for the Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society on June 28, 2008 at the Manitoba Museum at 8 pm.
Rodrigo Muñoz *with special guests. (CD Release Party) December 1, 2007 SATURDAY at 8 pm Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium 190 Rupert Ave. Tickets $20/$15/$10 Please Call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or more info.
*special guests: Erika Donald - cello Skender Sefa - guitar Hector Leon valenzuela - charango
Although much more well known as the leader and percussionist of the popular Winnipeg Latin-Jazz Ensemble "Papa Mambo" Rodrigo Hernan Muñoz Carrasco is an acomplished guitarist who studied under Harold Micay in the early eighties. Rodrigo released in 2004(under his own label) a classical guitar CD entitled "A Mis Padres", and he is currently working on his second CD which will feature his own arrangements of well known and loved afro-latin classics. Rodrigo is also a teacher who cares deeply about his students and their studies.
The Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society 2007 - 2008 24th Anniversary Concert Season
International Artist Concert Series Roland Dyens (Paris) October 6, 2007 SATURDAY at 8 pm Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium 190 Rupert Ave. Tickets $25 Call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or more info.
International Artist Concert Series Pia Gazarek-Offermann (Germany) November 3, 2007 SATURDAY at 8 pm Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium 190 Rupert Ave. Tickets $20/$15/$10 Please Call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or more info. Thanks.
Banner Artist Concert Series Rodrigo Muñoz *with special guests (CD Release Party) December 1, 2007 SATURDAY at 8 pm Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium 190 Rupert Ave. Tickets $20/$15/$10 Please Call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or more info. Thanks.
Banner Artist Concert Series Kurt Tittlemier *with special guests January 12, 2008 SATURDAY at 8 pm Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium 190 Rupert Ave. Tickets $20/$15/$10 Please Call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or more info. Thanks.
International Artist Concert Series Thomas Viloteau (Paris) February 2, 2008 SATURDAY at 8 pm Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium 190 Rupert Ave. Tickets $20/$15/$10 Please Call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or more info. Thanks.
International Artist Concert Series Duo Melis (Spain/Greece) *featuring guitarists Susana Prieto and Alexis Muzurakis April 19, 2008 SATURDAY at 8 pm Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium 190 Rupert Ave. Tickets $20/$15/$10 Please Call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or more info. Thanks.
Banner Artist Concert Series Ryszard Tyborowski *with special guests May 24, 2008, SATURDAY at 8 pm Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium 190 Rupert Ave. Tickets $20/$15/$10 Please Call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or more info. Thanks.
Banner Artist Concert Series The Manitoba Classical Guitar Duo *featuring guitarists Michael Daher and Skender Sefa (CD Release). Ju
UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL ARTIST CONCERT - Roland Dyens(Paris) - classical guitar virtuoso - October 6, 2007 at 8 pm at the Manitoba Museum Planetarium Auditorium.
Tickets $25 (call 667-5250 or 775-0809 for tickets or info)
