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Fabio Zanon - Saturday October 22th 2011, 8:00 pm - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Bourgie Hall - In co-production with Montreal's Guitar Society - Broadcast by Espace Musique, the musical radio of Radio-Canada-
Fabio Zanon is recognized as one the most all-embracing talents in the international guitar scene. His command of a vast repertoire that includes all the major works written for the guitar, more than 30 concertos and the championing of new works written expressly for him have set new standards of interpretation and contributed to change the perception of the guitar in the classical music scene.
Born in Brazil, he came to international prominence in 1996 when he was the first prize winner of two of the most prestigious ones – the 30th Francisco Tarrega Prize in Spain and the 14th Guitar Foundation of America GFA Guitar Competition in the USA – in a space of a few weeks. These were followed by a successful tour of 56 concerts in the USA and Canada and by the launching of his first three CDs. His recording of Villa-Lobos’ guitar works was hailed as a landmark and his debut recital CD on Naxos was chosen best CD of 98 by the guitar critic of Gramophone magazine. Since then he has been invited to play at venues like the Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, Musikhalle in Hamburg, Carnegie Recital Hall in New York, Verdi Hall in Milan and the São Paulo Hall and Rio Opera House in Brazil, and he has toured most European countries and returned regularly to North and South America.
In 2001 he was invited by the London Philharmonic to celebrate the centenary of Joaquin Rodrigo with a performance of the Concierto de Aranjuez. In 2002 he played for the first time in Russia, where his concerts at the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow and at the Philharmonie in St Petersburg met with immense success.
Amongst the many awards Fabio Zanon has received one should mention the Moinho Santista Prize, the major artistic and scientific award in Brazil (which had never been awarded to an instrumental performer before), in recognition to the major role he has played in the development of Brazilian music. Past winners of this prize include architect Oscar Niemeyer and writer Jorge Amado.Fabio Zanon's investigative and learned approach, refreshingly devoid of dry academicism, has opened up many possibilities for the guitar repertoire, both as a solo and as a chamber instrument. In the past few years every season has seen him première solo and orchestral contemporary works, unearth forgotten masterpieces from the past as well as perform the standards of the repertoire like Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos for new audiences, from Brazil to Australia and from Canada to the Middle East. Recent activity in the studio include his benchmark transcriptions of Scarlatti and Bach; soundtracks written by Luís Bacalov for films like Les Enfants du Siècle; première recordings of British music and the epic 12 Studies by Mignone, as well as many chamber music projects.
So, after six years of waiting, it is with great anticipation that we are looking forward to see him perform in Montreal. This concert will be held in the magnificient and brand new concert hall of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Bourgie Hall. It is an appointment not to be missed ! |
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