Thursday 2nd December 2004, at 8.00 pm City Hall Concert Hall
Alvaro Pierri was born in Montevideo, Uruguay to a musical family and was taught from an early age music and guitar. He completed his studies at the Uruguayan National Institute of Musicology and under Abel Carlevaro and Guido Santorsola. He participated in international guitar competitions where he won numerous first prizes including the gold medal and first prize at the 18th Paris International Guitar Competition, Radio France. Alvaro Pierri now teaches at the University of Quebec in Montreal, at McGill University and at Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well as conducting masterclasses and participating in festivals across the world. Professor Pierri pursues a very active career as a soloist and with orchestras and chamber groups playing troughout Europe, Japan and North and South America. He has given world premiers of works by composers such as Brouwer, Santorsola, Carlevaro, Rougier, Gonzales and others, many of these specially composed for him. As a chamber musician he has performed with numerous artists such as Astor Piazzolla, felow Uruguayan guitarist Eduardo Fernandez and Leo Brouwer. His discrography includes 12 CDs and his recordings have been nominated five times for the coveted FELIX award for the best classical CD of the year, a prize which he has won twice. Programme Isaac Albeniz Preludio 1860-1909 Zorzico Capricho Catalan Sevillanas Dusan Bogdanovic Mysterious Habitats 1955 Abel Carlevaro Dos Preludios 1918-2001
Leo Brauwer Hommage to his 65th anniversary 1937 Prelude Tarantos El Decameron Negro
* Huida de los amantes por el valle de los ecos * Ballada de la doncella enamorada Danza Intermission Johann Sebastian Bach Triosonata V - BWV 529 - guitar and piano 1685
?1750
- Allegro
- Largo - Allegro Mario Castelnuovo �Tedesco Fantasia opus 145 for guitar and piano 1895
?1968
- Andantino (quiet and dreamy) - Vivacissimo (leggiero e volante)
Luigi Boccherini Introduction and Fandango - guitar and piano
MASTERCLASSES Professor Pierri will conduct a guitar workshop plus masterclasses to take place at TOM LEE MUSIC THeatre 1, Cameron Lane, Tsim Sha Tsui, as follows:
Attendance to this Workshop-Masterclasses will be free of charge for those completing attendance to all 9 sessions of the workshop but enrollment is necessary and a deposit of HK500 will be required, sum which will be refunded in cash to each person attending the full workshop. Those wishing to attend only some of the sessions of the workshop can do so having enrolled and paid this deposit, but the Chopin Society will not refund the money, in those cases the HK500 will be kept by the Chopin Society of HK. These regulations will not apply to those traveling from outside Hong Kong, no deposit will be required taking into account the expenses involved in traveling and accommodation. For information and enrollment, please send your particulars and inquiries to the Chopin Society of Hong Kong at afreris@netvigator.com or by fax: 2810-0465. Simultaneous translation will be provided by Kenneth Kwan All enquiries and correspondence should be addressed to: Dr. Anabella Levin-Freris, Executive Secretary, The Chopin Society of Hong Kong, 16/A, Kennedy Heights, 10-18 Kennedy Road, Mid-levels, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2828 0837 Fax: (852) 2810 0465 E-mail: afreris@netvigator.com Mobile: 9027 1429
The HK$ 500 should be paid in the following account: HSBC Account name: The Chopin Society of Hong Kong, Account Number: 002-7-365782
The Deposit Slip should be sent to the address above preferably with some information to include: Name: Address: Tel: Fax: E-mail: Very brief CV:
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