Concierto de Aranjuez - Campolindo Orchestra

Campolindo Orchestra - Concierto de Aranjuez

Thursday, February 23, 2012,  7:30PM

Campolindo Performing Arts Center, 300 Moraga Road, Moraga

Admission Complimentary

Featuring:

Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra by Joaquin Rodrigo

with Guest Artist, Steve Lin performing.

The music of Joaquin Rodrigo is steeped in the music and culture of his native Spain, from Baroque music of the early Spanish church to folk melodies and traditional Spanish folk instruments, especially the guitar. The Concierto is one of the most popular instrumental concertos of the 20^th century.

Also on the program:

The Marriage of Figaro Overture, W.A. Mozart

Holberg Suite    Edvard Grieg

Harvey Benstein, Music Director and Conductor

Maestro Benstein has announced his retirement from Campolindo High School effective in June, join him and the musicians at Campolindo for one of the final performances of his tenure.

Guest Artist Biography

Steve Lin has concertized throughout the United States, Italy, the Philippines, and Taiwan. He is praised by Classical Guitar Magazine as “a confident player with a powerful sound, quick hands, and a solid musical memory” and praised by American guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk as a performer who “plays with an innate and uncommon elegance”. He was the first prize winner at the Boston GuitarFest Competition and the East Carolina Guitar Competition. He has two albums on VGo Recordings: Eliot Fisk Series Vol. 1 and Imagen. Steve founded Boston Guitar Project, which organized over 20 community performances annually throughout Greater Boston. Now living in the San Francisco Bay Area, he continues outreach and educational performances through South Bay Guitar Society.

At present, Steve is the guitar area coordinator at San Jose State University. He earned his masters from Yale School of Music and is completing his doctorate from New England Conservatory under Eliot Fisk. During his free time he spends many hours in the kitchen and plays an occasional table tennis. Learn more about Steve Lin from his website at: http://www.linguitar.com/about.html