Curtis on Tour: Guitar Quartet

A vibrant collision of global sounds, cultures, and sonic textures

GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist and Curtis faculty member Jason Vieaux, internationally renowned violist and Curtis president and CEO Roberto Díaz (Viola ’84), and emerging professional artists from Curtis present a thrilling program for guitar and strings. A vibrant collision of global sounds, cultures, and sonic textures, the program begins with Spanish composer and pianist Manuel de Falla’s Suite populaire espagnole, followed by a fiery, crowd-pleasing set featuring two selections by Argentinian legend Ástor Piazzolla, Histoire du Tango and an arrangement of Oblivion, by Piazzolla specialist and bandoneon virtuoso Julien Labro.

The concert continues with acclaimed Curtis alumnus Zhou Tian’s (Composition ’05) 10-minute musical journey inspired by classical Chinese landscape paintings, Red Trees, Wrinkled Cliffs, and closes with Niccolò Paganini’s masterful Guitar Quartet in A minor, No. 15, M.S. 42, itself inspired by the expressive Romantic lyricism and jaw-dropping virtuosity of 18th century Italian opera.