David Burgess, a classical guitarist who is establishing a reputation as one of today's outstanding guitarists, will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday in the North Dakota Museum of Art at the latest in the museum's ongoing concert series.
Tickets are available at the door or in advance, $15 for nonmembers, $13 for members, $5 for students and military and free for children middle-school age and younger.
Burgess has won top honors in international music competitions including the Ponce International Competition in Mexico City, the Guitar '81 Competition in Toronto, and the 31st International Music Competition in Munich.
Burgess began studying guitar at the Estudio de Arte Guitarristico in Mexico City with the eminent Argentine guitarist Manuel Lopez Ramos. He later earned a Diploma di Merito while receiving a full scholarship at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. After earning a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Washington, he was appointed guitar instructor at both the University of Washington and the Cornish Institute of the Arts in Seattle.
He has performed solo recitals to critical acclaim throughout North America and South America, Europe and the Far East. As an orchestral soloist, he has performed with the American Chamber Orchestra at Kennedy Center, the Philharmonia Virtuosi and other orchestras throughout the United States.
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Now living in North Carolina, Burgess has performed in Town Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, and at Lincoln Center. He has recorded for Musical Heritage Society, Athena and Camerata Records as well as having recorded Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" with the Philharonia Virtuosi of New York on the CBS Masterworks label.
The program will feature "Fantasia XL," Luis Milan; "Fantasia X," Alonso Mudarra; "Sonata in D," Mateo Albeniz; "Cordoba," Isaac Albeniz; "Moleque de Gantois," Raphael Rabello; "Brazil," Baden Powell; "Virginia," Mario Casas Auge; "Seis por Derecho," Antonio Laura; "La Comparsa," Ernesto Leucona; "Son del Barrio," Eduardo Marin; "Adios Nonino," Aster Piazzolla; "La Misionera," Fernando Bustamente.
