Alvaro Pierri

Austria / Urugvay

concert

Wednesday, March 13th | 21:00
Atrium of National Museum
master classes

Avaro Pierri is internationally acclaimed as a leading personality in the world of the guitar. He was born in Montevideo (Uruguay) in a family of musicians. From the age of 11 he was already winning prizes in several international guitar competitions.

Press reviews around the world praise his masterly thought-out interpretations... the breathtaking phrasing... and the unmached musical colour spectrum that he creates on the guitar.Pierri′s debut in the USA took place in New York and received outstanding reviews: ”Mr. Pierri revealed an artistic maturity not commonly encountered” ... ”compared to artists as Segovia, Bream, Williams”... ”brilliant, sensitive, versatile, breathtaking” (New York Times & Continental Reviews).Pierri is a regular guest at the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Contemporary composers such as L. Brouwer, G. Santorsola, J. Hétu, A. Piazzolla, A. Carlevaro, C. Domeniconi and T. Riley have written major works for him. His manifest love of chamber music has resulted in collaborations with nowadays major musical figures. His discography includes solo recordings, chamber music, guitar concerts and electro-acoustic music.

Several of his CDs have been honoured with prizes and nominations, he received already twice the coveted Canadian Felix award for the best classical CD of the year. Recently Pioneer Classics Japan brought out a DVD featuring Spanish and South American guitar music, and Deutsche Grammophon re-published a DVD with A. Piazzolla's Double Concerto, on which he performed in duo with A. Piazzolla. Alvaro Pierri is also an internationally acclaimed teacher who gives master classes at major music festivals worldwide.

He was a professor at the University of Santa Maria in Brazil and subsequently ran a guitar class at McGill University and the UQAM (Academy of Music) in Montreal.

In 2002 he was appointed professor at the famous Academy of Music in Vienna (today’s University of Music and Performing Arts).

web: www.alvaropierri.com