Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Xuefei Yang
$38 / $28
Johann Sebastian Bach — Lute Suite No. 3, BWV 995
Gioachino Rossini — William Tell Overture
Paco de Lucía — Reflejo de Luna
Enrique Granados — La Maja de Goya
Xu Changjun — Sword Dance
Heitor Villa-Lobos — Scottish Choro
Luigi Legnani — Selected works
Rossini – Willam Tell Overture (arr. Legnani)
Bach – Lute Suite in A minor, BWV 995
Xu Changjun – Sword Dance (arr. Xuefei Yang)
de Lucia – Reflejo de Luna
Granados – La Maja de Goya
Debussy – La fille aux Cheveux de Lin
Villa Lobos – Scottish Choro
Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the world's finest classical guitarists. Hailed as a musical pioneer, her fascinating journey began after the Cultural Revolution, a period where Western musical instruments & music were banned. Xuefei was the first-ever guitarist in China to enter a music school, and became the first internationally recognized Chinese guitarist on the world stage.
Xuefei Yang has won numerous prizes in international music competitions. She was awarded first prize in the Ivor Mairants Guitar Award by the City of London's Worshipful Company of Musicians, and won the Dorothy Grinstead Prize for a recital at Fairfield Hall, Croydon. Gramophone magazine praised Xuefei as one of the leading innovators of her generation for continuing to build the guitar repertoire. Xuefei is committed to commissioning new works and making her own arrangements, with a particular interest in adding Chinese music and chamber music, many of which have appeared on her recordings. Xuefei has received new works from composers such as Chen Yi, Stephen Goss, Timothy Salter, and Carlo Domeniconi. Xuefei has made many albums including several acclaimed recordings for EMI Classics. Her first recording received a gold disc and her second was selected Editor's Choice in Gramophone magazine.
“Feisty virtuosity, impeccable technique and sensitive musicianship” – The New York Times
Tickets: $38 ($28 students, seniors, SCGS members)
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall
200 University St.Seattle, WA 98101
United States