The Music of Spain and South america

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Award-winning guitarist Christopher Berg returns to Charlottesville to present his third area recital of classical guitar music on the grounds of the University of Virginia at the University Chapel (next to the Rotunda) at 8:00 pm Saturday, April 4, 2009. For ticket information and advanced ticket reservations call 434-973-0115.

The concert will feature music of Spain and South America. The entire second half will consist of music by Isaac Albeniz on the occasion of the centenary of his death in 1909. Other composers will include Agustin Barrios and Francisco Tárrega, who also died in 1909.

Christopher Berg has performed hundreds of recitals and concerto appearances throughout the United States, including some of the country’s most prestigious venues.

He received his training at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, in master classes with Andrés Segovia at the University of Southern California, and at the Schola Cantorum Basilensis in Switzerland.

The National Endowment for the Arts has honored him as a recipient of a Solo Recitalist Fellowship and the South Carolina Arts Commission has awarded him two Solo Artist Fellowships.

Christopher Berg is a professor of music at the University of South Carolina where he directs the classical guitar program. In 2008 the university awarded him a Carolina Distinguished Professor endowed chair. His students have won top prizes in regional and national competitions.

The Pilgrim Forest, his recent recording of original compositions for solo guitar, has been released on Laughing Heart Records. Critics have praised it as “a journey through a new geography… nothing less than radiant and compelling,” (The State) and an “uncharted forest of music that is free-flowing, vibrant, expansive and modern -- even postmodern.” (The Free Times).

He is the author of Mastering Guitar Technique and Giuliani Revisited (Mel Bay Publications).

www.Christopherberg.com