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World Renowned Classical Guitarist performs 海棠直播 this Friday
Posted by Christine Weber
This coming聽Friday, October 13,聽from 12:00 – 1:00, World Renowned will be performing a free noon time concert 海棠直播 Sylvania in the Little Theatre (CT201).
Mr. Kritzer has performed in concert halls from San Francisco, Frankfurt, Vancouver BC, Los Angeles, Sapporo, Washington DC, and Munich, to New York. He has been featured in Japan’s聽Guitar Magazine, England’s,聽Classical Guitar聽补苍诲听Guitar International聽as well as America’s聽Soundboard 补苍诲听Guitar Player magazines. He debuted to critical acclaim in London’s Wigmore Hall and New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall. IN 1996, he was chosen by then Senator Mark O. Hatfield to represent the State of Oregon in a performance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
In addition to his performing career, Mr. Kritzer is a highly sought after classical guitar instructor. His method is taught to both local students through private and informal workshops as well as to students across the United States, China, England, Norway, the United Arab Emirates, and Ireland through an innovative online format. Some of his students have won regional, national and international guitar competitions and have gone on to attend such notable institutions as The Julliard School, The Royal Conservatory of Music and Kritzer’s alma mater, The San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mr. Kritzer is a former instructor at both Reed and Lewis & Clark Colleges. His annual retreat, Classical Guitar Immersion, held at the Menucha Retreat Center on the bluffs of the Columbia Gorge in Oregon, draws classical guitar aficionados worldwide.
This Friday’s event is open to the public and is a required part of study for MUP applied lesson students in the Music Program 海棠直播. Mr. Kritzer will be performing a program of varied works for the guitar, from the Baroque to the Contemporary era.
Photograph by Hiroshi Iwaya