Agustín Maruri

Riverbank Arts Centre Newbridge
Thursday 12th June 2003
8.00pm (Tickets €10 / €8)
Booking 045 448333|

boxoffice@riverbank.ie

Agustín Maruri will be enchanting his audience at the Riverbank with the sound of the Spanish Guitar on Thursday 12th June at 8.00pm.

Maruri, who performed in the Riverbank in June of 2002 is an award winning acclaimed master of the acoustic guitar and has toured worldwide with his music. He performs works from both classical and modern composers.

In the recital’s programme tonight, he will be performing works ranging from an 11th Century Irish March, Six Renaissance Lute Pieces by Chilesotti, folk pieces by John W Duarte, two pieces by 19th Century Catalan composer Jose Vidas and Maruice Ravel’s Pavane to name but a few.

Maruri has given concerts across the world, and has performed in some of the must illustrious concert venues. He has given masterclasses as invited Professor at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, the Cork School of Music, the New Delhi School of Music and the Peking Superior Conservatory.

In 1999, Maruri began a series of recordings for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, using the original historical instruments from the Museum’s collection.