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After purchasing your ticket, a streaming link will be sent to you by email. This link will be valid between 20 February 2021, 14:00 (PST) and 28 February, 2021, 23:45 (PST) to stream the performance video on one device at a time of your choosing. Tickets will be available for purchase until 28 February 2021, 10:00 (PST).
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ADRIAN VERDEJO
Premieres February 20 at 2pm PST
Streaming link valid until February 28 at 2pm PST
Adrian Verdejo offers up new and recent works for solo guitar
Join Vancouver-based guitarist Adrian Verdejo for a special premiere performance of works for solo guitar. The concert includes world premieres of Chains (2020) by Wolf Edwards and Punkt not punked (2020) by Peter Hannan. Also on the program are recent works by Diego Lozano Verduzco, Julia Mermelstein, and Rodney Sharman as interspersed with electroacoustic intermezzi by Adrian Verdejo.
Originally programmed as part of Vancouver New Music’s 2019-20 season, the concert was regretfully postponed due to the pandemic. Determined to bring this fantastic program by one of Vancouver’s finest guitarists to the public, this concert has been rescheduled and reimagined for an online format.
Reflecting this upcoming performance Verdejo comments that since the pandemic upended the original plans for this concert presentation, he has “been exploring ways of remaining creative and sharing music with audiences remotely. My focus has pivoted from strictly performing works by composers on guitar, to include new methods of sound design in recordings of both Classical, and electronic music. The composers featured on this concert have inspired me to explore new paths on my instrument, and to evolve to another mode of creating music with less emphasis on the guitar. Interwoven through the program are short electro acoustic compositions of mine created during the lockdown using various instruments, electronics, and processed sounds.”
Featuring two world premieres and a host of recent works, this concert promises to be a special treat delivered in the hands of one of Canada’s most virtuosic guitarists.
PROGRAM
Rodney Sharman, For Guitar (2016) 9m
Diego Lozano Verduzco, Cáscara (2015) For guitar & tape 11m
Wolf Man Edwards, Chains (2020) For solo guitar and electronics 12m*
Peter Hannan, Punkt not punked (2020) For electric guitar and electronics 15m*
Julia Mermelstein, Falling (into the unknown) (2015) For electric guitar 10m
*World premiere commissioned by Adrian Verdejo with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.
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