Scott Kritzer
Romance and the Guitar
Saturday, March 1, 8 p.m.
Evans Auditorium

The concert is a featured Family Weekend event

From concert halls in London, New York, Frankfurt and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., classical guitarist, Scott Kritzer will perform works from his compact disc Romance for Guitar. Please join us for this CD release concert featuring works by Turina, Villa-Lobos, de Falla, Tarrega and others.

Romance for Guitar features many of the popular works that bring the aficionado to the instrument. “These are some of my first loves; works that brought me to the instrument.” Kritzer states. Some of these pieces were works he honed while studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In fact, the sojourn of this project brought him back to one of his main teachers, Michael Lorimer. “I felt it important to reconnect not only with these works but with one of the greatest influences on my career.” Michael invited Kritzer back to his studio in New York and the two resumed the intense work that resembled those early days. “It was fantastic – he brought me back to some very important principles that I had forgotten and showed me some new approaches to technique and interpretation”, Kritzer says. Three weeks after his return Kritzer began recording Romance for Guitar.

Guitarist Scott Kritzer has been actively touring for the past three decades across two continents, including performances in virtually ever major American city and critically acclaimed performances in New York's Carnegie Recital Hall, London's Wigmore Hall and Lutheran Hall in Sapporo, Japan, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Mr. Kritzer performed for the California Center for the Performing Arts in Escondido. Other performers on that series included Itzhak Perlman, Ivo Pogorelich, Cecilia Bartoli and the Emerson String Quartet. Mr. Kritzer's performance was sold out eight months in advance. Mr. Kritzer has been featured in Japan’s leading classical guitar magazine, Gendai Guitar, the London based magazines Classical Guitar and Guitar International, as well as in America’s Soundboard and Guitar Player magazines. Mr. Kritzer was also chosen to represent his State of Oregon in a performance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

In addition to an active performing and recording career Mr. Kritzer is a highly sought after teacher. Some of his past students have gone on to attend such notable institutions as The Julliard School, The Royal Conservatory of Music in London, and his alma mater, The San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In addition, some of his past students have won regional, national and international guitar competitions. His popular ‘E-Learning Program’ has put students from around the world in touch with Mr. Kritzer. Through private interaction over the internet his studio now reaches China, Ireland, Norway, and all across the United States. His Classical Guitar Immersion has become a popular event. Kritzer recently returned from his first annual East Coast Classical Guitar Immersion in conjunction with his performance at Tupelo Hall in New Hampshire. The Third Annual WEST COAST Classical Guitar Immersion takes place this summer at Lewis & Clark College from June 15th-June 22nd, including Kritzer’s ‘Father’s Day Concert’.

Tickets
$15 general; $10 seniors; $5-LC community (students, employees, alumni and visiting parents) Available at the Lewis & Clark College Bookstore, or at the door.

For further ticketing information, contact Michael Ford, Associate Vice President for Campus Life, 503 768-7216