Event

Jose Luis Rodriguez - Flamenco Master from Spain

Corvallis Guitar Society Presents: Jose Luis Rodriguez - Flamenco Master from Spain to perform a solo guitar recital in Corvallis.

José Luis Rodríguez is an award-winning flamenco guitarist, composer, and performer whose original compositions and performances blend traditional and experimental instrumentation delivered with an emotional brio that is without parallel. Rodriguez has recorded several classic and experimental albums, accompanied important figures in flamenco song and dance, and composed original scores for dance, film, and performative art installations.

Among his most notable works are compositions created for Ballet Cristina Hoyos, Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, Belen Maya, Juan Carlos Lerida, Ramon Oller and the 2015 collaboration with LA Philharmonic and Maestro Gustavo Dudamel in collaboration with Antonio Canales, Farruquito and Siudy Garrido (artistic director) in Amor Brujo. Additionally, Rodriguez just recently debuted his latest work "Avalon" - Suite for Flamenco Guitar and Orchestra at the Miami-Dade Auditorium.

"His playing was as expressive as a human voice. hypnotic, complex, constantly changing". by Jordan Levin (Miami Herald)

"Traditional flamenco strums, beats, and pauses leapt from his strings in a rousing mixture. Unlike the more constant cadences of Western pop, the rhythms of flamenco are the rhythms of life. Impatient heels or snapping fingers can demand attention while sweeping arms can caress a silence like the pause before a kiss". by R.E. Dinlocker Special Correspondent (Sun Sentinel)