Acclaimed classical guitarist Gallen to play at JCSM

AUBURN, Ala.-- Ricardo Gallen Garcia, the internationally acclaimed classical guitarist, will be performing at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Friday, September 12, 2008 at 7:00pm. Tickets are available at the door for $5 for JCSM members and $10 for non-members. This event is sponsored by the Chatahoochee Valley Guitar Society.

Gallen Garcia has given recitals and played in concerts under the direction of well-known conductors such as Maximiano Valdes, Juan Jose Mena, Monica Huggett or Seirgiu Comisiona throughout Europe and America. He has recorded many works for the state radio and televisions in Spain, Finland, Belgium, Romania, Germany, Cuba, Mexico, Poland, Chile, South Korea, Hungary and Bulgaria. Presently on the market are his first four records recorded for NAXOS, in which he performs music by Giuliani, Brouwer, Takemitsu, etc., as well as all of the concerts for guitar and orchestra by the Spanish master Joaquin Rodrigo. His first recording was among NAXOS' 50 top-selling records for 2001, and received sensational reviews in the specialized press.

Presently Professor at the University of Extremadura in Spain and Professor Assistant of Prof. Fisk at University Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, Gallen Garcia is often invited to give master classes in many universities around the worldwide.

Open since 2003, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University is Alabama’s only university art museum. Serving as the gateway into Auburn University, the museum is home to many pieces of culturally significant art. The collection includes 100 Audubon prints, a rare group of more than 40 Tibetan bronzes dating back from the 14th century and works by important American artists, such as Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keeffe and Lyonel Feininger. The museum rotunda hangs a three-tiered, hand-blown glass chandelier created especially for the museum by internationally-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly. The beauty continues onto the grounds of the museum with fifteen acres of gardens, walking paths and water features, complete with an eleven and a half foot tall brass sculpture, Spinoff, created by Auburn alumna Jean Woodham.

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