Guitarist Shin-Ichi Fukuda concert and masterclass

Posted on Jan 22, 2013

WHAT | Guitarist Shin-Ichi Fukuda Concert & Master Class
WHEN | Concert: 26 January 2013, Saturday (2000) / Masterclass: 27 January 2013, Sunday (900)
WHERE | Concert: BDO Francisco Santiago Hall, Makati Ave / Masterclass: Pasay Function Room, Makati Shagri-La Hotel
INQUIRE | thru Helen Villanueva (0917) 874-1256

Concert guitarist Shin-Ich Fukuda presents a rare Philippine concert; it is free of charge and open to the public on a first-come-first-served basis. The program includes the music of Fernando Sor, JS Bach, Francisco Tarrega, Augustin Barrios Mangore, Leo Brouwer, Isaac Albeniz and Joaquin Rodrigo. Central is a performance of Bach’s Partita in E Major, BWV 1006a, in a transcription by Fukuda.

Fukuda will also be giving give a guitar masterclass on Sunday, January 27 at the Pasay Function Room of the Makat Shagril-La Hotel at 9AM. Like the concert, the masterclass is free of charge and open to the public on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Osaka-born Fukuda began his guitar studies at 12 under Maestro Tatsuya Saitoh. He left Japan to study the guitar at L’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris under maestro Alberto Ponce, graduating in 1978 with the premier prix and a performer’s diploma. He continued his studies at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy, with maestro Oscar Ghiglia, graduating in 1980 with the highest-honour diploma.

Fukuda is an international award-winning concert guitarist. He won first prize in the 23rd Paris International Guitar Competition. He has performed extensively in and outside Japan, in the USA, France, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Mexico, Finland, China, Uruguay, Colombia, Taiwan, Korea, Cuba, and Singapore. Fukuda is dedicatee of Leo Brouwer’s HIKA (1996) and Concerto de Requiem (2005). Fukuda has released more than 60 CD, LD, DVD & video albums since 1984.

A highly gifted teacher, he has trained many pupils who have since then gained the highest honors in classical guitar such as Japanese guitarists, Akiko Saito, Kaori Muraji, Daisuke Suzuki, Yasuji Ohagi.