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Classical guitarist next Artspree performer

Virtuoso classical guitarist Rovshan Mamedkuliev, a native of Russia, will be the next Artspree performer for the 2013-14 season at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

rovshan_white2His performance is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall of the UALR Fine Arts Building.

Tickets are $15 for individual general admission and $10 for non-UALR students. Tickets are free for UALR students. Balcony tickets are also free for UALR employees.

To purchase, call the UALR Music Department Box Office at 501.569.8993.

For general information about Artspree, contact Naoki Hakutani, assistant professor of music, at 501.683.7230.

Mamedkuliev began guitar lessons at age 11 and in 2004 was accepted into the prestigious Nizhny Novgorod Conservatoire, where he studied with nationally renowned guitarist Aleksey Petropavlovsky.

He has performed in several major cities, from France to Russia, Germany to Spain, as well as in the U.S., including New York City’s Carnegie Hall in 2012.

The program will be as follows:

Folia (Variations on a Theme of Sor, op.15)  – Miguel Llobet (1878-1938)

Homage to Tárrega  – Štepán Rak  (b. 1945)
Sonata  – Leo Brouwer
Fandango y Boleros (b. 1939)
Sarabanda de Scriabin
La Toccata de Pasquini

Six Miniatures (arr. R. Mamedkuliev)  – Fikret Amirov Ballad (1922-1984)
Ashug’s Song
Lyrical Dance
On Hunting
Nocturne
Toccata

The Old Lime Tree – Sergey Rudnev (b. 1955)

Just How Funky Are You – Andrew York (b. 1958)

An Idea (Passacaglia por Eli) – Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)

Sevillana (Fantasía) – Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)

Gran Jota – Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)