Oct 08 2017
Florida Guitar Festival: Adam Holzman and Akerman-Teixeira Duo Concert

Florida Guitar Festival: Adam Holzman and Akerman-Teixeira Duo Concert

Presented by Classical Guitar Society at FSU at FSU's Dohnanyi Recital Hall

Adam Holzman, international performer, recording artist and teacher is hailed as “…polished and quite dazzling,” by The New York Times, “…brilliant!,” by De Gelderlander, Holland, and “…masterful!,”  by The Toronto Star.

Five times a winner in major international competitions including First Prize  at the 1983 Guitar Foundation of America Competition held in Quebec, Canada and Top Prize at the Ninth Concorso Internazionale di  Interpretazione di Gargnano, Italy. Mr. Holzman has performed at the prestigious Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and distinguished New York venues such The 92nd St. Y, Merkin Hall, and Carnegie Recital Hall. He is also a frequent guest in music festivals and series around the globe. His extensive international performances have taken him throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico, Central and Latin America.   Recent seasons performances had him appearing in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, Mexico, Boston, Houston, Dallas and Milwaukee. He was also been chosen by the 92nd street Y as one of 5 American artists to appear in a concert honoring Andres Segovia in fall 2013.

Mr. Holzman’s recordings for the Naxos label have been critically acclaimed. The first two are discs of the music of Fernando Sor and have been called “…irresistible” by Gramophone Magazine. Discs three and four contain the music of Manuel Ponce. Of the Sonata for Guitar and Harpsichord on Ponce Volume II Classical Guitar Magazine (England) says “It’s a fine and substantial work and here it receives the finest recording yet…” Of his Naxos release, The Venezuelan Waltzes of Antonio Lauro, the American Record Guide had this to say: “The landmark recording was David Russell’s 1980 LP.  Now, 20 years later, comes another masterly recording by Adam Holzman: in many ways it raises the benchmark still further.” His  Naxos release Bardenklange, Opus 13, of Johann Kaspar Mertz is considered a seminal recording and has been praised by critics around the world. His recording debut, on HRH Records, was a collection of rarely or never before recorded selections. According to The American Record Guide this performance is “…so flawless he makes it all sound easy.” His recordings are all featured on the Adam Holzman channel on Pandora.

Mr. Holzman’s commitment to new music led him to co-commission Samuel Adler’s first Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra. He has also premiered works by composers Robert Helps, Roland Dyens, and Stephen Funk Pearson among others. This year he is part of a Consortium Grant to commission the new concerto for Guitar and Orchestra by Stephen Goss.

Adam Holzman, founder of the Guitar Department at the University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music is considered one of America’s leading guitar pedagogues. He heads a thriving guitar studio and his students have won an astounding array of international prizes. He is also Program Director for Classical Guitar Studies at the Brevard Music Festival, Brevard, NC where he runs two three week summer sessions focused on intensive study of all aspects of solo and chamber playing for students 14-29 years of age. www.brevardmusic.org/institute/highschool/classicalguitar/. At  Brevard he also directs the Adult Guitar Workshop held in early June for students of all levels 30 years of age and older. www.brevardmusic.org/institute/guitarworkshop/

From 1992-1994 Mr. Holzman held the title of “Maestro Extraordinario” given by the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, where he served as artist-in-residence.  He was awarded the Ernst von Dohnanyi Prize for Outstanding Achievement from Florida State University and has been named The Parker C. Fielder Regents Fellow in Music at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Holzman has been featured on the covers of both Classical Guitar Magazine and Guitart Magazine.

Mr. Holzman’s performance studies were with Bruce Holzman, Albert Valdes Blain, Eliot Fisk and Oscar Ghiglia. He was chosen twice to perform in the historic Master classes of the legendary Andres Segovia.

You can learn more about Adam Holzman at  www.adamholzman.net.

Bob Teixeira and Mary Akerman met while in graduate school at Florida State University and decided to form a duo about 10 years ago. Since forming, they recorded the cd “Music For Two Guitars” which is available through Clear Note Publications or on the Naxos catalogue. They have performed regularly on established chamber music programs, colleges and university programs, and through invitations to participate in guitar festivals. Their sound has been described as “refined and well matched… with flawless technique” as well as “a relaxed and easy elasticity.”

Award winning guitarist Mary Akerman has taught around the globe. She has recently given concerts and masterclasses at the Festival de Guitarra Paracho in Paracho, Mexico, the Festival Internacional de Guitarra del Noreste in Saltillo, Mexico, the Southwestern Guitar Festival in San Antonio, Texas and at the ECU Summer Music Workshop in Greenville, North Carolina.  In addition to giving solo concerts throughout the US and internationally, she has performed with the Atlanta Symphony, recorded with Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Festival Singers, and has played on National Public Radio’s “In Performance Today” program. Mary Akerman won first prize in the Guitar Foundation of America Competition and the Casa de Espana of Puerto Rico Competition.  She was also awarded the bronze medal in the Concours International Radio France. In 1986 she had the honor of being selected to perform in the Master Class of Andres Segovia.  She teaches at Kennesaw State University.

Bob Teixeira first gained recognition as one of twelve guitarists selected to compete at the Guitar Foundation of America’s 1987 international festival. He has appeared as a soloist with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and the North Carolina Dance Theater.  Texeira has also composed music and developed and performed arrangements to accompany the Moving Poets Theater and Dance Company.  In addition to his duo performances with Akerman, he performs with his wife, cellist Tanja Bechtler and with the seven member world music ensemble, “Without Borders”. Teixeira  is a guitar instructor at Davidson College, Queens University of Charlotte, and Central Piedmont Community College.

Admission Info

free

Dates & Times

2017/10/08 - 2017/10/08

Location Info

FSU's Dohnanyi Recital Hall

122 N Copeland, Tallahassee, FL 32301