The FSU College of Music is pleased to welcome classical guitarist Judicaël Perroy to Dohnányi Recital Hall on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Works for the evening will include selections from Bach, Villa-Lobos, Albéniz, Sor, and more. Admission to this event is free and open to the public.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in Paris in 1973, Judicaël Perroy began his guitar studies at the Paris Academy of Music at the age of seven. An acknowledged prodigy by the age of eleven, he played two Vivaldi concertos conducted by André Girard at Le Mans. In 1988 he was awarded a unanimous First Prize with a special mention at the National Academy of Aulnaysous-Bois. In 1992 he won a unanimous first prize and the audience prize at the René Bartoli International Competition at the age of fourteen. He triumphed in the Seventh International Competition of Bourg-Madame, a competition in which the audience selects the prize-winner. In 1996 he graduated from the Paris National Conservatoire of Music, earning the highest placement in his class, and in October 1997 won the Guitar Foundation of America International Solo Competition, earning him the winner's tour of the Americas, with over sixty concerts and master-classes. He tours extensively throughout the world and has made a number of recordings, while teaching at the National Academy of Aulnay-sous-Bois near Paris along with his appearances in duo (Paris Guitar Duo) with the French guitarist Jeremy Jouve since 2003.

More information about Judicael online at http://judicael-perroy.com