Gitarr i Väst gör en storsatsning genom att arrangera en konsert med den Argentinske gitarristen Victor Villadangos som besöker Sverige helt kort för att också spela på Uppsala Gitarrfestival.

Gitarr i väst       
Konsert den 7 oktober kl 16.00 i  hvitfeldtska gymnasiets aula

Inträde 100 kr
Elever går gratis

Victor Villadangos gitarr

Born in Buenos Aires, Víctor Villadangos graduated from the Juan José Castro Conservatory with the degree Profesor Superior de Guitarra under the tutelage of María Herminia Antola de Gómez Crespo.

Since 1980, Mr. Villadangos has performed extensively, both as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles, having appeared on the stage of all of the major concert halls and theaters of Buenos Aires and more than one hundred different cities throughout Argentina.  Internationally, he has concertized in Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, the US, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Israel and Japan.

Twelve solo CD recordings, as well as his participation in numerous recordings of classical and popular music, give testimony to his prolific activity in the recording studio, featuring world premiere recordings of numerous works, many of which are dedicated to him.  In 2000, Mr. Villadangos joined the roster of artists recording with the Naxos International Record label.  His first recording, Guitar Music of Argentina, includes works by Argentine composers: Carlos Guastavino, Juan Falú, Máximo Pujol, Héctor Ayala, Walter Heinze and Narciso Saúl.  The second, Tango Argentino, features tangos by Piazzolla, Gardel, Troilo and Mores, among others.  His third recording with Naxos will include works by C. Guastavino, M. Pujol, S. Natali, M. Coronel, J. Santillán, and J. Ferrer and of his own authorship.

Victor Villadangos has performed with prominent musical organizations including:  Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba, Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, Orquesta Filarmónica de Montevideo (Uruguay), Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Orquesta Sinfónica Juan de Dios Filiberto, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Ramat Gan (Tel Aviv), Orquesta de Cámara Mayo, Orquesta de Cámara de Morón, Orquesta de Cámara de La Plata, Orquesta Académica del Teatro Argentino (La Plata), Orquesta de Cámara Juvenil de Buenos Aires, Orquesta de Cámara Scherzo, the String Quartet of the Universidad Nacional of La Plata, Buenos Aires String Quartet, the Artave string quartet (Portugal)   among others. 

Since 1990, Mr. Villadangos has given master classes and seminars throughout Argentina, including Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy, Santa Fe, Corrientes, San Luis, Puerto Madryn, Mendoza, San Juan, Mar del Plata, Colón and Victoria (Entre Ríos) and abroad in Rosario and Curitiba (Brazil), Bergen (Norway), Innsbruck (Austria), Frankfurt, Iserlohn and Coesfeld (Germany), Torino and Livorno (Italy) , Oliveira do Bairro and Santo Tirso (Portugal), Stratford (Canada) and Tel Aviv (Israel). 

Currently, he is Professor of Guitar at the Juan José Castro and Manuel de Falla Conservatories in Buenos Aires.