Final Round
When
Eighth Annual David Russell Bach Prize Finalists Recital
February 17, Thursday, 12:00 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $Free
Livestrream link: http://music.arizona.edu/live
One of Tucson’s great treasures is the musical residency of the extraordinary David Russell at the University of Arizona. The Grammy Award-winning artist comes every year to teach and to perform, thanks to the legacy of Sandy Bolton. Russell also judges the David Russell Bach Prize Recital, which presents four top guitar students playing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Grammy Award-winning guitarist David Russell is the sole judge of the four finalists. In May 2014 Maestro Russell was bestowed the Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of Arizona. About this competition, Russell wrote, “The wonderful music of J.S. Bach is satisfying on all levels: emotionally, intellectually, technically and historically. It has given me so much pleasure and happiness all through my life, that I want to encourage all the students to dedicate some valuable time of their important formative years at the university to studying his music. The competition will be a very good incentive for them to include some of Bach’s works in their repertoire that I hope will give them the same pleasure for their entire lives.”
Grand Prize: Custom made guitar by luthier Dennis Tolz
Past winners of this competition are:
2015 Misael Barraza
2016 Bin Hu
2017 Nicholas Epple
2018 Misael Barraza
2019 Andrés Pantoja
2020 Misael Barraza
2021 Andrea Roberto