PROGRAM
MILONGA - JORGE CARDOSO
TRES LIENZOS LATINOAMERICANOS * GUILLERMO DIEGO
I. - FANTASIA PAMPERA
II - FANTASIA LLANERA
III.- FANTASIA ANDINA
ON THE ROAD -JULIO CESAR OLIVA *
LA LLORONA - (MEXICAN FOLK SONG) ARR: GUILLERMO DIEGO *
LAS CUMBIAS DE JOSÉ BARROSARR. GENTIL MONTAÑA
*US PREMIERE **WORLD PREMIERE
REVERIE FOR HANAN** HECTOR JAVER RODRIGUEZ
LA FOULE (QUE NADIE SEPA MI SUFRIR) - ANGEL
CABRAL/ENRIQUE DIZE (ARR. ROLAND DYENS)
MAIS QUE NADAJORGE BENJOR (ARR. SERGIO ASSAD)
PALHAÇO - EGBERTO GISMONTI (ARR. SERGIO ASSAD)
VALS NO. 3 OP.4 - AGUSTÍN
BARRIOS MANGORÉ
MAZURCA CAPRICHOSA** FRANCISCO ARAUJO
*US PREMIERE
**WORLD PREMIERE
BIOGRAPHY
DR HECTOR JAVIER RODRIGUEZ SANTOS ENJOYS AN ACTIVE CAREER AS A SOLOIST, CHAMBER MUSICIAN, AND TEACHER, HAVING GIVEN PERFORMANCES AND MASTERCLASSES IN PUERTO RICO, CANADA, BRAZIL, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, PERU, AND MEXICO, AS WELL AS IN THE UNITED STATES.
DR. RODRIGUEZ HAS ACQUIRED PRIZES IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: FIRST-PLACE WINNER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN GUITAR COMPETITION (2009), SECOND-PLACE WINNER IN THE HOUSTON GUITAR COMPETITION (2010), THE LEO BROUWER PRIZE AT THE FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE GUITARRA DEL NORESTE IN SALTILLO, MEXICO (2014) SECOND PRIZE WINNER AT THE DALLAS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION (2018) AND THE OCELOTL AWARD BY UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE COAHUILA (2010) FOR BEST ARTISTIC PROJECT
MASTER COMPOSERS SUCH AS JULIO CESAR OLIVA, GUILLERMO DIEGO, SIMONE IANNARELLI, CUTBERTO CORDOVA, JUSTIN WRITER, AND FRANCISCO ARAUJO HAVE WRITTEN PIECES FOR HIM.
HE HAS ARRANGED MUSIC FOR SOLO, CHAMBER, AND GUITAR ENSEMBLES BERGMANN EDITIONS AND ALRY MUSIC PUBLISH HIS ARRANGEMENTS
IN 2021, HE PRODUCED AND RELEASED "COLORES LATINOS," WHICH HIGHLIGHTS CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR FLUTE AND GUITAR, INCLUDING COMPOSITIONS DEDICATED TO DUO ALDEBARAN.
DR. RODRIGUEZ JOINED THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-RIO GRANDE VALLEY FACULTY IN THE FALL OF 2014, SERVING AS DIRECTOR OF THE GUITAR ENSEMBLE AND LECTURER OF APPLIED GUITAR. BEFORE HIS APPOINTMENT AT UTRGV, DR. RODRIGUEZ TAUGHT AT ESCUELA PREPARATORIA (CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC OF PUERTO RICO) AND SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE
DR RODRIGUEZ HOLDS A BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN CLASSICAL GUITAR PERFORMANCE FROM THE ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE MÚSICA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA (SALTILLO, COAHUILA, MÉXICO), WHERE HIS PRIMARY TEACHER WAS MARTÍN MADRIGAL; A MASTER OF MUSIC FROM THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC OF PUERTO RICO WHERE HE STUDIED GUITAR WITH IVAN RIJOS AND MANUEL BARRUECO; AND A DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS DEGREE WITH A SECONDARY EMPHASIS IN EARLY MUSIC FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, WHERE HE STUDIED GUITAR WITH THOMAS JOHNSON, AND WHERE HE STUDIED THEORBO AND EARLY INSTRUMENTS WITH DANIEL SWENBERG AND ARASH NOORI