With a wide path filled prizes, medals and honors, Scottish guitarist David Russell will be the special guest of the XXV International Guitar Festival of Morelia (FIGM) to be held from 23 to 27 February in the Michoacan capital.
The member of the Royal Academy of Music in London and Friends of the Guitar Society oldest guitar Valencia, Spain, will give a concert and a master class, which could only enroll six, but left open the opportunity to attend as a listener with a quota of 409 places, said Raul Torres Olmos, director of Cultural Promotion and Development of the Ministry of Culture of Morelia. The meeting takes place under the auspices of the cultural authorities of Michoacan and the National Council for Culture and Arts (Conaculta).
With over 30 concerts guitarists Michoacan, Mexico and guests from Turkey, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Colombia, will meet its first quarter century the FIGM that in its previous edition brought together nearly 5000 people, Olmos said Raul Torres, founder the festival.
The participating artists confirmed once again the goal that was born this festival, aimed at strengthening the interpretation of the guitar in the state, and national and international level through lectures and master classes aimed primarily at students of the main conservatories, year after year expect this meeting, said the music promoter.
It is the first time in the FIGM concerts at 12 holdings of the municipality of Morelia and a couple of colonies, where local and international performers will be carried, as in the case of the 10 extensions to the municipalities of Tlalpujahua, Maravatío , Hidalgo, Zamora, La Piedad, Patzcuaro, Uruapan, Paracho, Lazaro Cardenas and Zacapu.
«We’ve carefully the policy of cultural decentralization also go with good international concerts within the state, to the cultural centers, theaters and spaces the same State Government has sought to strengthen through various cultural activities,» said Raul Torres Olmos.
As is tradition in the FIGM, National Guitar Competition Morelia with a bag of 33 thousand dollars in prizes will take place, and which expects to receive 20 -at country performers as in 2014, the winner participates in the closing concert of the festival; can learn the basics of launching the competition and the program in www.figmorelia.com.mx/.
A 25 years since the beginning of festival activities, its founder and organizer said that he had managed to create an important forum, an inclusive forum that shows the guitar work is always welcome in musical fields.
«We have made many activities over the years, mainly guitar concerts, competitions and master classes with guitarists of great renown, taking care that the artistic and academic program is very comprehensive, but also have many premieres of works that contribute to the guitar repertoire not only nationally but internationally, «he said Raul Torres Olmos.
Most of the activities will take place in the Teatro de Ocampo Morelia promptly at 20:30 pm daily with free admission.
