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Alfredo Muro
Saturday, May 19th, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Concert Venue:
Marylhurst University's St. Anne's Chapel
www.alfredomuro.com
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Guitarist Alfredo Muro was born in Lima, Peru. At the age of ten, he began
teaching himself to play the guitar and was soon awarded a scholarship to study with Maestro Jose Pepe Torres at his Guitar Academy. Many years and awards later, Muro
continued his studies with two of the greatest Peruvian guitar masters, Octavio Ticona and Carlos Hayre, gaining mastery of harmonic theory and the rich variety of Peruvian
folklore. After four years of intense studies he moved to the United States to broaden his musical skills studying with great masters Manuel Lopez Ramos, Frank Costa and John
Doan.
Since then, Muro has established a prodigious repertoire ranging from classical
music to Latin American and Spanish music, and from, Baden Powell and Jobim, to Bach and Albeniz. Mr. Muro has a special love of Brazilian music. He has studied and mastered
the intricate styles of Choro, Samba, Frevo, Bossa Nova and Afro-samba.
Alfredo Muro has been described as a Latin virtuoso, but his musical styles and
tastes are far more versatile, ranging from standard classical repertoire to jazz. His forte is South American music in its many guises: folk, jazz, Brazilian, classical.
Whatever the style, it’s the emotional content of his music that carries the day.
While on tour in Europe, Mr. Muro played in 1984, for the late Pope John Paul the
Second at a "Special Audience" at the Vatican.
He has been invited to several International Guitar Festivals around the world .
He has performed in Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Italy, Germany, Canada , Dominican Republic and in many venues throughout the United States, including the Kennedy
Center for the Millennium Concert Series, The Smithsonian and the Benaroya Hall, in Seattle-Washington
He has performed with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra, playing music by Vivaldi,
Boccherini, Villalobos, Haendel. Mr. Muro has been scheduled to play again with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra in March 2013, to featuring the Suite after the Beatles
“From Yesterday to Penny Lane” by Maestro Leo Brouwer.
In September of 2012, Mr. Muro will be touring in Europe, playing concerts in
Vienna-Austria, Nyon –Switzerland, and several cities in Germany. In Nyon, Mr. Muro will have the honor of performing with Brazilian master, Jose Barrense-Dias, who
composed music for him.
Mr. Muro has released six CD's: “Journey Through The
Strings”, "The Musical Sea", "Alfredo Muro and Friends Live at St. Gertrude Monastery", "Alma Brasileira, Volume 1", "Alma Brasileira,
Volume 2"and his latest solo guitar works "Latin Impressions", released on June 2009, was pre-nominated for the Latin Grammy . Another important project
in progress is the publication of his arrangements of selected Brazilian solo guitar works.
He and his wife Rosemarie, reside in Boulder, Colorado.
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