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David Franzen
Saturday, November 4th, 2006 at 8:00 PM
David Franzen was the first classical guitarist to win the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA) Concerto
Competition, an event open to all orchestral instrumentalists. Consequently, he performed as soloist with the NCSA Symphony and became eligible for the NCSA International Music Program.
During the summer of l989, he toured Italy, and Germany, and performed 45 concerts, both as soloist and in chamber ensembles.
In 1991 he collaborated with Aaron Shearer of the North
Carolina School of the Arts in the music interpretation section of the method book series, ”Learning the Classical Guitar.” Mr. Franzen plays all passages and pieces on the accompanying
recording. Besides Mr. Shearer, his teachers include James Kline, Ian Mitchell and Scott Kritzer and Bryan Johanson.
In l992 he was the winner of the Northwest Guitar Festival
Competition in Boise, Idaho.
He has performed as guest soloist with the Winston Salem Symphony performing Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez,The Portland State University Chamber Orchestra performing Vivaldi’s Concerto in G Major for two mandolins (assisted by guitarist Kristen Waligora),The Oregon State University performing the Aranjuez Concerto, the Vancouver Symphony performing the Tedesco Guitar Concerto in D.
In September 2001 he joined the Oregon Symphony Orchestra in a concert where original Latin songs some of which were co-composed by Franzen/Raphael and arranged for Orchestral
Accompaniment by Norman Leyden were performed in a collaborative concert given by “Pepe and the Bottle Blondes”and the Oregon Symphony.
In 2003 Franzen was a semifinalist in the
Guitar Foundation of America international solo Guitar Competition in Merida Mexico.
David Franzen is currently on faculty at Portland State University, where he teaches private
lessons and ensemble classes.
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