Curtis Presents: Guitar Quartet

Internationally renowned violist and Curtis president and CEO Roberto Díaz, GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist and Curtis faculty member Jason Vieaux, and Curtis students bring their spring Curtis on Tour guitar quartet concert to Philadelphia for one-night-only.

A vibrant collision of global sounds, cultures, and sonic textures, the program begins with Selections from Czech composer and celebrated 19th-century guitarist Wenzel Thomas Matiegka’s Notturno, Op. 21, for flute, viola, and guitar, arranged by Franz Schubert.

This selection is followed by a fiery, crowd-pleasing set featuring Spanish composer and pianist Manuel de Falla’s Suite populaire espagnole and Argentinian legend Ástor Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango. The concert closes with Niccolò Paganini’s lively Guitar Quartet in A minor, No. 15, M.S. 42.