José Lezcano

Grammy Award-nominated guitarist and composer Dr. José Lezcano returns to the PCA with an All-Cuban program including contradanzas by Ignacio Cervantes and works by Leo Brouwer (including earlier works like Danza Caracteristica, Danza del Altiplano, and his arrangement of Grenet’s “Drume Negrita,” also known as Afro-Cuban Lullaby). Dr. Lezcano will also perform original works including “Bolero Manaba” and “Mojito and Habano,” in popular Cuban style and an original arrangement of hits from “Buena Vista Social Club.”

Sample video: https://youtu.be/K5asa1k7NcE

José Lezcano has performed hundreds of concerts for over 30 years on four continents.  In programs of Spanish, South American and original works, he has appeared in major venues, university series, and festivals, including Carnegie Recital Hall, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Spain, Portugal, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, China, Germany, Crete, China, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Internationally he has appeared with the Orquesta Solistas de la Habana, Cuba; National Symphony of Ecuador; the National Symphony of Peru; the Orchestra of Tolima (Colombia); The Loja Symphony (Ecuador); the Quito Chamber Orchestra; Regionally with the Portsmouth Symphony and Granite State Symphonies (NH); and the South Carolina Philharmonic, in concerti by Rodrigo, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vivaldi, Giuliani, and Lezcano himself. José serves as Artist Lecturer at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, and as Professor Emeritus of Music at Keene State College and Coordinator of Guitar.

General admission recital seating. Doors open 3:15pm. Pre-concert lecture begins at 3:30pm.