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                Francisco Burgos, Guitarist

                   

 

   

                     "........a thoughtful and serious musician". The New York Times

             

Francisco J. Burgos was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He studied Classical guitar with Demetrio Ballesteros at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Madrid, Spain where he graduated  with Honors. He made his New York City Classical Guitar debut Concert at Carnegie Recital Hall.  While in Spain, where he lived for 11 years, he enrolled in master classes given by guitarists Jose Tomas, Jose Luis Rodrigo as well as private instruction with ancient music guitarist Jorge Fresno. From 1981 to 1982 he took classes at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. He has lived in USA since 1986. While living in USA he has given many concerts to critical acclaim. He has performed in main venues such as the Organizations of American States in Washington, D.C., the Americas Society in New York City, Gusman Performing Arts Center, Miami, Florida, Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Fort Lauderdale, FL and throughout USA Amongst many other venues. He has numerous presentations to his credits in Radio and Television in USA and abroad. As a teacher he has taught Classical Guitar at the Avila Conservatory, Avila, Spain and at Glassboro State College in New Jersey and has been invited by several universities for concerts and to offer master classes, lectures and residencies. In addition to performing music by other composers he also performs his own compositions. Three of his guitar compositions are included in his CD “Rhapsody”. His most immediate project, to be completed in the near future is an  instructional video (DVD) for learning how to play classical guitar. The Classical guitar video lessons will have 43 original lessons and 15 pieces by various composers like Bach, Tarrega, Carulli, Sor, etc. plus several original guitar compositions by Francisco Burgos. The guitar lessons on video are posted on this web site already. You can preview some of the Online Guitar Video lessons free of charge or have access to all the classical guitar Lessons online by becoming a subscriber. The idea behind this web site is to create an interactive space for any body interested in the different aspects of the classical guitar: From interpretation to compositions. As of August, 2007,  Live Video Conferencing has been added to this site. If you would like to be on Francisco Burgos’s mailing list to be notified about new additions and updates on this site, please send an e-mail to Francisco Burgos. franciscoburgos@burgosguitar.com

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