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14. Norbert Kraft is a

Canadian classical guitarist
with an international reputation. His list
of musical accomplishments would make
any musician proud. He appears
regularly with major symphonies
throughout North America, and has won
critical acclaim in major music
publications.

Kraft’s performance at Douglas
College in the Scholarship Benefit
Concert will include pieces by Paganini,
Villa Lobos, Tarrega and Albeniz. “It’s
a solid, rich and varied program of
things as that I have been playing for a
long time. These are pieces that
demonstrate the guitar very well,” says
Kraft.

He’s spent long periods of time in the
recording studio over the past few
months, and is looking forward to
playing on the West Coast. In addition
to recording the entire works of Heitor
Villa-Lobos, he’s putting together a
completed collection of virtually all of
the mainstream guitar repertoire. Some
of that work includes material that’s new
to him.

Kraft says that it can take two years to

   

get a piece ready to play in a performance.

“T’ve played pieces in concert that
have only been in my grasp for a few
weeks but it can be uncomfortable. After
touring with a piece I feel better about
taking it into the concert hall.”

 

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World-renowned Canadian classical guitarist Norbert Kraft appears at
Douglas College on February 14.

Kraft was born in Austria but grew up
in Toronto and is based near there. A
professor at the University of Toronto and
the Royal Conservatory of Music, he was
the first North American to win the top
prize at the 1985 Segovia International
Competition in Mallorca, Spain. He has
played with the Vancouver Symphony

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Orchestra and Victoria Symphony
Orchestra.

The Scholarship Benefit Concert takes
place Tuesday, February 14 at 8pm in the
Performing Arts Theatre at Douglas
College. Tickets are $15, or $10 for
students and seniors. Call 527-5495 for
information. ff