Paul Galbraith
Sunday, June 15, 2008 ~ 4 PM
Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts
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Internationally renowned as a brilliant innovator of the classical guitar, Paul Galbraith has been working since the 1980s towards expanding the technical limits of his instrument while augmenting the quantity and quality of its repertoire. In the eight-string Brahms Guitar, which he helped develop, Galbraith found the ideal instrument for his challenging classical transcriptions.

Galbraith's 1998 Delos recording of Bach sonatas and partitas received high critical acclaim and earned him a Grammy® nomination. His VBF performance will include transcriptions of the Bach cello suites.

"Galbraith is a legend in classic guitar circles ... [His performance] verged on an epiphany ... teeming with life and variation."
Santa Barbara News-Press

"What many had come to see and hear was the revolutionary change he has brought to playing the guitar ... the results were truly remarkable, with an amazing clarity and a huge dynamic range ... The audience was held spellbound."
Sunday Times of London

[FOUR STARS] "Galbraith has made something of a sensation in the guitar world ... extraordinarily skillful, cohesive and (the right word here) passionate performances ... remarkable depth of feeling."
Stereo Review

"I fell in love with a combination of artist, instrument and music ... Everything sounded like a masterpiece that evening."
Classical Guitar