Adam Holzman (guitarist)

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Adam Holzman (born September 1, 1960 in New York City ) is an American classical guitarist .

Life

Adam Holzmann got his first guitar lessons at the age of seven from his older brother. He studied music at Florida State University and was tutored by Eliot Fisk , Oscar Ghiglia and Andrés Segovia , among others . He won several well-known competitions, including the 1983 Guitar Foundation of America competition in Quebec .

According to his own account, he was the first guitarist to play compositions by Roland Dyens in North America. He also published the first recording of Sergio Assad's watercolors . The American Record Guide judged by Holzman's information his recording of the Venezuelan waltz by Antonio Lauro as a "benchmark".

Holzman is the first professor of guitar at the University of Texas at Austin .

Discography

  • Johann Kaspar Mertz, Barden Sounds, Op. 13 , Naxos, 2002
  • Antonio Lauro, Venezuelan Waltzes for Guitar , Naxos, 2000
  • Manuel Maria Ponce. Complete Works , Vol. 1 and 2, Naxos, 1998, 1999
  • Fernando Sor. Complete Works Opus 52, 54, 56, 57 and the newly discovered Fantasie , Naxos, 1996
  • Fernando Sor. Complete Works Opus 22-25 , Naxos, 1996
  • Guitar Foundation of America, Competition Winners Disc , 1983
  • Watercolors. Premiere recording of Sergio Assad's Aquarelle , HRH

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All biographical information from Holzman's online biography , accessed on October 25, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Holzman, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City