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January 8, 2007

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FLETCHER TO MAKE HIS DEBUT IN NEW YORK CITY

New York, New York - Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher, a resident of New York, will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, February 3. The program will feature several works from the standard classical guitar repertoire as well as his new transcriptions of Erik Satie which he has recorded on Centaur Records (CRC 2731).

Fletcher’s nationwide tours, combined with his unique approach to classical guitar, attracted the attention of Centaur Records, which signed him to multi-album contract. His first CD on Centaur, released in June 2002, is a celebration of Catalan composer Federico Mompou. Other than the Suite Compostelana, composed for guitar, Mompou’s music is almost exclusively for piano. Fletcher’s Mompou project is the first ever, classical guitar recording dedicated solely to the Catalan composer. “I heard Fletcher play the music of Mompou and was able to observe in him a fine sensibility, much affinity for the music, plus a high technical level that justifies his excellent artistic trajectory” [Carmen Bravo, Mompou’s widow]

His February 3rd recital will feature some of the most popular works from the standard repertoire, such as the Bach Chaconne, Variations on a Theme of Mozart by Fernando Sor and Tarrega’s Recuerdos de la Alhambra. However he has also programmed the rarely performed Suite “in modo polonico” by Alexandre Tansman - dedicated to Segovia and inspired by the ancient court danses of Poland.

There will be two selections from Fletcher’s all-Satie album which was released on Centaur Records September 2005. States Steven Rings from The American Record Guide: “The works all sit very nicely on the guitar, and Fletcher’s performances are taut and incisive, counteracting the common tendency to play Satie’s music like sleepy New Age.” Fletcher is very active in broadening the limited repertoire of classical guitar by transcribing music from other instruments and finding new music for the guitar, such a the powerful Koyunbaba by Italian guitarist and composer Carlo Domeniconi, which will be the last piece of the concert.

Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher commenced guitar study at age 9. He gave his concert, performing works by Albeniz, Bach, Torroba, Tansman and Guiliani at age 15. He further studied in Masterclasses with Jose Tomas and Pepe Romero. In 1988 Fletcher was chosen to perform in a Christopher Parkening Masterclass which was broadcast on National Public Radio, and in 1990 he was a prize winner on the 1990 Wurlitzer Competition.

In demand as a performer in cultural venues throughout the country, Mr. Fletcher has been invited to give recitals at the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY; Cincinnati’s Memorial Hall; Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina; the Schwartz Center for the Arts in Dover, DE, and many others. A very special guest engagement was Fletcher’s appearance in May 2005 at the World Music Series in Oceanside, California. In 2003 he performed on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, IL. In January, 2005, Mr. Fletcher was invited to join the distinguished Jury of the 9th Annual Schadt String Competition in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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