Guitar Laureate Series: Royshan Mamedkuliev

Rovshan Mamedkuliev was first prize-winner at the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America Competition in 2012, and now stands as one of the world's most exciting young instrumentalists. He has constructed a programme with several themes. Iberian music is represented by Falla, Alb+ªniz and Turina, and by two of the titans of guitar playing, Miguel Llobet and Francisco T+¡rrega. He also includes music by his Azerbaijani compatriot, Fikret Amirov, whose folkloric-influenced music is another thematic link. The kaleidoscopic Just How Funky Are You by Andrew York and Leo Brouwer's An Ideaexplore the guitar's contemporary vitality.