Award Winning Guitarist Marco Sartor To Perform At Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, 1/8

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Marco Sartor is a top prize winner in numerous international competitions. He has performed solo and chamber music recitals in three continents to critical and public acclaim and has appeared with orchestras in the US and South America. His debut solo recording for Fleur de Son Classics, "Red," has received rave reviews and been broadcast on national radio. Marco is also featured on Marc Regnier's GRAMMY-Nominated album "Radamés Gnattali: Solo & Chamber Works for Guitar" on Dorian Sono Luminus, and the recently released "Tempo do Brasil" on Reference Recordings.

As an active pedagogue, Marco Sartor has given numerous master-classes in universities and conservatories in the USA and abroad. He has designed and implemented successful guitar programs at the Carnegie Mellon Music Preparatory School in Pittsburgh, PA, the Charleston Academy of Music in Charleston, SC, and the "System of Youth and Children Orchestras" in Uruguay. He is currently the college division guitar instructor at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL.

Marco has completed the highly-selective Master of Musical Arts program (Doctoral Residency) at Yale University, earning the Friedmann Prize for his thesis. He also received degrees from the College of Charleston and Carnegie Mellon University. His former teachers include Robert Ravera, Mario Payssé and Eduardo Fernández in Uruguay, and Marc Regnier, James Ferla and Benjamin Verdery in the USA.

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