GRAMMY nominated soprano Jennifer Ellis Kampani, who" offers a freshness of voice, fineness of timbre, and ease of production that place her in the front rank o. early-music sopranos," Cm0_<:1!l~&Qm) is one of the leading interpreters of the ~a repertoire. Her international career has included appearances with the period instrument groups New York Collegium. American Bach Soloists, Baroque Band, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Opera Lafayette, Apollo's Fire , Musica Angelica, and Boston Camerata. Jennifer has been heard in many concert series and festivals including Le Flaneries Musicales de Reims in France, Aston Magna, Da Camera Society, Houston Early Music, Music Before 1800,Carmel Bach, and the Berkeley and Boston Early Music Festivals. Ms Kampani has recorded many CD's- two highlights are Kingdoms of Castille (GRAMMY nomitation 2012) and the works of Chiara Cozzolani (Gramophone editors pick, August 2002.) She recently moved to Los Angeles and now teaches at the University of Southern California. Grammy nominated guitarist, lutist and director Richard Savino's performances and recordings have been praised by critics throughout th~ world. Within his extensive discography of over 30 commercial recordings of music ranging from the early 17'h century through virtuoso music of Paganini and Mertz is the only recording of Mauro Giuliani's Op. 30 Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra with the original orchestration and no cuts on a period instrument. He is also the recipient of a Diapason d'Or from Compact (the French Grammy) and a JO du Repertoire. The latter has also placed his Boccherini recordings in their "Great Discoveries" category, which they deem as essential to any classical music collection. He has been a featured guest on numerous national and international television and radio programs such as NPR, PBS and CBC and . CBS , and has been chosen three times as the Global Hit on the Public Radio International/BBC program The World most recently in 2016 to celebrate the release of his cd What Artemisia Heard, Music from the Time of Caravaggio and Gentileschi. This cd surveys the life of the great 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi through music . He has al so created concert programs and eds on the lives of Francisco Goya and Peter Paul Rubens . In 2017 he created 20 soundtracks to accompany videos de~cribing the world ' s largest collection of privately held Rembrandts, the only private ~eer and dozens of additional paintings by other great Dutch masters for the Leiden Col"'tion in New York . These videos have recently been shown anhe louvre in Paris and the national museums in Beijing, Shanghai and Abu Dhabi . BELLA IT ALIA, ,.., HERMOSA ESPANA EL MUNDO GUEST ARTIST SERIES ORGAN HALL APRIL 20, 2018 • 7:30 PM ltSil. o:~ig~t~~drthe Arts 0 2017 Arizona Board of Regents . All rights reserved. 0217 Arizona State University Program Toccata & Ciaconna Domenico Pellegrini (fl. 1650) Ojos pues mi desdenais Fandango, Grave, Allegro . Sonata VII, Andante Sonata VIII, Allegro J~an Santiago de Murcia Antonio Vargas y Guzman (fl. 1773) Jose Marin (1618 -1699) Selected Seguidillas Boleros Selections from Capricci Armonici (1692) Lagrime Mei Ludovico Roncalli ( 1654 - 1713) Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677) Pavanas, folias y canarios Gaspar Sanz (1640 - 1710) Luceros y flares jAy que si, Ay que no! Juan Hidalgo (1614- 1685) Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839) Variations sopra La Folia, Op. 45 Mauro Giuliani (1781;_1829) Selections from Sei . Ariette, Op.95 Quando sara quell di Fra tutte le pene Ad altro laccio Mauro Giuliani Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano Richard Savino; Baroque and 19th century guitars ** There will be a JO-minute intermission** *************** Out of respect for the performers and those audience members around you, please turn all beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode. Thank you. GRAMMY nominated soprano Jennifer Ellis Kampani, who" offers a freshness of voice, fineness of timbre, and ease of production that place her in the front rank o. early-music sopranos," Cm0_<:1!l~&Qm) is one of the leading interpreters of the ~a repertoire. Her international career has included appearances with the period instrument groups New York Collegium. American Bach Soloists, Baroque Band, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Opera Lafayette, Apollo's Fire , Musica Angelica, and Boston Camerata. Jennifer has been heard in many concert series and festivals including Le Flaneries Musicales de Reims in France, Aston Magna, Da Camera Society, Houston Early Music, Music Before 1800,Carmel Bach, and the Berkeley and Boston Early Music Festivals. Ms Kampani has recorded many CD's- two highlights are Kingdoms of Castille (GRAMMY nomitation 2012) and the works of Chiara Cozzolani (Gramophone editors pick, August 2002.) She recently moved to Los Angeles and now teaches at the University of Southern California. Grammy nominated guitarist, lutist and director Richard Savino's performances and recordings have been praised by critics throughout th~ world. Within his extensive discography of over 30 commercial recordings of music ranging from the early 17'h century through virtuoso music of Paganini and Mertz is the only recording of Mauro Giuliani's Op. 30 Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra with the original orchestration and no cuts on a period instrument. He is also the recipient of a Diapason d'Or from Compact (the French Grammy) and a JO du Repertoire. The latter has also placed his Boccherini recordings in their "Great Discoveries" category, which they deem as essential to any classical music collection. He has been a featured guest on numerous national and international television and radio programs such as NPR, PBS and CBC and . CBS , and has been chosen three times as the Global Hit on the Public Radio International/BBC program The World most recently in 2016 to celebrate the release of his cd What Artemisia Heard, Music from the Time of Caravaggio and Gentileschi. This cd surveys the life of the great 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi through music . He has al so created concert programs and eds on the lives of Francisco Goya and Peter Paul Rubens . In 2017 he created 20 soundtracks to accompany videos de~cribing the world ' s largest collection of privately held Rembrandts, the only private ~eer and dozens of additional paintings by other great Dutch masters for the Leiden Col"'tion in New York . These videos have recently been shown anhe louvre in Paris and the national museums in Beijing, Shanghai and Abu Dhabi . BELLA IT ALIA, ,.., HERMOSA ESPANA EL MUNDO GUEST ARTIST SERIES ORGAN HALL APRIL 20, 2018 • 7:30 PM ltSil. o:~ig~t~~drthe Arts 0 2017 Arizona Board of Regents . All rights reserved. 0217 Arizona State University