XUEFEI YANG
GUITAR

GUEST ARTIST CONCERT SERIES
KATZIN CONCERT HALL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008 • 7:30 PM

M U SIC
01-terbergerCollege
of the Arts
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Born in Beijing, Xuefei Yang began playing the guitar at the age of seven, taking

formal tuition at ten from Chen Zhi. Soon after, she made her first public
appearance at the First China International Guitar Festival. Immediately she
gained such acclaim that the Spanish Ambassador in China presented her with a
handmade concert guitar. During her school years, she played extensively in
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Spain and Australia and gave concert tours in Taiwan,
Japan and Portugal.
At only eleven, she won 2nd prize in the Beijing Senior Guitar competition being
the only child competitor. When playing in Tokyo the following year, she was
given a special award by the Guitar Alliance of Japan and the celebrated Japanese
luthier Masaru Kohno presented her with one of his concert guitars. The composer
Rodrigo attended her debut concert in Madrid when she was fourteen. In 1995
John Williams came to Beijing. He was so impressed with her playing that he
gave two of his own Smallman guitars to her Conservatory especially for her and
other top students to play.
Since 2000, she has been in England and has studied with Michael Lewin, John
Mills and Timothy Walker at the Royal Academy of Music (from where she
graduated with distinction). She won the Dorothy Grinstead Prize and received the
Principal's prize for exceptional all-round studentship achieving a Recital
Diploma. Xuefei was awarded the Dip.RAM — the highest performance award
conferred by the Royal Academy of Music. In 2005, her outstanding achievements
helped her earn the "Associate" title granted by the Academy.
Xuefei Yang has given concerts throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and the United
States. Her success has led her to be invited to many prestigious venues including
the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London as well as
the Philharmonie Berlin, Musikhalle Hamburg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and
the Herbst Theatre San Francisco. In Asia she has appeared at the National
Concert Hall Taipai, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Center,
Esplanade Singapore, Guangzhou XingHai Concert Hall and the Beijing Concert
Hall.

Program
Isaac Albeniz

Asturias
Suet° en la Floresta

Agustin Barrios

Tres piezas espafiolas
Fandango
Passacaglia
Zapateado

Joaquin Rodrigo

Three pieces from "Raise the Red Lantern"
Blue Kite
Yellow Earth
Farewell my Concubine

Stephen Goss

**There will be a 10-minute intermission**

Enrique Granados
arr. Xuefei Yang

Valses Poeticos

Two Pieces from Latin America
El Condor Pasa (traditional)
Seis Por Derecho
Sonata para guitarra sola
Fandangos y Boleros
I.
Sarabanda de Scriabin
II.
La Toccata de Pasquini
III.

arr. Jorge Morel
Antonio Lauro
Leo Brouwer

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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.

Performance Events Staff Supervisor
Paul W. Estes
Event Managers:
Kyle Anderson, Mahar Anwar, Laura Boone, Edwin Brown
Mircl DcLaTorre, Anthony Garcia, Lee Humphrey, Kevin Nymeyer
Megan Leigh Smith, Aaron VanderYacht

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