Program

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue from Lute Suite in C Minor, BWV, 997

Fernando Sor
Fantaisie élégiaque à la mort de Madame Beslay, née Levasseur, Op. 59

Johann Kaspar Mertz
Fantaisie Hongroise, Op 65, No. 1

Sérgio Assad
from Seis  Brevidades
     Chuva
     Tarde
     Feliz
     Cantiga
     Saltitante

Manuel Ponce
Variations sur “Folia de España” et Fugue

Artist Profile

Judicaël Perroy has become widely known as an extraordinary virtuoso classical guitarist and musician. His 2017 touring season started with the release of a new CD for Contrastes Records and met with critical acclaim featuring the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos, Alexander Scriabin, Toru Takemitsu, Manuel Ponce, and Fernando Sor. Perroy started his United States tour in recital with the fast-rising American mezzo-soprano and Deutsche Grammophon artist, Angela Brower, as part of the Tucson Classical Guitar Society Series, followed by performances in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tempe, and Flagstaff, Arizona; Austin, TX; Miami and Tallahassee, Florida and Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Born in 1973 in Paris, he began playing the guitar at age seven, attending the Conservatoire Municipal Inter-districts of Paris. He studied with Delia Estrada and Raymond Gratien at the Ecole Nationale d'Aulnay-sous-Bois where he graduated with honors. At age 11, he performed as soloist in two concertos by Vivaldi with Ensemble Instrumental du Mans, under the direction of André Girard and continued his musical studies with Roberto Aussel and Daniel Lavialle. At 14, he won second prize at the International guitar competition of Ile de France. In 1992, he won the grand prize and audience prize at the 15th Concours international de guitare René Bartoli by unanimous jury decision. In 1994, he received Licence de Concert from Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris from Alberto Ponce’s class and later that year he was awarded the 1st prize at the 7th International Competition of Bourg-Madame where the final vote was by the general public without any jury. In 1996, he was the first prize winner of his graduating class at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris (Paris Conservatoire).

In March of 2017, Perroy was appointed to the prestigious teaching faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He previously held teaching positions at the Pôle Sup' 93, Lille’s apPSEA (Association de préfiguration du Pôle supérieur d'enseignements artistiques) Nord-Pas-de-Calais and the Ecole Nationale de Musique d'Aulnay-sous-Bois.