Sunday, March 13, 2011, at 4:00 PM

Co-Sponsored by New York City Classical Guitar Society and The Roger Smith Hotel
Frank Wallace and John Olson, series co-curators

Roger Smith Hotel
501 Lexington Avenue at East 47th Street
New York City (see map)

Tickets $15, cash only at the door. For reservations, email rogersmitharts@rogersmith.com or call (212) 755-1400.

Classical guitarist Isaac Bustos enjoys an extensive performing career that has taken him to Canada, Central America, Europe, and throughout the United States. Isaac has gained critical acclaim and is quickly becoming recognized as one of the top guitarists of his generation. He has made several Radio and Television appearances and has been invited to perform in some of the most prestigious festivals, including the Guitar Foundation of America Annual Convention, the Portland Guitar Festival, the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival, the Southwest Guitar Festival, the Brownsville Guitar Festival, and the Classical Minds Festival. Isaac has appeared as soloist with the Orchestra of New Spain, The Baytown Symphony Orchestra, The Nicaraguan National Symphony Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro JoAnn Falletta. Isaac has won top prizes at an impressive array competitions, including the St. Joseph International Solo Guitar Competition and the Boston Guitar Fest International Guitar Competition.

In the fall of 2008, Isaac released his debut CD entitled Caprichos y Sonatas, which continues to receive great reviews by critics and audiences alike. In addition, Bustos has performed several premieres of new music for guitar. Most recently, works by composers Peter Askim for solo guitar, Andrew Dickinson for four guitars, a work for two guitars and electronic sound effects by Jeremy Cumbo, and After Sylvius, a solo guitar work written for Isaac by composer/guitarist Frank Wallace. In the summer of 2010, Bustos will premiere a new guitar Sonata commissioned and dedicated to him by renowned American Composer Peter Lieuwen.

Isaac holds a Bachelor of Music degree in guitar performance from the University of New Hampshire, where he was the only guitarist to ever hold a full scholarship, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he also completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree under the tutelage of world-renowned American guitarist Adam Holzman. Isaac is currently on faculty at the Texas A&M University Department of Performance Studies, where he is director of Guitar Studies.