Alberto Ponce
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Alberto Ponce is a Spanish
classical guitar
ist and teacher born March 13, 1935 in Madrid
, Spain
, who since 1962 has lived and taught in France
.
, Spain, where, in addition to guitar, he studied piano, harmony and chamber music. He left the Conservatory with a diploma and an Honorable Mention and then met a person who would have a major influence on his career: Emilio Pujol
. The Catalan musicologist and scholar advised him to enter the Lisbon
Conservatory. After three years of study Ponce perfected his technique with him at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena, where he increased his knowledge of the music of the Spanish Golden Age.
In 1961 he won first prize at the International Competition in Paris, organized by Radio France. In 1962, Nadia Boulanger
asked him to teach at the Fontainebleau Conservatory. In the same year he was asked to become a professor at the Ecole Normale of music in Paris by Alfred Cortot
, the director. There he has had an unprecedented pedagogical career, having created one of the most prolific schools of contemporary guitar.
For many years Alberto Ponce was one of the few guitarists to dedicate himself continually to both early and contemporary music. He has influenced numerous artists, including Maurice Ohana
, Chayne, Dyens
, Ravier, Antonio Ruiz-Pipo, and Yoram Zerbib. He taught at the National Conservatory of Paris
and teaches at the Ecole Normale of music in Paris
.
Composer : Maurice Ohana
(1914-)
Orquesta Filarmonica del Prado ; Daniel Chabrun, conductor.
Arion ARN 38 240. p 1974.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist and teacher born March 13, 1935 in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, who since 1962 has lived and taught in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Biography
Alberto Ponce's father was his first teacher. When he was a child he entered the Municipal Conservatory of BarcelonaBarcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain, where, in addition to guitar, he studied piano, harmony and chamber music. He left the Conservatory with a diploma and an Honorable Mention and then met a person who would have a major influence on his career: Emilio Pujol
Emilio Pujol
Emili Pujol Vilarrubí was a composer and the leading twentieth century musicologist and classical guitar teacher.- Biography :...
. The Catalan musicologist and scholar advised him to enter the Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
Conservatory. After three years of study Ponce perfected his technique with him at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena, where he increased his knowledge of the music of the Spanish Golden Age.
In 1961 he won first prize at the International Competition in Paris, organized by Radio France. In 1962, Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century.From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but believing that her talent as a composer was inferior to that of her younger...
asked him to teach at the Fontainebleau Conservatory. In the same year he was asked to become a professor at the Ecole Normale of music in Paris by Alfred Cortot
Alfred Cortot
Alfred Denis Cortot was a Franco-Swiss pianist and conductor. He is one of the most renowned 20th-century classical musicians, especially valued for his poetic insight in Romantic period piano works, particularly those of Chopin and Schumann.-Early life and education:Born in Nyon, Vaud, in the...
, the director. There he has had an unprecedented pedagogical career, having created one of the most prolific schools of contemporary guitar.
For many years Alberto Ponce was one of the few guitarists to dedicate himself continually to both early and contemporary music. He has influenced numerous artists, including Maurice Ohana
Maurice Ohana
Maurice Ohana was an Anglo-French composer of Sephardic Jewish origin.Ohana was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He was a British citizen until 1976, as his father had been born in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. He originally studied architecture, but abandoned this in favour of a...
, Chayne, Dyens
Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens is a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.Dyens studied guitar with the Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Ponce and analysis with Désiré Dondeyne. He has won several prizes in competitions for classical guitar performance as well as for composition...
, Ravier, Antonio Ruiz-Pipo, and Yoram Zerbib. He taught at the National Conservatory of Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
and teaches at the Ecole Normale of music in Paris
École Normale de Musique de Paris
The École Normale de Musique de Paris is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, France. The school was founded by Auguste Mangeot and pianist Alfred Cortot in 1919...
.
Discography
- Si le jour paraît
Composer : Maurice Ohana
Maurice Ohana
Maurice Ohana was an Anglo-French composer of Sephardic Jewish origin.Ohana was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He was a British citizen until 1976, as his father had been born in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. He originally studied architecture, but abandoned this in favour of a...
(1914-)
Orquesta Filarmonica del Prado ; Daniel Chabrun, conductor.
Arion ARN 38 240. p 1974.
Famous students
- Roland DyensRoland DyensRoland Dyens is a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.Dyens studied guitar with the Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Ponce and analysis with Désiré Dondeyne. He has won several prizes in competitions for classical guitar performance as well as for composition...
- Yoram Zerbib :he:יורם זרביב
- Patrick KearneyPatrick Kearney (guitarist)Patrick James Kearney is a Canadian-born classical guitarist. He is known for his virtuosic and Romantic interpretations of both contemporary and canonical guitar music...
- Magnus Gutke
- Claudio Marcotulli
- Andrea Vettoretti
- Eladio Scharrón
- Georg Gulyas
- Thomas ViloteauThomas ViloteauThomas Viloteau is a French classical guitarist who began his studies at the age of 12 in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône in southern France. After beginning his career in France, in 1998 Viloteau continued his studies when he attended the Escuela de Música Juan Pedro Carrero in Barcelona, Spain...
- Liat CohenLiat CohenLiat Cohen is a Franco-Israeli classical guitarist.She is the recipient of concert diplomas and first prizes from the Schola Cantorum de Paris and the Conservatoire de Paris, is a laureate of the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, and is the winner of international competitions in Rome and Paris...
- Jean-Marc Zvellenreuther