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Guitarist Emilia Diaz Delgado
Sunday April 20, 5:00 p.m., UC Santa Cruz Seymour Marine Discovery Center, La Feliz Room, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz. Free admission and parking.
The South Bay Guitar Society is pleased to present guitarist Emilia Diaz Delgado in the second performance of its new Guitarra en Fisterra series at University of California Santa Cruz's Seymour Marine Research Center. This beautiful venue lies at the edge of Pacific Ocean on the west end of Santa Cruz. Please come enjoy the music and the view and support our new concert series. Follow signs to La Feliz Room.
Program (to be performed with no intermission):
Augustin Barrios - Mazurka Appassionata
Kenny Hill - Stolen Moments Suite
Emilia Giuliani - Belliniana #4
Manuel Ponce - Sonata Romántica
Rameau - Le Rappel des Oiseaux
Emilia Díaz-Delgado is a classical guitarist based in San Francisco, Calif. Her collaborations and projects include performances with Omni Concerts, the South Bay Guitar Society, Austin Classical Guitar, and several guest appearances on National Public Radio's program From The Top.
Recently, she premiered the Chopiniana #10 by composer Sergio Assad as part of his collaboration with Knobloch Strings presenting “The Woman and the Guitar,” a collection of 24 preludes interpreted by female performers.
Emilia is the recipient of accolades and top prizes, including second place at the 2022 Guitar Foundation of America's International Youth Competition Junior Division and fourth place at the 2023 James Stroud Guitar Competition.
She has organized charity performances and community concerts to benefit institutions in the Bay Area and beyond. She has partnered with the National Audubon Society, Wild Bird Rescue & Rehab, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, and the Homeless Children’s Network. She has also worked with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Notes for Nourishment to present public performances.
Emilia studies with Meng Su at San Francisco Conservatory's Pre-College Division, where she has been the recipient of several awards. Her previous teachers are David Tanenbaum (2023-2024), Scott Cmiel (2018-2023), and Igor Avila Soria (2014-2018). Emilia has studied with and performed in masterclass for guitarists including Sérgio Assad, Manuel Barrueco, Bokyung Byun, Zoran Dukić, Marcin Dylla, Mark Eden, Raphaël Feuillâtre, Eliot Fisk, Smaro Gregoriadou, Pablo Garibay, Jiji, David Leisner, João Luiz, Michael Newman, Laura Oltman, Judicaël Perroy, David Russell, Richard Savino, Johan Smith, Laura Snowden, Christopher Stell, Marc Teicholz, Ben Verdery, and Jason Vieaux.
Outside of the guitar, Emilia is a filmmaker whose work has been screened at festivals in the U.S., Paris, Beijing, Bulgaria, Romania, Brazil, Italy, Costa Rica, Russia, and England. In her free time, Emilia enjoys studying Renaissance counterpoint and modernist composers and reading about philosophy, logic, and music history.
Emilia performs on a guitar built by luthier Kenny Hill.
The South Bay Guitar Society promotes classical and related guitar music to people of all cultures, ages, abilities and economic means, primarily in the South Bay but also in the wider region. SBGS fulfills its purpose by offering culturally diverse concerts, guitar music education and performance opportunities for professional and amateur musicians. As SBGS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with an all-volunteer management team, 100% of donations goes to supporting our mission. For more information visit sbgs.org
