Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa
3 e 4 de Junho | 0.84 | 10h30 - 16h00
5 Junho | Pequeno Auditório | 10h30 - 16h00
BIOGRAFIA:
Jad Azkoul was born in New York when his father was representing Lebanon to the United Nations. In high school and university he played the electric guitar, and turned to full time music study only after doing a BA and MA in experimental psychology at the American University of Beirut. There followed ten years of intensive study, first in Boston for two years of jazz studies, and then five in Paris in guitar and composition, with such greats as Nadia Boulanger and Pierre Petit.
The last three years were spent in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he was invited to study the new school of guitar developed by the virtuoso guitarist and composer, Abel Carlevaro. The maestro was so impressed with his student that he later selected him as one of his privileged teaching assistants.
He has since developed a career as a performer and teacher of the classical guitar, and gives Masterclasses in many countries of the world. The prestigious American String Teachers Association (ASTA), for example, invited him on more than one occasion to serve as their exclusive guitar clinician at their national conventions. He has also been invited to adjudicate at several international guitar competitions.
He has been giving annual Master classes in France since 1985, and now conducts 2 summer workshops/Masterclasses in France every year.
There are two CDs that were recorded for the French label Forlane and which have been highly acclaimed. They are available on Spotify, iTunes, and Amazon, as well as many other internet sites.