Name: Old World New World
Start: 2023-10-21T19:30:00
Location: Performing Arts Center of Rapid City

Bruce Knowles

Masakazu Ito

Black Hills Symphony Orchestra

Following his professional solo debut in Tokyo, Ito won top prizes in seven major international guitar competitions, including the Andrés Segovia International Guitar Competition, the Tokyo International Guitar Competition, the Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition and the Seto-Ohashi International Competition. A performance of Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo with the National Repertory Orchestra marked his concerto debut, and since then he has performed repertories with numerous symphony orchestras, including the diabolical Concierto para una Fiesta by Rodrigo. A solo concert in Germany marked Ito’s European debut. The Japanese government has invited Ito to perform solo concerts in honor of two historic milestones – 150 years of U.S.-Japan diplomatic relations, and the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Recently Ito traveled extensively in Spain giving solo concerts and clinics, including a performance as featured soloist for the Andrés Segovia International Guitar Festival in Linares, the birthplace of Segovia.