(Posadas, Argentina, 1949)
Jorge Cardoso has given concerts in Argentine, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey , Ukraine United Kingdom and U.S.A., and frequently participates in international festivals and programs for radio and television.
He has composed over 350 works: suites and pieces for solo guitar; duets (two guitars, guitar and violin, guitar and harpsichord, guitar and flute); trio and quartets; string quartet; quintets (guitar and strings, guitar and wind instruments); concerts (for two guitars and strings, for guitar and orchestra); an orchestra for strings and songs for voice and guitar.
Other related works include his transcriptions and arrangements of works of South American folkloric character, of de Spanish Rennaisance and Baroque, and of other countries and periods. Many are performed regularly by guitarists throughout the world and several are included on recording by 100 performers.
He has lectured on classical guitar techniques, interpretation, Latin American Music, Baroque Music, and Music Composition at conferences, seminars and classes throughout France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Chile, Cuba, Costa Rica, Argentina, Morocco and Turquey.
He is the author of de book “The Science and Method of Guitar Technique”, edited in French (Les Editions Austreales), Japanese (Guitar Music) and Spanish (Universidad de Costa Rica),and traslated into English, German and Polish: and “Rhytmus and Musical Forms of South America (volume 1: Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and RASGUEOS (Musical History from the 16th century to the present.
Mr. Cardoso is the ricipient of the highest awards at various competitions and festivals, including the Primer Festival de la Música Litoraleña (Posadas, 1963); VII. Festival Nacional del Folklore (Cosquín, 1966); Cuarto Concurso Nacional de Compo sición (Salta, 1961) and II. Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Clásica (Morón, Buenos Aires, 1973).
In addition to credits as a concert guitarist, composer and musicologist, Jorge Cardoso is also medical doctor at the National University of Córdoba Argentina, (1973). He is also the founder and director of the ORQUESTA DE CAMARA DE GUITARRAS DE MADRID and the Director of Alsace, Lambesc, Beauvezer (France), Festival Iberoamericano de Guitarra of Maroc (Instituto Cervantes) and Posadas (Argentina) Internationals Guitar Festivals. Jorge Cardoso is president of GUIA (Guitarristas de América), international organization dedicated to the diffusion of the music of Americas. He has graduated in the Royal Conservatoire of Music of Madrid.
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Concertista, compositor, investigador y médico (Univ. Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina,1973), fue fundador y director de la ORQUESTA DE CAMARA DE GUITARRAS DE MADRID. Es director artístico de los festivales internacionales de guitarra de Alsacia (Francia) y Posadas (Argentina), presidente de GUIA (Guitarristas de América), organización intemacional dedicada a la difusión de la música de las tres Américas y profesor superior de guitarra (Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid). Dicta clases de Técnica, Interpretación, Música suramericana Música barroca y Composición, y participa asiduamente como profesor o conferencista en cursos, congresos y seminarios en Francia, España, Portugal, Bélgica, Alemania, Polonia, Suecia, Chile, Cuba, Costa Rica, Argentina, Marruecos, Turquía, etc.
Ha dado conciertos en Alemania, Argentina, Austria, Bélgica, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Checoslovaquia, España, E.E.U.U. (Carnegie Hall), Francia, Holanda, Honduras, Italia, Japón, Marruecos, Paraguay, Polonia, Portugal, Suecia, Suiza, Turquía y Ukrania, participando habitualmente en encuentros y festivales internacionales y en programas de radio y T-V.
Fueron sus profesores: Hermelinda A. de Odonetto (danzas folklóricas); Lucas B. Areco y Ma. H. Antola de Gómez Crespo (guitarra), y Javier Hinojosa (música antigua).