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Loeffler Alumni Series: Cristian Perez
October 20, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Free
The Guitar Renegades are a guitar quintet comprised of Cristian Perez (leader/arranger), Connor Holdridge, Jan Knutson, Parker Spears, and Tommy Holladay. Although they’re all jazz guitarists at heart, they venture into repertoire as diverse as Bach, Simon & Garfunkel, Nirvana, and Django Reinhardt. They balance intricate arrangements and ensemble parts in a classical guitar ensemble style with improvised sections using a jazz aesthetic.
About Cristian Perez
Cristian Perez is an Argentine-American 7-string guitarist, composer, and arranger based in Northern Virginia. Cristian has performed throughout the world in Argentina, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, South Korea, and is very active in the greater DC area. His debut album “Anima Mundi” has received numerous international reviews and reached #13 in the CMJ World Music charts in the USA. Cristian is a former Artist in Residence at Strathmore (’15), and won 2 Wammie Awards (‘22) for his work with Project Locrea. Cristian is a Kremona Guitars Artist and MCO Guitars Artist, and has been featured in the industry-standard publication Vintage Guitar Magazine. While at Levine, Cristian studied with Berta Rojas. Cristian graduated from George Mason University with degrees in both Classical Guitar (BM, ’10), and Jazz Studies (MM, ’12).
Levine Music gratefully acknowledges Jane and Robert Loeffler as well as the support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
