Kurt Rodarmer

Kurt Rodarmer is a consummate musician. His mastery of the guitar places him squarely in the category of world-class artists, and his prodigious talent has been recognized and lauded by the likes of Segovia, Joaquín Rodrigo, Carlos Vázquez, and John McLaughlin. Kurt has spent the last ten years in relative seclusion during the preparation and recording of The Goldberg Variations CD. His transcription preserves Bach's music in its original form and makes use of custom instruments capable of producing the extended range required by the work. The nature of this music broadens the appeal of the CD - and the artist - to a much wider audience than that of the classical guitar. Glenn Gould's landmark release in 1982 on CBS Masterworks of The Goldberg Variations, one of Bach's most loved instrumental works, catapulted TGV to an extraordinary level of popularity and awareness. Rodarmer's achievement of the complete work on his own instrument brings to it new qualities of expression and interpretation. A student of the late Maestro Segovia, Rodarmer began studying guitar at the age of six. After several years of concertizing in the US, Canada, Martinique, and culminating in a triumphal national tour in Mexico, including performing at the prestigious Palacio de Bellas Artes, Rodarmer released his first LP recording, Volume One, in 1985. This album received wide air play and critical acclaim from the music world.