Contemporary flamenco guitarist will give free public performance
IDABEL, Okla.— Flamenco guitarist Ronald Radford will perform at the Museum of the Red River at 7 p.m. June 21.
Radford, a former Fulbright Scholar and U.S. State Department Musical Ambassador, is regarded as one of the leading contemporary flamenco guitarists. The concert is free and open to the public. Radford will also be available for a short meet and greet after the concert ends at 8:00 p.m.
The concert is sponsored by the Idabel Regional Arts Council, with support from the Oklahoma Arts Council.
In the strictest sense, flamenco refers to the musical traditions of Southern Spain. Its closest musical cousin is jazz or the blues. It is often described as the music of outcasts and emotional and spontaneous. The pace of a single song often changes from vibrant and rhythmically intense to somber and slow, depending on the artist’s mood. That spontaneity all but ensures that no two performances are the same.
Radford, a Tulsa native, has performed in 15 countries, including Carnegie Hall and the University of the Americas in Mexico.
His performance in Mexico was lauded as “equal to those on any flamenco stage in Madrid, Seville or Andalusia.”
More information about Radford, including samples of his work, can be found on his website, http://www. ronaldradford. com/ bio_ html.html.