Jon Wasserman

Fabulous Fringe: Jon Wasserman

This concert is part of the free fringe programme of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2024.

Jon Wasserman, a New York native based in Madrid, is a specialist in plucked string instruments like theorbo, lute, vihuela, and various guitars. He holds degrees in Classical Guitar, Ethnomusicology, and Historical Plucked String Instruments from Indiana University and Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. He studied with Nigel North and Xavier Diaz Latorre and participated in masterclasses with renowned musicians. Wasserman has performed globally, including Carnegie Hall and the Cathedral of Granada, and regularly collaborates with various ensembles. In 2022, he released the album Tonos Humanos with Duo Isanta & Wasserman, featuring Spanish music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Programme

• Vihuela

• Diego Pisador

  Con qué la lavaré 

  1509/10-after 1557
• Luys de Narváez 

  Fantasía 10 del quarto tono 
  Canción del Emperador, Mille regres 

  fl. 1526-1549
• Luys Milán

  Fantasía 11 del primer y segundo tono 
  Villancico 4 quien amores ten 

  c1500-c1560

• ***
  Oud/Tzouras

• Traditional sephardic

  Morena me yaman 
  Adio kerida 
  La rosa enflorece
  Durme durme 
  Los caminos de Sirkedji 

• *** 
  Guitarra Barroca 

• Santiago de Murcia

  Cumbees 

  1673-1739
• José Marín

  Aquella sierra nevada 

  1618/19-1699
• Gabriel Bataille

  Yo Soy La locura 

  c1575-1630
• Santiago de Murcia

  Marizapalos 

• José Marin

  Ojos pues me desdeñais 

• Santiago de Murcia

  Jacara 
  
  Programme subject to change

Musicians

• Jon Wasserman Baroque guitar, oud, vihuela