RICHTER UZUR DUO
Guitar/Cello

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            “Here is serious musicianship that doesn’t take itself too seriously – an illusive
            combination, but skillfully realized . . . Bravo, and bravo again!”
FANFARE MAGAZINE

Two highly skilled artists, classically trained and street-savvy, have pooled their love for music of all genres to satisfy every musical whim while simultaneously leaving an audience to marvel at their individual virtuosic prowess.  These guys are the real deal . . . each a soloist capable of holding their own on a symphony orchestra stage or matching licks with a road house band.  From Led Zeppelin to Bartok . . . from the Beatles to Rimsky-Korsakov . . . from Gershwin to their own ground-breaking compositions . . . the music sashays all over the planet and back again, satisfying audiences all the while.

 

BRAD RICHTER

“Music can hardly be refined to a higher standard . . . five, no, six stars for a master.”
AKUSTIK GITARRE, Germany

Since completing his Master’s degree at the Royal College of Music in London, Brad Richter has performed throughout North America and Europe as a soloist, in duos with artists such as Grammy-winner David Finckel of the Emerson String Quartet and in numerous national broadcasts in the US, Great Britain and Mexico. Recent festival appearances have included The Aspen Music Festival, The London International Guitar Festival, Festival Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado (Mexico) and the Walnut Valley Festival, where he won the National Finger-picking Championship.

Brad is also an accomplished composer. In addition to his collections of concert music for solo guitar (published by Mel Bay and GSP) Brad is an avid composer of chamber music. He is a winner of the International Composer’s Guild Competition, he wrote and performed a score for the Emmy award winning PBS television series, The Desert Speaks and his chamber music CD Navigating Lake Bonneville, has just been released. Brad’s critically acclaimed solo CD: A Whisper in the Desert, is available from Acoustic Music Records.

When not on the road, Brad teaches at the University of Arizona and serves as the Artistic Director of Lead Guitar, a charity (which he co-founded in 2006) that establishes school guitar programs for at-risk youth.

 

VIKTOR UZUR

            “ . . . a cellist of great experience and depth, an absolute artist with the bow . . .
            with the mind, heart and technical ability to create an enduring legacy.”
FLAGPOLE MAGAZINE

Viktor Uzur has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in many countries in Europe, Asia and North America including important concerts and collaborations with composers such as Tikhon Khrennikov, Petris Vasks and Lewis Nielson. His engagement as the principal cellist and soloist with ARCO Moscow Chamber Orchestra brought him many CD releases and international tours and his performances, interviews and compositions have been broadcast nationally on television and radio stations in the former Yugoslavia, Russia, and United States. He has given concerts and has been an artist in residence at festivals in Austria, Spain, Italy, France, Russia, Canada, Korea, Latvia, United States and the former Yugoslavia. Uzur is cello professor at Weber State University in Utah.

Uzur received his Bachelor and Masters in Cello Performance with soloist diplomafrom the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, and Doctorate from Michigan State University. His most recent recordings include Entertainers and Viktor Uzur in Recital.  Uzur is the founder and director of the Bonneville Chamber Music Festival in America. Uzur is a prize winner and a diploma recipient at competitions such as the Yugoslavian National Solo Competition, Sarajevo, Jeuness Musicales International Competition, Belgrade and XI International Competition Tchaikovsky, Moscow.

                                        Text by Wes Brustad, President/CEO State Theatre (New Jersey)