BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Denver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17-18732@music.colostate.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250411T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250411T213000 DTSTAMP:20250121T205745Z URL:https://music.colostate.edu/events/virtuoso-series-concert-ron-francoi s-violin-and-mauricio-nader-piano/ SUMMARY:Virtuoso Series Concert: Ron Francois\, Violin and Mauricio Nader\, Piano DESCRIPTION:Guest artist Mauricio Nader is one of Mexico's premier artists. Funded in part by the Lilla B. Morgan fund\, Mr. Nader will collaborate w ith Ron Francois for a violin and piano recital.\n“Maintaining a blister ing career of engagements\, Mr. Nader has become the Indiana Jones of the Piano World” (Price\, Rubin &\; Partners\, UNITED STATES) “Today\, no other Mexican pianist matches Mauricio Nader’s busy concert schedule\ , precise technique and intense passion.” (Houston Chronicle\, UNITED ST ATES) “With a spirit of passion for music\, Mauricio Nader brings a univ ersal message of peace”. (The News\, PAKISTAN) “Impressive performance and bravura. His technical precision was outstanding. His concert was a p ianistic success”. (EL NUEVO DÍA\, 2009. PUERTO RICO) “When Mauricio Náder plays the piano\, he awakens the spirit of passion\, sensuality\, e xaltation\, energy and voluptuousity.” (Life &\; Style Magazine\, MEX ICO)\n\nMexican pianist Mauricio Náder (1967) he began performing at the age of nine years old and has mantained an active career\, performing at m ajor venues of the American continent\, Europe\, the Middle East and the F ar East. He has appeared extensively in Mexico\, the United States\, Canad a\, Bulgaria\, France\, Germany\, Italy\, Norway\, Portugal\, Spain\, Beli ze\, Brazil\, Colombia\, Costa Rica\, Cuba\, Ecuador\, Panamá\, Peru\, Pu erto Rico\, El Salvador\, China\, Lebanon and Pakistan. He has also contri buted towards the promotion of Mexican Music at venues such as the Jay Pri tzker Pavilion/Millennium Park (Chicago)\, Inter-American Development Bank (Washington\, DC)\, Spivey Hall (Atlanta)\, Americas Society (New York)\, The Prince of Asturias Foundation Series (Spain)\, National Center for th e Performing Arts (Beijing\, China)\, Oslo Konserthus (Oslo)\, Hotel Natio nal des Invalides (Paris)\, Centro Cultural de Belem (Lisboa)\, Teatro Mun icipal (Río de Janeiro)\, Art Institute of Chicago\, Teatro Sánchez Agui lar (Guayaquil)\, and many others.\n\nHis interpretative warmth\, the powe r of his artistic personality and his ability to face an immense repertory ranging from the Baroque to the contemporary music have led him to become one of today’s Latinamerican musicians who most hold the attention of c oncert organizers. He debuted as a soloist with the National Symphony Orch estra (Mexico) at the age of nineteen years old. Since then\, he is freque ntly invited by all of Mexico’s major orchestras\, as well as by diverse orchestras from abroad. Some of his projects have included the “premier in Mexico” of George Crumb’s Makrokosmos (complete Books I and II) du ring the Festival Internacional Cervantino and the "premiere" in several c ountries of the Piano Concertos by Manuel M. Ponce and José Rolón. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/music/wp-conte nt/uploads/sites/17/2024/12/2025.04.11_VirtuosoSeries_RonFrancois_GuestArt ist_MauricioNader_Screen.jpg CATEGORIES:College of Liberal Arts Featured Events LOCATION:Organ Recital Hall\, University Center for the Arts\, 1400 Remingo n St.\, Fort Collins\, CO\, 80524\, United States GEO:40.5692704;-105.07477849999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1400 Remingon St.\, Fort Co llins\, CO\, 80524\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Organ Recita l Hall\, University Center for the Arts:geo:40.5692704,-105.07477849999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR