Tom Torissi Classical Guitar

Tom Torrisi is a classical guitarist, composer, and arranger whose playing has been described as “expressive and full of beautiful details around every corner.” Tom is a passionate advocate for new music and frequently collaborates with composers premiering pieces by Rachel Fogarty, Gerald Garcia, Edgar Girtain, Evan Henry, Arthur Keegan-Bole, Timothy Lee Miller, Robert Morris, and Zack Pentecost among others and has performed at the 21st Century Guitar Festival, Black House Collective, June in Buffalo, Mostly Modern Festival, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and zFestival. As a composer Tom draws on his diverse and eclectic performance background and one can hear traces of influences as wide-ranging as French impressionism, Balinese gamelan, American minimalism, and heavy metal. In addition to the guitar, Tom is a passionate explorer of non-Western musical styles and currently teaches and performs with Nusantara Arts' Balinese gamelan ensemble, and has previously performed with Gamelan Sanjiwani and Gamelan Lila Muni in Rochester, NY. Tom graduated from the Eastman School of Music earning a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Classical Guitar Performance and Literature under Nicholas Goluses.

In this solo performance, Tom will be performing a set of modern classical guitar masterpieces along with some of his original compositions. The program features an eclectic selection of music from around the globe by Carlo Domeniconi, Leo Brouwer, Dusan Bogdanovic, Nikita Koshikin and Tom Torrisi.