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See also
* List of flamenco guitarists
References
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Life and career
Viloteau began his studies at the age of 12 in
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (; oc, Pòrt Sant Loís) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
History
The commune was created in 1904 from parts of the communes of Arles and Fos-sur-Mer. The Saint-Louis channel was ...
Barcelona
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, Spain. Here he studied under Maité Rubio while taking additional master classes with
Álvaro Pierri
Álvaro Pierri (born 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a classical guitarist. He is a professor at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna.
He received his early musical education from his mother, Ada Estades and aunt, Olg ...
École Normale Supérieure
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* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
in Paris after receiving the Scholarship. Here he studied under the guidance of Alberto Ponce and graduated in 2004 with a Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste. Remaining in Paris, Viloteau entered the
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique
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de Paris in 2004, where he studied with
Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens () (19 October 1955 – 29 October 2016) was a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.
Life and career
Dyens was born in Tunisia and lived most of his life in Paris. He studied with Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Po ...
and worked privately with
Judicaël Perroy
Judicaël Perroy (born July 21, 1973, Paris) is a French classical guitarist and music teacher. He won the 1997 Guitar Foundation of America International Solo Competition''.'' Perroy is a Professor of Classical Guitar at Pôle Sup'93, Seine ...
. In 2009, Viloteau received the Milton Salkin Scholarship Fund to attend the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
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History
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music was founded in 1917 by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodgh ...
where he graduated with a Professional Studies Diploma after studying with professor Marc Teicholz for a year. After living in New York City and London, he graduated in 2012 with a master's degree in Guitar Performance from the
University of Arizona
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in Tucson, as a Teaching Assistant for Tom Patterson. In Arizona he was able to commission the Suite Brasileira 3 by
Sergio Assad
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* Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found
* ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass
* ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film
* ''Se ...
after winning a grant from the Northern Trust/Piper Enrichment Award in Phoenix. After spending a year in Montreal studying film scoring at the University of Montréal, he moved to Rochester, NY in 2014 to complete a
Doctor of Musical Arts
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degree at the
Eastman School of Music
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It offers Bachelor of Music (B.M ...
under the guidance of
Nicholas Goluses Nicholas Goluses is a professor of classical guitar at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. Goluses has held the Andrés Segovia Chair at the Manhattan School of Music, as the founder and chair of that school's guitar departm ...
, with a minor in early music studying baroque performance practice with
Paul O'Dette
Paul Raymond O'Dette (born February 2, 1954) is an American lutenist, conductor, and musicologist specializing in early music.
Biography
O'Dette, who was born in Pittsburgh, began playing the electric guitar in a rock band in Columbus, Ohio, w ...
. While a student at Eastman, he was the first guitarist ever to be awarded the Arthur W. Foote Award from the
Harvard Musical Association
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in Boston, and in 2017 he was selected to be an artist in residence for the
American Public Media
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radio show
Performance Today
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.
Viloteau is currently playing a 2006
Greg Smallman
Greg Smallman (born 19 June 1947 in Cronulla, Australia) is the first internationally successful non-traditional Australian guitar-maker. He is known worldwide for his innovative guitar designsBastien Burlot guitar and is endorsed by Savarez strings..
Publications
*Dans la Boîte Noire - Technique(s) de la Guitare Classique (2013)
*In the Black Box - Technique(s) of the Classical Guitar (2014)
*Cinq Sonates - Domenico Scarlatti, co-edited with
Gabriel Bianco
Gabriel Bianco (born 25 April 1988) is a French classical guitarist.
Life
Born in the 17th arrondissement of Paris in a family of musicians, he started playing the guitar at the age of 5 with his father. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris i ...
(2015, Editions l'Empreinte Mélodique)
*Suite Brasileira 3 - Sergio Assad, edited and fingered by Thomas Viloteau, (2015 Editions Doberman-Yppan)
Competitions
Thomas Viloteau has competed and placed first in several international guitar competitions:
* in Spain
:Salou Guitar Competition (2000)
:Segovia International Competition in Linares, Spain (2005)
:International Tárrega Guitar Competition (2012)
* in France
:Antony Competition(2005)
* in Italy
:Mottola Competition (2006)
* in the USA
:Guitar Foundation of America (2006).
Performances
Along with his education and competitions, Viloteau has performed as a soloist in
Italy
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,
Spain
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, i ...
,
Sweden
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, France,
Germany
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and
Taiwan
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. In 2007, Viloteau toured for seven months in the
United States
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,
Canada
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and
Mexico
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, where he played and taught numerous concerts and masterclasses. His biggest venue in the United States was the
Kennedy Center
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, when he was chosen to represent the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2009.
Recordings
In addition to a number of performance and instructional videos, Viloteau has recorded the following CDs and DVD.
*Guitar Recital, 2007 Naxos
*Thomas Viloteau, GFA Winner, 2010 MelBay (DVD)
*Romantic, 2013 La Ma de Guido
*Dances Through the Centuries, 2015 Tigado
*A Song and Dance, 2016 Tigado