Segovia Competition 2017 - Ali Arango

International Classical Guitar Competition Andrés Segovia is one of most prestigious guitar contest with the name of one of the greatest guitarists in history. In 2017 it was held from 17 to 21 January, in the Spanish town of La Herradura, in the city of Almuñecar, in the area of Granada. The final winner was Cuban guitarist Ali Arango from Havana. Ali is a student of Maestro Antonio Alberto Rodríguez (Biki) and Maestro Joaquín Clerch. He has also received occasional lessons from Maestro Leo Brouwer as well as participated in different projects with Brouwer.
Now you can see Ali Arango playing fragments of popular guitar pieces in following order:
- Study without light by Andrés Segovia
- Sonata nº 1 - Third movement by leo Brouwer
- Waltz OP.64 No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin arranged by Ali Arango
- The Cathedral, 3rd movement byAgustín Barrios "Mangoré"
- Study of scales by Joaquín Clerch
- Präluduim BWV 996 by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Isochronous parallelepiped on a Helicoidal Pannel by Ali Arango
- "Concertino" Op. 72 (Cadenza) by Salvador Bacarisse

Ali s playing on Alhambra guitar by the luthier José María Vilaplana.