Stetson University’s School of Music and the Guitar Program, will present Peruvian guitarist/composer Jorge Caballero in concert on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Known for his dazzling virtuosity, intense musicality and spellbinding performances, Caballero is regarded as one of the finest guitarists of his generation. He is the youngest musician and the only guitarist to win the Naumburg International Competition Award, one of the most prestigious and coveted awards given to performers of any instrument, and comparable to the Pulitzer Prize.

Stetson’s Guitar Program is under the direction of Stephen Robinson, D.M., professor of music and founder of the Guitar Program at Stetson University. The performance will take place in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on the DeLand campus. Admission to the event is free and open to the public.

Caballero’s program at Stetson University will include three works of J.S. Bach arranged for guitar by Caballero. He will also perform Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, “from the New World” (arranged by Kazuhito Yamashita). Caballero is one of only two guitarists in the world to perform this work which he has also recorded.

Caballero has performed as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the New York Chamber Symphony, the Naples Philharmonic and the Presidential Symphony of Ankara, Turkey, among others. His recital appearances include performances at New York’s Alice Tully Hall, the Library of Congress in Washington (in the historic Great Performers Series), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles and other venues in the United States and internationally, including concerts in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and Mexico.

For more information on Caballero’s concert, please call Stetson’s School of Music at (386) 822-8950. Visit Stetson University’s School of Music for a complete performance schedule for Spring Semester 2016.