As part of the Musical Canvas program, the Kendall Art Center, now the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, showcased classical guitarist Arturo Castro Nogueras on November 26, 2021, as part of the Family Ties exhibition. This exhibition presented the public with art from two families composed entirely of artists. His performance, which delighted the audience for nearly half an hour, included excerpts from internationally renowned tunes, thoroughly enjoyed by those in attendance.
Arturo Castro Nogueras is an artist who draws on the rich cultural tapestry that spans his diverse heritage. Born to two pianists and of Cuban, Mexican, and Puerto Rican descent, he has performed extensively in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, including sold-out concerts at the Düsseldorf Festival, the Reading Fringe Festival in the UK, the National Art Museum in Mexico City, the St. Donatus Festival in Croatia, and the Iberoamerican Institute in Berlin. At these and many other venues, he has presented a repertoire of contemporary music and classical Mexican and Caribbean music.
Castro Nogueras holds a Bachelor's degree in Music with a major in Guitar from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of Puerto Rican maestro Leonardo Egúrbida. He also holds a Master's degree in Guitar and Early Music from the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Düsseldorf, under the mentorship of the famed guitarist and composer Joaquín Clerch, and pianist and harpsichordist Anthony Spiri. In 2016, he graduated with distinction from the Konzertexamen excellence program at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Professor Clerch's class.
Recent performances include solo performances with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen in Germany, the Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra in the UK, the Camerata Santiago de Querétaro and the INJUVE Orchestra in Mexico, the Ciudad de Palencia Orchestra in Spain, the Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra in England, the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen in Germany, the Ciudad de Palencia Orchestra in Spain, the Camerata Santiago de Querétaro, and the INJUVE Symphony Orchestra in Mexico City.
