Jose Manuel Lezcano: Twice Grammy-Nominated Cuban American Guitarist, Composer, Folklorist and Professor of Music at Keene State College.
In solo recitals, Jose Manuel Lezcano presents a variety of musical styles:

Works by Spanish and Latin American composers.

Original works by Jose Lezcano.

Music of J.S. Bach, his contemporaries, and admirers.

Jose also plays original Latin-flavored compositions, and has composed four concertos for guitar, both solo and in duo combinations with orchestra accompaniment. He has premiered his works with professional orchestras in New York City, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Colombia, and New Hampshire.

"Jose Lezcano ... is a superb guitarist as well as a first-rate composer and arranger." --New Millennium Guitar Described by Fanfare Magazine as "an excellent guitarist as well as an imaginative composer," Jose has earned numerous professional recognitions, including two Grammy nominations, the NH State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, twice NHMTA Composer of the Year, and a Fulbright Award to Ecuador where he performed as orchestral soloist and pursued research on indigenous guitar traditions. He premiered his second guitar concerto, "Concierto Cubanero," in 2011 in New York City and in Quito, Ecuador. In 2012, Jose's "Tango-Overture" for strings, conducted by Max Lifchitz, received its debut recording on the North-South label as Cross-Currents.

Jose is on the touring roster of NEFA (New England Foundation for the Arts). Presenters may apply for grants to offset all or part of his fee, whether for performance, or composition commissions, or both. Dr. Jose Lezcano Professor of Music Keene State College. "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." --Victor Hugo