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\nLezcano prese nts and performs in a variety of musical styles: indigenous strummers in r itual festivals from Ecuador\, Gaucho music from Argentina\, European parl or waltzes from Venezuela\, and Afro-Brazilian choros-maxixe. He also play s pieces by Villa-Lobos\, Brouwer\, Lauro\, Barrios\, Pereira\, and exampl es from his Fulbright-funded research in Ecuador.
\nDescribed by Fan fare Magazine as &ldquo\;an excellent guitarist as well as an imaginative composer\,&rdquo\; Dr. José\; Manuel Lezcano serves as Artist Lectur er in Guitar at the University of Southern Maine &\; Lecturer in Guitar at the University of Arkansas\, where he teaches a thriving studio of gui tarists\, and continues to serve as Professor Emeritus of Music at Keene S tate College where he directs the Guitar Orchestra and Latin Ensemble\, an d teaches guitar and courses in Latin American and Spanish music. He has a lso served recently as Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota at Morris. He has lectured throughout the state for the NH Hu manities Council on Ecuadorean indigenous guitar traditions\, rituals\, an d mythology\, and on the Guitar in Latin America.
\nHe is a twice Gr ammy-nominated composer and performer who has performed for audiences on f our continents. His programs featuring traditional and Latin American repe rtoire\, and his own original compositions have taken him as recitalist\, collaborative musician\, and concerto soloist from Carnegie Recital Hall a nd the North-South Consonance Series in New York City to major venues and festivals in Cuba\, Spain\, Ecuador\, Colombia\, Peru\, Brazil\, China\, C rete\, Trinidad &\; Tobago\, the Czech Republic and Germany. Born in Ha vana\, Cuba in 1960\, he earned degrees from Peabody Conservatory (BM)\, U niversity of South Carolina (MM)\, and Florida State University (Ph.D. mus ic theory).
\nJosé\; has earned numerous awards\, including fi rst prize in the MTNA National Guitar Competition\, the NH State Arts Coun cil Individual Artist Fellowship\, NHMTA Composer of the Year (2002 &\; 07)\, KSC Distinguished Research Award\, and a Fulbright Award to Ecuador where he performed as orchestral soloist and pursued research on indigeno us guitar traditions. Jose&rsquo\;s scholarly publications include Latin A merican Music Review\, Soundboard\, and the Latino Encyclopedia. In additi on to flute and guitar works published by Alry\, his catalog includes two double concertos for flute\, guitar\, and strings (Poemas Concertantes\, a nd Sojourners\, published by Cayambis)\; a Viola Concerto premiered by Bre tt Deubner and the Astoria Symphony\; four song cycles for the Barcelona F estival of Song\, Sonata for cello and guitar (recorded by Jose and cellis t Rebecca Hartka on the CD Coleurs)\; and two guitar concertos (Guitar Con certo no. 1\, &ldquo\;Ecuadorean Landscapes\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Conciert o Cubanero&rdquo\; for guitar and chamber orchestra\, a work inspired by C uban dance genres of the golden age).
\nIn October 2021\, Jose perfo rmed as soloist with the Sinfonica Nacional de Colombia in &ldquo\;Concier to Cubanero.&rdquo\; On May 5 &\; 6\, 2023\, Jose&rsquo\;s double-conce rto for bass soloists\, harp and strings\, will receive a world premiere b y the Buffalo Symphony and nine-time Grammy winner Maestra JoAnn Falletta\ , in a program including Brahm&rsquo\;s Fourth Symphony and Ginastera&rsqu o\;s Estancia Suite.
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