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But he can't say the same for some musicians, guitarists included, who earn a large part of their living as soloists.
Barrueco has noticed fewer concerts being presented.
"I know of a number of series that are no longer there. It's pretty clear there's a decline in general, and a decline in recordings. It is a changing world," he said in a phone interview from his home in Timonium, Md.
"I don't know if that means there is less interest, or rather that more people are watching high-quality (DVDs) or listening to recordings or on the Internet."
The Cuban-born Barrueco will be giving a solo concert today at the KiMo Theatre. It is part of the KHFM Performance Live series, which incidentally started up just last season.
His concert program includes music of J.S. Bach, Joaquin Turina, Isaac Albeniz and Astor Piazzolla.
He sees one trend is to program classical music concerts with "lighter" fare, that is, mixing in music that crosses over into other genres, such as pop and Broadway.
Barrueco himself is part of a parallel trend, begun decades ago by the Kronos Quartet, to expand the palette of guitarists and chamber ensembles. He has been performing and recording works by modern composers with the Mexico City-based Cuarteto Latinoamericano.
Barrueco will be featured with the string quartet on a CD, due out next month, called "Sounds of the Americas." The album will feature quintets written by four composers, all Americans, he said.
One piece is Michael Daugherty's "Bay of Pigs," a reference to the location also called Playa Giron, where American-backed Cuban exiles unsuccessfully tried to invade Fidel Castro's Cuba in 1961.
"Though it has Cuban subject matter, Daugherty still (quotes) American music -- Jimi Hendrix," Barrueco said.
Another composer is Gabriela Lena Frank, who wrote a piece for the quintet called "Inca Dances," he said.
A third work on the CD is Roberto Sierra's "Triptico." "It has the sound of a tropical Caribbean night but it's a modern piece, a fun piece," Barrueco said.
The fourth composition on the album is Aaron Jay Kernis' "100 Greatest Dance Hits."
"It's really the most fun piece. The first movement is all percussion, funky. In the last movement you could see John Travolta doing disco," Barrueco said. "I love the record because it is all different aspects of the Americas."
And he's crazy about working with the quartet.
"It's really fun, and it's the right thing to do. The whole Latin American culture is an important part of the guitar repertoire. And today, in my opinion, probably the most important stuff being written for guitar is in the United States," Barrueco said. If you go
WHAT: Manuel Barrueco
WHEN: 3 p.m. today
WHERE: KiMo Theatre, Fifth and Central NW
HOW MUCH: $15, $22 and $30 general public, $10 fulltime students with valid ID in advance at the KiMo box office or at Ticketmaster outlets, by calling 883-7800, online at www. ticketmaster.com. For more information, call 331-3139 or go online to www.classicalkhfm.com
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