Raphaella Smits, guitar

Galvin Recital Hall, $30/10
Guitar International declares, “This is indeed play­ing which can take the guitar into the 21st century.” Best known for her performances of historic reper­toire on the eight-string guitar, Raphaella Smits was the first woman to win first prize in Spain’s Certamen Internacional de Guitarra Francisco Tárrega. In addition to performing concerts on nearly every continent, Smits has made 17 critically acclaimed recordings for Accent Records. Internationally renowned as an inspiring teacher of both guitar and chamber music, Smits is chair of Belgium’s Lemmens Institute and regularly gives master classes throughout Europe, North and South America, and Japan.