Del Monte to perform classical guitar

Flamenco and classical guitarist/composer Adam del Monte will perform at 8 p.m. today in Doc Rando Hall at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, as part of the Classical Guitar Series.

Tickets are $35, and available by calling 895-2787 or online at pac.unlv.edu.

Del Monte has been on the studio guitar department faculty at the University of Southern California since 2000.

A winner at the 1997 Stotsenberg International Classical Guitar Competition, del Monte studied flamenco and classical guitar in Spain, Israel and England.

He has appeared as both a solo artist and group performer, including as a guest performer with the Madrid Symphony Orchestra.

He was commissioned by the LA Guitar Quartet to compose a "progressive" flamenco piece entitled "Combio de Aire."

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