Ana María Rosado, guitar
A committed interpreter of contemporary Latin American music, Ana María Rosado has concertized throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Far East. Prominent composers have written works for the Puerto Rican artist, including Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León, Jorge Morel, Roque Cordero, Rafael Aponte-Ledée, Francis Schwartz and Edmundo Vásquez, among others.
Her debut solo compact disc on the Albany Records label, We’ve got (poly)rhythm, was critically acclaimed. Her second solo CD, an independent release Salsa and Other Beats (2010) includes the premiere recording of pieces by Jorge Morel as well of music by Latin American masters Paulo Bellinati, Abel Carlevaro and Leo Brouwer.
An extraordinary highlight of her life as a guitarist was to perform for the legendary Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia in his last set of masterclasses. Ana María was among the participants Segovia personally selected to perform in the final concert at the Manhattan School of Music, which had organized the week-long event.
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María Rosado recently retired from her position as Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Guitar at the New Jersey City University (1989-2020). She received her Doctorate in Musical Arts Performance from the Stony Brook University. Other studies include Professional Studies at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, and degrees from the University of Paris VIII and the University of Puerto Rico. She has studied guitar with Juan Sorroche, Alberto Ponce, Sharon Isbin and Jerry Willard, and in master classes with Andrés Segovia and Manuel Barrueco.
New York appearances have included featured performances in solo and ensemble works at Merkin Hall, Town Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Symphony Space and at The New School, among other venues. Recital presentations have included New Jersey City University, Rutgers University, Farleigh Dickinson University, the Brooklyn College/Conservatory of Music, for the Bloomingdale School of Music at Kosciusko Hall, among other institutions. As an Artistic Ambassador for the USIA, she toured México, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Perú, Bolivia and Argentina.
Recent performances- in 2025-include recitals and master classes in Puerto Rico at the Pontifical Catholic University in Ponce and at the Conservatory of Music in San Juan. She participated in the opening concert at the 2024 Long Island Guitar Festival. She has participated as performer and master class instructor in international festivals such as the City of Havana’s International Festival of Contemporary Music, the Mannes College of Music/The New School Guitar Seminar, in Puerto Rico’s Inter-American Music Festival, Ibero-American Arts Festival, and International Guitar Festival, as well as the Tenth International Guitar Week in Denver, Colorado, the International Youth Music Festival in Bulgaria, the Encuentro de Guitarras Identidades in Havana, Cuba, the UNESCO Salle FOKAL in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the 1st International Gharana Music Festival in Nepal, the V International Classical Guitar Festival Fernando Sor in Bogotá, Colombia and the 1st International Chamber Music Festival at the Universidad El Bosque, also in Bogotá.