Andrés Saborío, a guitarist from Costa Rica, will give a recital on Marshall University’s Huntington campus Sunday, March 7. The recital will take place at 8 p.m. in the Smith Recital Hall.

Regarded as one of the outstanding Costa Rican guitarists of his generation, Saborío began to study guitar in 1996 and immediately decided to dedicate his studies and life’s work entirely to music. That decision took him to the University of Costa Rica and later to Indiana University, where he earned his master’s degree in 2005.

He has performed as a soloist as a member of the Orquesta de Guitarras de Costa Rica (Guitar Orchestra of Costa Rica) and as a chamber musician. He has performed in Costa Rica’s main theaters as well as in the United States, Mexico, Holland, Spain, Germany, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia and Cuba.

In 2009, Saborío formed the “Andrés Saborío Trio” with bassist Luis Alvaro Zamora and percussionist Ivan Barquero and produced their debut CD “LatinoAmerica.” The group’s repertoire includes standards from Latin American popular music, as well as classical compositions for guitar newly arranged for the trio.

Saborío’s awards as a classical guitarist include first place in the “V Festival y Concurso Internacional de Guitarra de Cochabamba, Bolivia (2008),” third place in the “I Concurso Internacional de Guitarra de Culiacan, Mexico (2008)” and second place in the 7th Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America, Indiana University (2004).

For further information, contact the Marshall Department of Music at 304-696-3117.