01 October 2025 – Marcus Howard and Kurenai (Claire) Nishioka

Recitals Australia Presents
Lunch Hour Spring Series
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide

Commencing at 12.30pm

Program

Marcus Howard

Roland Dyens (1955–2016)
Saudade No. 3

Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944)
Julia Florida

Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944)
Vals, Op. 8 No. 4

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
Etude No. 7

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
Etude No. 12

| 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |

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Kurenai Nishioka

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750)
Fantasia

Antonio Lauro (1917–1986)
Valse Venezolano No. 2

Doug de Vries (1960–)
Hummingbird

Richard Charlton (1955–)
The Black Cockatoo Flying Alone

| 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |

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Marcus and Kurenai

Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
Serenade

James Rawley 
Huntsman

| 4 | 3 |

ABOUT Marcus

Marcus Howard, 20, is a 3rd year undergraduate student at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, studying under Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini. A multi-instrumentalist with vast experience performing on electric guitar, drums and bass guitar, Marcus decided to pursue the classical guitar after studying under Caleb Lavery-Brook in 2022. In this short time playing classical guitar, Marcus has performed at the Dunstan Playhouse, Her Majesty’s Theatre and Elder Hall and was awarded a high distinction in his most recent performance exam. He has had masterclasses with Andrea González Caballero, Georg Gulyas and Jonathan Paget.

ABOUT Kurenai

Kurenai (Claire) Nishioka started learning classical guitar at the age of 4 in Japan. She moved to Australia in 2023, where she now studies privately with Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini. In both 2024 and 2025, she was awarded full scholarships to attend the Sydney Guitar Summer School and received second prize in the Adelaide Eisteddfod open-age category. She has also had the honour of receiving masterclasses from Park Kyuhee (Korea), Gian Marco (Italy), Simon Powis (Australia), and Kozo Tate (Japan).

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