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Season 52 Episode 14 | 30s

Explore Agustin Barrios’ journey from rural Paraguay to global recognition as a guitar composer. Despite facing rejection and personal struggles, his innovative compositions and passion for Latin American folk music made him a 20th-century icon.

Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, the Jack Lawrence Charitable Remainder Trust Worchell Lawrence, and Ellen and James S. Marcus.
Extras
Go behind the curtain of Donmar Warehouse's "Next to Normal."
Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical from London's Donmar Warehouse.
David Henry Hwang (Daniel Dae Kim) brings Marcus G. (Ryan Eggold) to a talkback.
David Henry Hwang (Daniel Dae Kim) shares a phone call with his father.
Dan (Jamie Parker) tries to connect to his wife (Caissie Levy).
The Goodman family prepares to head off to work and school.
How did Agustín Barrios transform into Nitsuga Mangoré?
Cyro Delvizio and Scott Yoo discuss the Spanish repertoire that influenced Agustín Barrios.
Scott Yoo visits Juanjo Corbalán to learn about the folk music that inspired Agustín Barrios.
Yevgeny Sudbin and Scott Yoo explain Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on Paganini."