Richard Kurjan MA’82, a 2024 UT Dallas distinguished alum, established the Enric F. Madriguera Guitar Fund to support the guitar studies program and its students. Madriguera, the former Russell Cleveland Professor in Guitar Studies who served at UTD for 45 years, died in April 2024. Ric was one of the regular partygoers.”Madriguera and Kurjan played music together, and Kurjan, a music enthusiast, loved listening to Madriguera’s classical guitar. So, if there’s anything Ric taught me, it’s to enjoy life like he did.”Madriguera, who was director of the guitar studies program, was also the co-founder and artistic director of the annual Texas Guitar Competition and Festival, which began in 2001 at UTD. “Enric dedicated himself to the excellence of our music program and was a champion for his guitar program and his students,” she said.