While we totally had to Google him, it's no lie when the University of Puget Sound website touts David Requiro as a prize-winning cellist.

Requiro is also an artist in residence at UPS, who Friday will bust out The Folk Inspired Cello along with violinist Maria Sampen and pianist Tanya Stambuk as part of the Jacobsen Series of concerts.

According to pre-event hype, "Long before the cello was a member of symphony orchestras, its voice was often heard with that of the fiddle, in folk music played from Scotland to Hungary. That tradition ended about 150 years ago. Yet some modern classical composers, whose work is inspired by folk music, have called upon the cello again to create the uniquely wistful and blithe tones of folk melodies."

Requiro and his presentation of The Folk Inspired Cello fit this bill.

"What makes this program so special are the distinctive musical languages of the composers we chose," says Requiro of the show on the UPS website.

Hear for yourself.

[University of Puget Sound Schneebeck Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m., $12.50 general public, $8.50 for seniors (55+), students, military, and UPS faculty and staff, free for current UPS students, 1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma, 253.879.3419]