Recently I have attended the concert of the mandolin orchestra Kollnau-Gutach. This concert was dedicated to compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. The program included the 3rd movement of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 played by a guitar quartet. The slogan used for this concert was: Bach – And Now!? (Bach – Und Jetzt!?) After the
The Karlsruhe Guitar Quartet has won the second price in a competition for guitar quartets composed of students in Gevelsberg (Gitarrenwettbewerb in Gevelsberg). The four members of the quartet are studying classical guitar at the music university of Karlsruhe: Roman Hernitscheck (Germany), Marco Lima (Brazil), Gleb Simak (Estonia), Kristjan Tamm (Estonia). Kristjan Tamm and Gleb
Bantu is the name of a piece for four guitars by Andrew York. I have dicovered this piece on the CD Labyrinth by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Like in Rumba by Stepan Rak the guitars are also used as percussion instruments. Andrew York has been a member of the LAGQ for many years. He
Some days ago I found a concert by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet on the CBC Concerts on Demand website. David Kanengiser has created a great piece for one actor and guitar quartet based on the novel Don Quixote by Cervantes. The actor Phil Proctor recites the story in a fascination way, I have never