Sounds like the Toronto Society had a great opening concert to their season stating that “Rafael Aguirre was on fire last night! What an incredible performer! Then, as a second encore, he simply had the audience shout out requests, and off the cuff he performed flawlessly! I’ve never before seen a classical guitarist do that [...]
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Interview with Daniel Bolshoy
This post is by Calgary contributor Murray Visscher from a series of posts pertaining to Guitarfestwest 2011 also see: Daniel Bolshoy’s Website INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL BOLSHOY August 28th, 2011 1. Can you remember where and how you decided to be a performing classical guitarist? Where did you study and what were the early days of your career like? My [...]
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Daniel Bolshoy Interviews Murray Visscher at Guitarfestwest 2011
This post is a guest post by Daniel Bolshoy from a series of posts pertaining to Guitarfestwest 2011 What could be better? A professional guitarist interviewing another! I’d like to thank both Daniel and Murray for this post and the other posts in the series. – Bradford Daniel Bolshoy Interviews Murray Visscher This conversation took place as [...]
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Concert Review: Jerome Ducharme at Leacock Theatre, Mount Royal University
This post is by Calgary contributor Murray Visscher from a series of posts pertaining to Guitarfestwest 2011 Jerome Ducharme Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 Leacock Theatre, Mount Royal University Having been invited to teach and perform at five consecutive festivals in 2011, Jerome Ducharme is having the busiest summer of his career. At his Wednesday evening performance at Calgary’s [...]
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Classical Guitar in Calgary & Guitarfestwest by Murray Visscher
I’ve known Murray Visscher for years and he was one of my first “real” classical guitar teachers after moving to the coast when I was eighteen. He’s inspired and produced many great students and is a fine player himself. You can purchase his latest recording here: Murray Visscher - The Early Romantic Guitar (de fossa, Giuliani, [...]
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Classical Guitar Society of Calgary 2011-2012 Concert Season
I just received an update on the Classical Guitar Society of Calgary 2011-2012 Concert Season. There has been a lot of guitar activity over in Calgary lately making it one of the most active and growing scenes in Canada. Celso Machado – 22 October, 2011 (Engineered Air Theatre) Johannes Moller – 26 November, 2011 (Leacock [...]
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Jose Fermin and Sheldon Stanley – Presented by Classical Guitar Society of Calgary
The Classical Guitar Society of Calgary presents: Jose Fermin and Sheldon Stanley Saturday, May 28, 2011, 8:00 pm St Stephen’s Anglican Church 1121- 14th Avenue, SW Admission by donation The CGSC has always supported local talent, and this year, we are supporting two artists who have given us a world of support over the last [...]
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Classical Guitar Society of Calgary presents: Florian Larousse
The Classical Guitar Society of Calgary presents: Florian Larousse Winner of the 2009 Guitar Foundation of America Competition Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:00 PM Rosza Centre, University of Calgary 206 University Court, NW The young French classical guitar virtuoso Florian Larousse, at the age of 22, has already wowed audiences on multiple continents. From numerous [...]
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Mount Royal University – Classical GuitarFest West
Looks like Murray Visscher and the Calgary gang have a new Guitar Festival. Looks excellent! VISIT THE OFFICIAL CLASSICAL GUITARFEST WEST WEBSITE: www.mtroyal.ca Classical GuitarFest West Aug. 8 – 12, 2011 A week of ‘guitar immersion’ in the Southern Alberta foothills, guaranteed to excite and inspire young guitar students and emerging classical guitar performers aged [...]
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Classical Guitar Society of Calgary and Pro Musica Society presents: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Alberta Post #2 regarding the LAGQ quartet. They are also playing in Edmonton. I posted a different video so you’d at least get that out of the repetition. Those Alberta guitar societies are great because they work together (or at least piggyback campaigns in some way) to bring in great artists. It would be great to [...]
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