Results for "guitar, acoustic"

Kenji Haba

Kenji Haba is a guitarist who heralds a new direction for classical guitar through his insight and work with the coloration of sounds, as well as through bringing new formats to the landscape, including the innovative guitar-cello ensemble. He is also an active performer of contemporary music, with over 20 pieces of music written for and premiered by him, including works featured in classical guitar magazines in Japan as well as the US. He is well known for his interpretation of Toru Takemitsu, his performances having been described as an “ideal match for Takemitsu’s music” by Fanfare. He found an award-winning guitar-cello ensemble, Duo Anova with cellist, Susan D

RODRIGO NASSIF

Born: December 17, 1972

Rodrigo Nassif is one of the finest guitar players in Brazil. He was awarded the best instrumental performer Açorianos Prize in 2009, one of the most important prize in Brazil. Recently he was labelled by UOL música as “a national reference for Brazilian instrumental music”. He released three albums before forming his quartet, selling over five thousand copies. Rodrigo style has been classified as jazzmilonga, mixing-folk influenced by chamamé, tango-milonga with several other components of classical guitar. Rodrigo is used to play in the best stages of Brazil , such as Blue Note Club RJ , and Sesc Pompéia in São Paulo. We have this very fine video material , filmed live by the Sesc SP instituiton in São Paulo: https://goo.gl/g1CDI1 and this is a documentary about the influence of literature in my way of composing https://goo.gl/IP9Zto He started to play guitar when he was nine years old, learning everything that he could from South Brazilian folk to world music

George Christian Vilela Pereira

Born: August 10, 1981

George Christian is a composer who was born in Salvador, August 10th, 1981. His artistic beginnings were in the poetry and drawing fields, but it was through music and his guitar that he’s decided to show his face to the (virtual) world, releasing his first solo album, Às Vezes Sempre in 2010, by the French label Stomoxine Records.Since 2013, he’s been performing sporadically solo or as a guest, having also some passages in some groups. George now has 15 albums in his resume, released bythe following labels: Deep White Sound, Boolean Records (extinct), Spectropol Records, Plataforma Records, SattvaLand Records, Sê-lo Netlabel, Mansarda Records and, now, Zpoluras Archives

Marius Billgobenson

Born: April 4, 1966

A true musical citizen of the world committed to bridging longstanding cultural divides, Stockholm, Sweden based singer, songwriter and guitarist Marius Billgobenson has created a soulful and empowering fusion of jazz, blues, pop, R&B and the dynamic rhythms and vocal sounds indigenous to his homeland of the Congo. His invigorating blend of jazz instrumentation and African music seeks to bring awareness of disenfranchised communities. Starting with the release of his 2017 debut album The Sum of My Pardon, the multi-talented artist – also an award-winning anthropologist with intense interests in ethnomusicology and curating cultures - has used jazz as umbrella to bring about intellectual dialogues

Daniel Giron

Born: November 25, 1973

Daniel Girón was born in Bogota Colombia , and from a very early age, his interest in music was evident. At the age of 16, he began to teach himself to play guitar. By age 17, seeking a more solid foundation, he began his Classical guitar studies in the School of Music Luis A. Calvo in Bogota under the direction of Humberto Franco. Later, he commenced college studies in music at the Pedagogica Nacional University, where he took classes with the great Colombian guitarist and composer Gentil Montana . His studies there included flamenco guitar and modern harmony with Robeto Martinez. Daniel attended Great Lectures of Classical Guitar instructed by Eduardo Fernandez, Leo Brower, Tomas Patterson, and Alirio Diaz, among other great Maestros. Daniel's career has included numerous recitals in well-known Halls and Theaters in Bogota , along with great performances of Colombia 's Folk music

Beany Bonanno

Born: June 29

Jo David Meyer Lysne

Born: April 9, 1994

«Meander» is Jo David Meyer Lysne album debut. The music on the record is mainly written by Lysne and are sometimes inspired by the landscape surrounding Sluten at Filefjell, where the first compositions were made. Beautiful and nordic landscape is reflected through quietly, acoustic and dynamic interplay where the melodies, compositions and free improvisations forms for the dance acoustic interplay between acoustic guitar and contrabass. Lysne is working on expanding the timbers of the guitar, and this opens up for doing new things within the traditional guitar/bass duo-format, and makes the duo take unexpected directions and presenting different soundscapes

l'Oumigmag

Active since: September 10, 1990

l’Oumigmag is a jazz and avant-folk quintet based in Quebec, Canada. Recognized for its innovative and resolutely creative approach, the ensemble’s sound combines the roots of the music of Quebec fiddlers with lively contemporary grooves.

Bringing together influences as varied as Portico Quartet, The Gloaming and Nik Bärtsch, the group creates music that is enveloping, contemplative and energizing.Their sound simultaneously resonates with echoes of the past, an assertive present and innovative sounds. The quintet explores hidden cycles in traditional tunes, questioning our relationship to time, cycles and traditions through powerful grooves and luminous sounds.

Alessandro Bortolozzi

Born: November 18, 1977

Giacomo Fiore

Giacomo Fiore is an Italian guitarist and musicologist who has performed across the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Europe, giving world and U.S. premieres of classical, just intonation, and electric guitar works by Larry Polansky, Ron Nagorcka, Kenji Oh, Garry Eister, Agustin Castilla-Avila, and many others. He has appeared at the Sarzana, Healdsburg, Sierra Nevada, Santa Barbara, and Cervo Guitar Festivals, released several solo recordings, and published articles in Classical Guitar and Ukulele magazines. Currently he teaches at USF, the SF Conservatory, and UCSC, and is a member of the new music ensemble Wild Rumpus.