Second International Guitar Festival – Vendôme 1998
Palais des Fêtes
Guest Guitarists :
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Monica plays harp and Alvaro plays guitar. |
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Guest Guitarists :
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Monica plays harp and Alvaro plays guitar. |
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Antony and Christine REGIS 
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Both members of this classical guitar duo are students of the Ecole Normal of Paris. In Vendôme they played works by Spanish composers. |
Toto BLANKE 
and Rudolf DASEK 
These great virtuosos not only play jazz and improvise perfectly, but they are gifted with a great sense of humor. They perform their own works. |
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Jorge CARDOSO 
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Works by this musicologist and doctor from Posadas, Argentina, are played around the world. Certainly the most prolific composer in Latin America, he has recorded 23 compact disks. He is the founder of the Guitar Chamber Orchestra of Madrid.
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Luis ZUMBADO and Manfred RAMIREZ 
| This guitar duo plays the most beautiful Caribbean and Central American rhythms. Luis Zumbado is the director of the National Guitar Orchestra of Costa Rica.
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Carlos MOLINA 
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After building an impressive record, this Cuban guitarist is now a guitar teacher in the USA. An annual tour brings him to several countries in Europe. Repertoire : Barrios, Piazzolla, Brouwer. |
Pedro SOLER 
He is a guitarist who not only plays flamenco in its purest state, but has also won the Nobel Prize for literature. Miguel Angel Asturias said of him : « Pedro Soler's fingers are the five senses of the guitar, in his hands it sees, listens, sings, suffers and speaks... » RCA, Decca, Le Chant du Monde and CBS have all released his compact disks. |
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Loir' Cordes  |
| Twelve young musicians from Vendôme and Amboise (violin, viola, cello), under the direction of Andrew Jossa, trained and supported by top-level concert artists (Guillaume Fontanarosa and Vincent Daguet). They offer a varied program : Classical, folk, ragtime, bossa, and so on. Repertoire : Concerto en Ré majeur de Vivaldi. Soloist : Christine Martin |
