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Second International Guitar Festival - Vend�me 1998
Palais des F�tes

Guest Guitarists :
   Monica and Alvaro COVARRUVIAS Chili


Monica plays harp and Alvaro plays guitar.
This brother-sister pair played compositions at this festival by authors from their native Chili.
 Monica and Alvaro COVARRUVIAS
  Antony and Christine REGIS France
 Antony and Christine REGIS


Both members of this classical guitar duo are students of the Ecole Normal of Paris. In Vend�me they played works by Spanish composers.
  Toto BLANKE Germany and Rudolf DASEK Czech Republic


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.
Toto BLANKE and Rudolf DASEK
  Jorge CARDOSO Argentina
Jorge CARDOSO

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.

Click to listen to the extract : « Danza Paraguaya » Album : Autores Sudamericanos
Title of the extract : « Danza Paraguaya » (Augustin P. Barrios)
  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.

Click to listen to the extract : « Calipso » Album : Noche inolvidable
Title of the extract : « Calipso » (Calipso)
 Luis ZUMBADO and Manfred RAMIREZ
  Carlos MOLINA Cuba
 Carlos MOLINA

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  Spain

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.
Pedro SOLER
  Loir' Cordes   France
Loir' Cordes
Twelve young musicians from Vend�me 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 R� majeur de Vivaldi. Soloist : Christine Martin

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