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Thibaut Garcia, guitar

Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 19:30

At the age of 30, Thibaut Garcia has already arrived on the Mount Olympus of guitars: the Franco-Spanish musician has won many well-known competitions, performed with famous orchestras and solo in the most beautiful halls worldwide and recorded a highly acclaimed album with the countertenor Philippe Jaroussky (»À sa guitare«). He now presents his latest project at the Elbphilharmonie: a programme all about the Paraguayan composer Agustín Barrios Mangoré, who Garcia describes as the »Chopin of the guitar«. In addition to Mangoré’s own works, transcriptions that the composer produced also ring out – for instance of Beethoven’s famous »Moonlight Sonata«. Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) was one of the greatest composers and guitar virtuosos in South America and beyond. »Today, he is one of the most important composers of guitar repertoire,« says Garcia. »His music is a fine artistic blend of South American folk music, inspired by the jungles of Paraguay and the romanticism of Chopin and Schumann – composers he admired.«

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Ana Vidovic, guitar

Fri, Nov 1, 2024, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Ana Vidovic (Guitar)

It sounds delightfully Mediterranean, also a bit like a holiday: the »Aranjuez Concerto« by Joaquín Rodrigo – probably the most famous work of all for classical guitar. The acclaimed Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic does not play it in its original version with orchestra however, but as a solo version, completely exposed and with no safety net from the large ensemble behind her. It proves advantageous to Vidovic that she plays on her instrument as masterly as only a few others can currently do so. She also shows her dexterity in the rest of the programme: for instance in a daring piece by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, which quite rightly bears its title »Capriccio diabolico«. Born near Zagreb, Ana Vidovic started to play the guitar at five years old and also performed internationally early on. Today, she can look back on over 1,000 performances all over the world, among them also in many famous halls like the Wiener Musikverein and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Some things have not changed since the start of her career though: for instance, her great love of Johann Sebastian Bach. And so she also starts her concert with two Bach transcriptions. She plays the Partita in A Minor for solo flute and the famous Cello Suite No. 1.

Info (www.elbphilharmonie.de)

Thibaut Garcia, guitar

Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

At the age of 30, Thibaut Garcia has already arrived on the Mount Olympus of guitars: the Franco-Spanish musician has won many well-known competitions, performed with famous orchestras and solo in the most beautiful halls worldwide and recorded a highly acclaimed album with the countertenor Philippe Jaroussky (»À sa guitare«). He now presents his latest project at the Elbphilharmonie: a programme all about the Paraguayan composer Agustín Barrios Mangoré, who Garcia describes as the »Chopin of the guitar«. In addition to Mangoré’s own works, transcriptions that the composer produced also ring out – for instance of Beethoven’s famous »Moonlight Sonata«. Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) was one of the greatest composers and guitar virtuosos in South America and beyond. »Today, he is one of the most important composers of guitar repertoire,« says Garcia. »His music is a fine artistic blend of South American folk music, inspired by the jungles of Paraguay and the romanticism of Chopin and Schumann – composers he admired.«

Ana Vidovic, guitar

Fri, Nov 1, 2024, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

It sounds delightfully Mediterranean, also a bit like a holiday: the »Aranjuez Concerto« by Joaquín Rodrigo – probably the most famous work of all for classical guitar. The acclaimed Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic does not play it in its original version with orchestra however, but as a solo version, completely exposed and with no safety net from the large ensemble behind her. It proves advantageous to Vidovic that she plays on her instrument as masterly as only a few others can currently do so. She also shows her dexterity in the rest of the programme: for instance in a daring piece by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, which quite rightly bears its title »Capriccio diabolico«. Born near Zagreb, Ana Vidovic started to play the guitar at five years old and also performed internationally early on. Today, she can look back on over 1,000 performances all over the world, among them also in many famous halls like the Wiener Musikverein and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Some things have not changed since the start of her career though: for instance, her great love of Johann Sebastian Bach. And so she also starts her concert with two Bach transcriptions. She plays the Partita in A Minor for solo flute and the famous Cello Suite No. 1.