Welcome. Festival Concert Series. j 2 i. Saturday 18th Nov. Thursday 16th Nov 7pm GUITAR TREK 30th Anniversary Concert and Dinner Mosman Art Gallery

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1 MOSMAN ART GALLERY

2 Welcome We are grateful and privileged to welcome you to this concert as part of our inaugural Classical Guitar Festival Sydney. Our event is a long and silent wish come true for many of us guitarists in Sydney and elsewhere. I am so grateful to all friends, artists, organisations and businesses who have come together, believing also that the time was right and joined us in this adventure! Our festival is in fact, the visible peak and the culmination of so much work around the classical guitar, done by so few, for so many, over generations both here in Sydney, all around Australia and of course around the globe. Many of these people of key influence are here today and will have a presence during the festival and will be seen, heard and celebrated. We thank them and are grateful for their lifelong work. In times of internet domination, nothing compares to being in the presence of accomplished musicians in a live setting, connecting with them, sharing their every single note, their effort, energy and artistry it is an unparalleled experience! For us at Guitar Passion, this is our mission and it also goes beyond the guitar and reaches out to the deepest aspects of our humanity. It is all about sharing this with others to foster inspiration, more artistry and celebrate the beauty that we are able to create in this world. Our deep gratitude goes to all our performing artists, the players living and working in Sydney, our wonderful guests from interstate and overseas, our audiences, sponsors, donors and supporters. A special thank you to our wonderful volunteers and the festival organising team: Darryl Rule, Claudie Moffatt, Josinaldo Costa, Bernard Hickey, Sue McCreadie, Julie Olzomer, along with our resident artists: Ariel Nurhadi and Andrew Blanch; assisted by Evan Hopkins, Mervyn and Christine Langford; Yolande Pierce and the team at the. And to Tim Kain and Guitar Trek, thank you for the privilege of celebrating your 30th Anniversary with us such an important milestone. This festival is dedicated to the memory of Phil Houghton, our much loved Australian guitarist-composer. It is also a tribute to Carlos Perez, co-founder of the Guitar Passion series and this Festival, who recently returned to his native Spain. Eric Cathan Festival Concert Series Thursday 16th Nov 7pm GUITAR TREK 30th Anniversary Concert and Dinner Saturday 18th Nov 7.30pm THIBAUT GARCIA French Superstar of the Classical Guitar Friday 17th Nov 7.30pm ANDREW BLANCH From Latin America & Beyond Utzon Room Sydney Opera House Saturday 18th Nov 2pm MIMI DUO Wonderful Piano and Guitar Music Sunday 19th Nov 1.30pm VLADIMIR GORBACH Russian Guitar Virtuoso Sunday 19th Nov 4pm BRADLEY KUNDA TRIO New Australian Works Saturday 18th Nov 5pm SYDNEY GUITAR TRIO WITH PETER MUSSARED Weaving Tales & Spinning Yarns Sunday 19th Nov 7.30pm JOSE MARIA GALLARDO DEL REY Festive Guitar from Seville, Spain j 2 i

3 Thank you to our generous Sponsors and Supporters We express our sincere gratitude to all our sponsors, supporters and exhibitors, without whom we couldn t run this Festival! Tim Kain Bill McIntyre George B Cathan THE CANBERRA CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY Classical G uitar Society Sydney MAGDA COMMUNITY ARTS BRISBANE Masterclasses by Jose Maria Gallardo Del Rey next week Information at segoviatarrega@gmail.com j 3 i

4 Program SYLVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS Suite L infidèle ISAAC ALBENIZ Asturias AGUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ La Catedral j INTERVAL i OLGA AMELKINA-VERA The heaven s hundred ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Les Quatre Saisons (Four Seasons) j 4 i

5 Biography Thibaut Garcia, the Franco-Spanish guitarist, was born in 1994 in Toulouse, where he began learning the guitar at the age of seven. He then won the guitar prize in the class of Paul Ferret. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, in Olivier Chassain s class, while at the same time benefiting from the guidance of Judicaël Perroy. In 2015, he was named sponsee of the Académie Charles Cros. At the age of 16, he was awarded the First Prize at the Ana Amalia competition in Weimar, Germany. Since then, he has won the first prize in several international competitions, in particular the Guitar Foundation of America at Oklahoma City, USA, in 2015, the José Tomas at Petrer, Spain, in 2014, and the International Competition of Seville, Spain, in Since then he has been asked to sit on their juries and to give master-classes. Thibaut Garcia is now being invited by the greatest guitar festivals worldwide: Australia, Canada, Spain, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Montenegro, Chili, New- Caledonia, the USA, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Romania... Since September 2016, he has been on tour in the USA and Canada, where he gave over 60 recitals during the entire season. He also performs recitals at the Festival Radio France Montpellier, the Festival Toulouse d Eté, the Auditorium de Bordeaux, the Konzerthaus Vienna, the Centre de Musique de Chambre de Paris Salle Cortot, the Auditorium of the Musée d Orsay, or the Grands Interprètes of Toulouse. In 2016, Thibaut Garcia made his concerto debut with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. He will be appearing in other concertos in the next few months, especially with the Baden-Baden Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Montpellier, Orchestre de Cannes PACA, and the Orchestre de Dijon-Bourgogne. When it comes to chamber music, Thibaut Garcia has played with Edgar Moreau, Raphaël Sévère, Jean- Frédéric Neuburger, Antoine Mornière, Boris Grelier, Anaïs Constans... and will soon be appearing with the La Marca brothers and the Quatuor Arod. In 2015, Thibaut Garcia appeared in Jean- François Zygel s TV-programme La boîte à musique on France 2 and on France Musique with Gaëlle Le Gallic. In 2016, he signed exclusively with Warner classics Erato for his recording projects, with a first release Leyendas (in February 2017). j 5 i

6 SYDNEY SPANISH GUITAR STUDIO Tuition from beginner to advanced Full range of Classical & Flamenco instruments from Student to Professional Master Classes with Australian and Overseas Artists Strings & Accessories Music for Functions 2/81 Old South Head Road Bondi Junction NSW 2022 Ph (02) or sydneyguitars.com.au D Luthier F Fine concert classical guitars by Australian luthier Tony Morison Available from Sydney Guitar School Five Dock, Sydney Phone or direct from the Port Chalmers workshop tony@tonymorison.com Mobile: Port Chalmers, New Zealand j 6 i

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