Saturday August 8, 7.30pm
Nolan Gallery, Mona
$35-$40 +BF
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Classical guitar with a Sidney Nolan backdrop at the Museum of Old and New Art: The Grigoryan Brothers return to Mona to perform songs both old and new: from classical standards to new arrangements and compositions inspired by Latin, jazz, folk, contemporary and beyond.
Since their first acclaimed Australian tour in 2002, Slava and Leonard Grigoryan have astounded audiences worldwide with their guitar virtuosity.
They have toured extensively throughout Australia and overseas: to Europe, the United States, Britain, Asia, South Africa and the Middle East.
When not on stage they are in the studio, having released six duo albums – the most recent This Time, recorded at the renowned Rainbow Studio in Oslo, features works by internationally acclaimed composers who have entrusted their creations into the worthy and welcoming hands of Slava and Leonard Grigoryan. Four of these releases have been nominated for ARIA awards.
The brothers also have performed with symphony orchestras and at international festivals in Australia and Europe. Slava continues in his position as Artistic Director of the Adelaide International Guitar Festival, a position he has held since 2010.
Although regarded as Australia’s finest guitar duo performing much of their instrument’s standard classical repertoire, their passion is to expand their horizons through new arrangements, their own compositions and commissions.
This ambition can be heard as the brothers take their guitar into genres such as Latin, jazz, folk, and contemporary music.
Fueling this thirst for diversity is the brothers’ sheer joy of improvisation. In concert, mix it all together and you have a dimension to guitar-playing rarely seen in the musical world.
These qualities are evident not only in their own concerts, but in other projects in which they are involved: Slava is also a member of the guitar trio MGT which includes two giants of the jazz world, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Ralph Towner. Leonard is composer and performer in the Australian contemporary ensemble ‘Magnolia’.
http://www.grigoryanbrothers.com/
http://www.mona.net.au/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TbKVkEj6X0
Rebecca Fitzgibbon Events Media Manager Museum of Old and New Art
