International Guitar Festival 2010

Last Updated (Tuesday, 06 July 2010 14:53) Written by Jacob Saturday, 06 March 2010 20:06

About this year's program

For 2010, again a program that makes us proud! The artists will guarantee a performance of the highest level and an excellent program. After the performance of two concertos for guitar and orchestra in 2009, 2010 brings another piece of the same combination: The concerto for two guitars and orchestra by Jana Obrovska. We are extremely happy that in our search for the innovative and less mainstream repertoire, we could find so much remarkable music for our instrument; more importantly, another premiere in the Netherlands!

In this year’s festival we will take a look at what happens if different cultures meet; in history there are many great examples: Jazz, Blues and Flamenco; all genres that were the result of such “mixed marriages”, and cannot possibly be imagined gone out of the culture that we have today.
In that same context, the Friday night will give us a Tango program; eleven tangos from all around the world. On Saturday we will have a program of contemporary compositions with undeniable ethnic sources. This program will feature works of Leo Brouwer, Atanas Ourkouzounov, Annete Kruisbrink and Giel Vleggaer. The concert will be opened with the Folia d’Espagna. The Folia, of the early Renaissance, has had an incredibly influence on the Western European music culture. But, what was the source of this piece?

Finally on Sunday the Final of the Competition followed by a performance of the concerto for two guitars and orchestra. The soloist performances will be by: Sanja Plohl (winner 2007) and Omán Kaminsky (2nd prize 2010/public award) accompanied by the Orchestra of Musica Michaelis. Furthermore we will (of course) have the fair, lectures and the ensemble weekend for amateurs.