Bringing the Australian guitar community together
“Australian compositions played by top-flight musicians” – The Village Voice, NSW The Australian Guitar Duo is becoming recognised as one of the most dynamic and exciting guitar ensembles. The duo has performed throughout the world, including at the New York Guitar Duo Festival in New York City, Project Cancion Española in Spain, Festival de Musique…
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Harold Gretton began playing guitar at the age of 7. He completed his Bachelor of Music at the Australian National University (ANU) School of Music under the guidance of Timothy Kain with first-class honours in 2006. He completed a Ph.D at the ANU School of Music in 2010, and in that year began a “Cour…
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Australian guitarists Ken Murray and Doug de Vries have released “Odeon” – a new CD of guitar duos and trios with special guest Jaimie Smith. Brazilian choro meets Ravel – including The Dentist and Ruben’s Rumba by Ken Murray. Bonus PDFs on disk include the score of Doug de Vries’ arrangement of Ravel’s Valses Nobles…
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Recorded just outside of London in August 2011, Songs from the Forest is the debut recording by the Australian Guitar Duo, and features works by the Australian composers Ross Edwards, Nigel Westlake and Phillip Houghton, in addition to works by Granados, Falla, Scarlatti and The Beatles. Recognised as one of the most exciting and dynamic…
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Duo Merindah has released a new CD featuring guitarist Minh Le Hoang and flutist Teresa Rabe performing music by Schubert, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, DiMarino, Faure, Ravel, Beaser, Bogdanovic and Morricone. Teresa Rabe and Minh Le Hoang are two distinguished Australian musicians. Minh began playing guitar in Vietnam at age 9, Teresa the flute in Mullumbimby…
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Australian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros stars in a new ABC Classics CD “Concerto of the Greater Sea.” The music, inspired by the Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran, was written by brothers Joseph & James Tawadros and is performed with brother James (percussion), Richard Tognetti (violin) & the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Moore (violin) and Matt McMahon…
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Celebrating their 25th birthday in 2012 and now a much loved part of the Australian music scene, the dynamic Australian quartet Guitar Trek was formed by Timothy Kain in 1987 specifically to launch a guitar family project that has subsequently attained the status of a major new direction in the guitar’s continuing development into the…
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Lance Litchfield is a master luthier living near Brisbane. Here is a brief introduction. “Like many Australians, I have a mixed heritage with a Chinese born mother and an Australian father. I was born in Papua New Guinea in 1969, but have spent all but those first five years in Brisbane, Queensland. “My education beyond…
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A new book by Ron K. Payne, The Twang Dynasty is a comprehensive history of the guitar and related instruments in Australasia from 1836 to the present. Over 450 pages in length, this one-of-a-kind book charts a 150 year history through the lives of the most influential jazz, classical and associated performers, composers and makers.…
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Excerpt from Barrallier Books website: HERE IS THE FASCINATING STORY of the guitar in Australia. Chris describes luthiers, artists, collectors and guitar lovers. He ranges across all guitar styles including the variations of jazz, blues, classical, folk, country and rock, blending history, personal encounters, interviews, and travelogue. Interviews with guitar makers around the country and…
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