{"id":88699,"date":"2023-09-22T16:16:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=88699"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:16:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:16:38","slug":"uri-guitar-festival-celebrates-8th-year-with-more-musicians-more-concerts-more-educational-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/uri-guitar-festival-celebrates-8th-year-with-more-musicians-more-concerts-more-educational-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Guitar Festival celebrates 8th year with more musicians, more concerts, more educational opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 22, 2023 \u2013 As the 溏心vlog免费B站 Guitar Festival celebrates its 8th<\/sup> year, it is going through a growth spurt. When the festival comes to the Kingston Campus Oct. 18-22, it will feature more artists, more music and more educational opportunities for everyone from guitar aficionados to dedicated players to music lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Classical guitarist Andrea Ganzalez performs at Pump House Music Works in South Kingstown during the seventh annual 溏心vlog免费B站 Guitar Festival. (Photos courtesy of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Guitar Festival)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The festival<\/a> will present seven concerts over five days on the Kingston Campus and at nearby venues, showcasing more than 20 internationally renowned artists playing an eclectic mix of music, from jazz and blues to classical and contemporary rock hits played on a three-neck acoustic guitar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery year is a whirlwind, but this year we\u2019ve reached new heights with the guitar festival,\u201d said Adam Levin, founder and artistic director of the festival. \u201cNot only in the breadth of the programming, but also the level of international artistry we\u2019re bringing to the Kingston Campus and South County.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jontavioius Willis <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Levin, director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 classical guitar program, launched the festival in 2015 as a one-day gathering. It has grown each year \u2013 even thriving through the pandemic in an online format. Along with one more concert, the festival this year is adding to its education program<\/a> of workshops, guest-artist master classes, lectures and a two-division guitar contest for players from 13 years old through adult. The biggest addition is a new five-day mandolin course, led by Israeli mandolin virtuoso Jacob Reuven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mathias Duplessy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

That is just part of a heightened focus on the mandolin, which has become a mainstay in the guitar festival programming over the years. Also, a mandolin ensemble will play an eclectic mix of music at five of the festival\u2019s seven concerts. The faculty features Reuven, who Levin calls the \u201cforemost classical mandolinist in the world,\u201d along with Ekaterina Skliar of Russia, Dor Amran of Israel and Mark Davis, director of the Providence Mandolin Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe mandolin is a natural extension of the acoustic guitar and it\u2019s part of the fabric of American music from bluegrass to rock \u2018n\u2019 roll,\u201d Levin said. \u201cWe\u2019ll hear it through the lens of classical repertoire \u2013 adapting some of the greatest works of all time for not only solo mandolin, but for mandolin ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luca Stricagnoli<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRhode Island is already a very mandolin friendly state with three major mandolin orchestras and ensembles. So, in some sense, we are giving audiences what they already love while also creating a profound program that promotes the next generation of mandolin stars and aficionados looking to refine their musicianship and technique.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival will feature many artists new to the festival \u2013 such as Mathias Duplessy, Jeremy Jouve, Juan Falu, Luca Stricagnoli, Jontavious Willis, Elisa la Marca, Nicolo Spera, Mauro Zannata, and Pierre Bibault \u2013 hailing from such countries as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, France, Greece, India, Israel, Italy and Russia. For 溏心vlog免费B站 community members, there will also be a number of familiar names \u2013 such as 溏心vlog免费B站 jazz guitar teacher Jay Azzolina, string bass teacher Dave Zinno, classical guitar graduate student Adrian Montero Moya, and 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor of Composition Eliane Aberdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery year, I try to mix it up,\u201d said Levin. \u201cI constantly seek to bring novelty, fresh perspectives, and internationally renowned artistry to the state of Rhode Island and specifically to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s campus so that music lovers, guitar students, and people who are curious to learn more about the guitar have this festival available to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montero Moya will open the five days of concerts Wednesday, Oct. 18,<\/strong> at the Courthouse Center for the Performing Arts, 3481 Kingstown Road, West Kingston, at 7:30 p.m. He will premiere three works for solo classical guitar, compositions by Eliane Aberdam, young American composer Thatcher Harrison and Cuban-Spanish composer Eduardo Morales-Caso. The night also features fellow Costa Rican guitarist Jeisson Ramirez Salas and Filippos Manoloudis of Greece, winners of the National Guitar Competition of Costa Rica and 溏心vlog免费B站 Guitar Festival\u2019s 2022 Rising Stars International Virtual Guitar competition, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, Oct. 19, <\/strong>the festival features a night of music from America with Georgia blues guitarist Jontavious Willis and 溏心vlog免费B站 jazz guitarist Azzolina and his quartet \u2013 Zinno on bass, Joe Barbato on accordion and Max Goldman on drums \u2013 at 7:30 p.m. at the Towers in Narragansett.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, Oct. 20,<\/strong> lutist Elisa la Marca and guitarists Maura Zanatta and Nicolo Spera will explore the evolution of Italian music from the 16th century to 21st century at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 383 Old North Road, Kingston, at 7:30 p.m. Opening the show will be musicologist Danilo Prefumo, who will provide background on the night\u2019s repertoire. There will be an open mic from 5 to 6:30 p.m., which is open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mandolin ensemble will open the weekend with a performance Saturday, Oct. 21,<\/strong> in St. Augustine\u2019s Church, 15 Lower College Road, starting at 4:30 p.m. French classical and electric guitarist Pierre Bibault \u2013 \u201ca champion of new music,\u201d Levin says \u2013 turns the focus to French music, which will continue that night in the Concert Hall at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That night, the Great Necks Guitar Trio \u2013 Levin, Matthew Rohde and Scott Borg \u2013 opens the 8 p.m. show, which will include the world premiere of \u201cA Thousand Lives,\u201d a commissioned work by guitarist Mathias Duplessy, the festival\u2019s composer-in-residence, who will join the trio for a performance of his guitar quartet. Duplessy will then join classical guitarist Jeremy Jouve and Indian tabla player Amit Kavthekar for a set of colliding cultures in which classical meets Western music. \u201cIt will be a riveting night of musical giants colliding and lighting up the skies with fabulous music,\u201d Levin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final day opens with a concert showcasing the Rising Stars Young Guitarists\u2019 Program and the mandolin course at 3 p.m. in St. Augustine\u2019s. That night in the festival finale, classical folk guitarist Juan Fal\u00fa of Argentina and acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Luca Stricagnoli of Italy will present two very distinct voices on the guitar in the Fine Arts\u2019 Concert Hall at 7 p.m.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fal\u00fa will transport the audience to Argentina and South America, and Stricagnoli, an internet sensation, will play some of the most famous rock songs on solo guitar \u2013 at times a guitar with three necks. \u201cHe brings together melody, harmony and percussion on one instrument,\u201d said Levin. \u201cHe is a consummate entertainer and will certainly bring everyone to their feet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he prepares for the festival\u2019s eighth year, Levin says the job of artistic director has gotten more manageable because he works with and oversees a team of like-minded passionate musicians, volunteers, and students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy team and I know what to expect, and have established a sustainable and scalable model. But, as we expand, we are faced with a myriad of new artistic and organizational feats, which forces us to professionalize and offer an even more beautiful and enjoyable musical experience. I challenge myself each year to rethink, reevaluate and push the festival to the next benchmark,\u201d he said. \u201cReinvention is what makes this festival unique and it\u2019s the fabulous artists that inspire me to keep looking toward the next horizon. In fact, this spirit is exactly what 溏心vlog免费B站 inculcates among faculty members and students on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival, including all concerts and educational programming, are available in-person and virtual. Tickets include multi-day, full access and partial access packages. For a full lineup, ticket packages and more information, go to the festival website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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