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MIGF 2018: Pierre Bibault in Concert

The Miami International GuitART Festival presents multifaceted French Classical and Electric Guitar virtuoso Pierre Bibault, a champion of new music.   TICKETING $15 general, $10 senior/FIU faculty, staff, & alumni, $5 student – Buy Now! 2018 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. – Buy Now!   SUPPORT MIGF- [...]

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MIGF 2018: Rivera Concerto Premiere: Marcin Dylla & Rene Izquierdo & Lliana Matos

The Miami International GuitART Festival presents a new guitar concerto commissioned from the award-winning composer Carlos Rafael Rivera to be premiered by the FIU Symphony Orchestra, directed by Javier Jose Mendoza, with soloists Marcin Dylla, Rene Izquierdo, and Iliana Matos.   TICKETING $20 general, $15 senior/FIU faculty, staff, & alumni, $10 student – Buy Now! 2018 [...]

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MIGF 2018: Concert Artist Performance Competition Semi-Finals 1

The Miami International GuitART Festival presents the inaugural Concert Artist Performance Competition with twelve guitarists performing in the semi-finals, six of them on Friday and the other six on Saturday.   TICKETING Free Admission 2018 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all ticketed festival events at a single reduced price. – Buy Now!   SUPPORT MIGF- [...]

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MIGF 2018: Leo Brouwer Tribute Concert

The Miami International GuitART Festival celebrates the musical legacy of Cuban composer Leo Brouwer who is one of contemporary music’s living legends. The program includes orchestral, chamber, and solo guitar works by Brouwer, featuring FIU Symphony Orchestra directed by maestro Javier Jose Mendoza, guitarists Eren Sualp, Rene Izquierdo, Rafael Padron, Celso Cano, Duo Con-Trastes, Carlos Molina, [...]

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MIGF 2018: Adam Levin in Concert

The Miami International GuitART Festival presents award-winning guitarist Adam Levin, performing works by Cuban composers Eduardo Morales-Caso, Flores Chaviano, and Orlando Jacinto Garcia. Adam Levin has been praised by renowned American guitarist Eliot Fisk as a “virtuoso guitarist and a true 21st century renaissance man with the élan, intelligence, charm, tenacity and conviction to change the world” [...]

By |2017-08-22T14:14:33-04:00August 16th, 2017|, |Comments Off on MIGF 2018: Adam Levin in Concert

MIGF 2018 Opening Concert: A LO CUBANO

 In the festival opening concert “A LO CUBANO,”an impressive lineup of virtuoso musicians, including Rene Izquierdo, Rafael Padron, Mesut Özgen, Celso Cano, Thomas Uriarte, Duo Exaudi, Duo Con-Trastes, and Amernet String Quartet, present a program of Cuban style solo and chamber works by internationally renowned composers, including Maestros Leo Brouwer, Eduardo Martin, Manuel Saumell, Ignacio Cervantes, Orlando Jacinto Garcia, and Fredrick Kaufman.   Among the featured works [...]

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Lecture by Kenny Hill: Lutherie, Commerce, Music & Satisfaction

For over 40 years Kenny Hill has been exploring the vast possibilities of classical guitar; as a guitar maker, as a player and even as a composer. He is best recognized for guitar making, first as an individual luthier, and over the past decades developing a larger team at Hill guitar Co., as well as [...]

By |2016-12-21T21:16:04-05:00December 21st, 2016|, , |Comments Off on Lecture by Kenny Hill: Lutherie, Commerce, Music & Satisfaction

Lecture by David Dolata: Encyclopedia of Tablature

The Bulletin de la Société Française de Luth has referred to Florida International University Professor of Musicology David Dolata as a “gentleman de la Renaissance” for his activities as a performer and scholar. A native of Buffalo, New York, Dr. Dolata graduated from Case Western Reserve University (PhD), the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (BM & MM), and Niagara University (BA). At [...]

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Lecture by Tolgahan Çoğulu: Microtonal Guitars

Co-founder of the Microtonal Guitar Duo, Tolgahan Çoğulu, received both his Master of Music and PhD degrees in classical guitar from Istanbul Technical University, Center for Advanced Studies in Music where he studied with Soner Egesel and Bekir Küçükay. His PhD thesis is entitled ‘The Adaptation of Baglama Techniques into Classical Guitar Performance’ and published [...]

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Masterclass with Evan Hirschelman

Taught by the festival artists, the MIGF Masterclasses offer students of all ages and levels a friendly and highly informational learning environment, but there are only 24 spots, don’t wait long to enroll in the masterclasses. Each class is limited to five students and each student receives about 30 minutes with the teacher, including the [...]

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