I will be performing the Sequenza again in the final guitar department concert this Monday coming (I think it's the 25th), and I think most of the department will be playing as well. So yeah, come along if you can.
Month: May 2009
Plug concert review
So Michael Tumelty from the Herald reviewed the lunchtime concert of that last Friday after having been there, and it was published today. "Then came utter magic in Marek Pasieczny's guitar Sequenza, which took the guitar into little-explored, often exotic and always beguiling territory, and played by, I believe, the finest acoustic guitarist I have [...]
Brouwer masterclass
I am planning to perform in the Leo Brouwer masterclass in West Dean Guitar Festival. He will be, I think, in his 70th year, and it would be an amazing experience to learn from him. The first of the 3 masterclasses are open to people who are not on the festival course itself (ie. me), [...]
George Duthie
He has a myspace account, so you can see that here (if the link doesn't work it's http://www.myspace.com/georgeduthiepiano). You can hear a couple of recordings of him playing Janacek, Bach, Chopin and Rachmaninov. So yeah, take a look. He's good.
AIYF
Also, I forgot to say. I will probably be playing in Aberdeen over the summer in the Aberdeen International Youth Festival. George Duthie (a pianist at the RSAMD, and colleague from my time at the Aberdeen City Music School) will play a selection of works for guitar and piano, and of course some solo as [...]
Yeah so…
Yeah so the Sequenza went ok I think. People seemed to enjoy the piece, which Marek seemed almost surprised at, and I was kinda pleased with how played it. Oh and he has put a wee entry on it onto his website. I'm thinking about doing competitions in Poland over the summer, in addition to [...]