GFA Vendor Expo
Fillmore Hall, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesCome check out the vendors at Guitar Foundation of America Convention! The Vendor Expo will take place in the Henry Fillmore Band and Nancy Greene Halls at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Vendors include: MicroTōne GuitarsProductions d’OZ/Doberman Sean Spurling Guitars Kevin J. Cope Vicente Carrillo Guitars Editions Henry Lemoine Wiseman Cases Ubach […]
Lecture: Vojislav Ivanovic
Foster 206, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesIn this lecture, Vojislav Ivanović discusses "The Musical Bonsai." Born in Sarajevo, where he started playing guitar at the age of 10, Vojislav acquired highest academic degrees both in guitar at the Athens Conservatory with Costas Cotsiolis and in composition at the University of Sarajevo with Vojin Komadina. From the early 1980s he performs […]
ICAC Semifinals
Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesSecond set of Semifinal performances in the GFA International Concert Artist Competition. Get Tickets PRIZES Rose Augustine Grand Prize: $10,000 Cash* GFA Sponsored International Concert Tour, including approximately 50 concerts throughout the United States, Canada,and Mexico. Naxos CD Recording Mel Bay Publication 3 year supply (52 sets a year) of D'Addario guitar strings […]
Youth Social
Foster 239, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesA chance for the youth attending and competing at this year's Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Competition to socialize and network, in a mock Happy Hour setting.
Brasil Guitar Duo
Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesBrasil Guitar Duo, a 2006 winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and hailed by Classical Guitar magazine for its “maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity,” is equally at home on a classical or a world-music series. Its innovative programming features a seamless blend of traditional and Brazilian works, resulting in a full global […]
GFA Vendor Expo
Fillmore Hall, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesCome check out the vendors at Guitar Foundation of America Convention! The Vendor Expo will take place in the Henry Fillmore Band and Nancy Greene Halls at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Vendors include: MicroTōne GuitarsProductions d’OZ/Doberman Sean Spurling Guitars Kevin J. Cope Vicente Carrillo Guitars Editions Henry Lemoine Wiseman Cases Ubach […]
Irina Kulikova & Iliana Matos
Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesIrina Kulikova tours far afield, with appearances at leading festivals in Europe, North America and Asia and in concert halls such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Academic Capella in St. Petersburg, Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg, the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, the Musashino Hall in Tokyo and the Oriental […]
Masterclass: Raphaella Smits
Clarke Recital Hall, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesRaphaella Smits plays worldwide in her unique way on eight-string guitars and historical instruments. Recognized as ‘an uncommonly musical guitarist’ (Tim Page, New York Times), she always commits to the soul of the music. Her solo recitals as well as her performances with the most distinguished colleagues always meet enthusiastic audiences and press. In addition […]
Lecture: Stephen Goss, Jonathan Leathwood, and Stanley Yates
Weeks Music Library & Tech Center, 210, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesIn this lecture, Stephen Goss, Jonathan Leathwood, and Stanley Yates discuss Improvisation as a Way of Knowing: Towards a New Pedagogy of Notated Repertoire Stephen Goss Stephen Goss’s music receives hundreds of performances worldwide each year. It has been recorded on over 80 CDs by more than a dozen record labels, including EMI, […]
Zoran Dukić
Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesBetween 1990-1997, Zoran Dukić won more competitions than any other guitarist. "the genius from Zagreb showed both technical brilliance and tenderness, with the artistic potential and expressive power of life itself. ...This is a musician, not a guitarist" - Kölnische Rundschau (Cologne, Germany) Dukić is one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of our time. His […]
