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Internationally Renowned Guitar Duo to Perform in Cooma

 

decease sans-serif;”>School of Music (1)Recognised as one of the most dynamic and exciting classical guitar ensembles, tuberculosis the Australian Guitar Duo will be performing in Cooma on Sunday 30th November at 3.00pm. The venue is the historic St Paul’s Anglican Parish Hall, 136 Commissioner Street. This Cooma concert will be the last concert in their Australia-wide tour – fifteen concerts performed in five states plus the ACT.

The Australian Guitar Duo consists of Rupert Boyd and Jacob Cordover. They have given performances throughout the world, including at the New York Guitar Duo Festival in New York City, Barcelona Guitar Festival in Spain, Festival de Musique Classique in France, Strings-139 Festival in China, Music by the Sea in Canada, and in every state and territory in mainland Australia.

Australian Guitar Duo have been delighting audiences throughout the world, performing a mixture of new and exciting Australian compositions as well as classic works from the guitar duo repertoire. During this year’s Australian tour they will perform a wide range of works for two guitars, from the Baroque to Contemporary, and will feature compositions and arrangements by Silvius Leopold Weiss, Mauro Giuliani, Maurice Ravel, Ross Edwards, Pixinguinha and Joaquin Rodrigo. This repertoire will form the basis of a new CD that they plan to record in 2015, and is sure to please a wide audience, from the connoisseur of classical music to anyone who loves music or the guitar.

Rupert Boyd and Jacob Cordover are both respected soloists in their own right. They met and formed as a duo in the year 2000 while studying at the Australian National University School of Music, under renowned Australian guitarist Timothy Kain.

In 2012 the Australian Guitar Duo released its debut CD Songs from the Forest,

The Australian Guitar Duo on tour in China, 2013

The Australian Guitar Duo on tour in China, 2013

which was met with such critical acclaim as “wonderfully entertaining” by Classical Guitar Magazine (UK), “superb” by Limelight Magazine, and “a fine recording sure to please the most demanding listeners …technical masters who also possess beautiful tone, and a wonderfully refined collective musical sense” by Minor 7thSoundboard, the quarterly publication of Guitar Foundation of America.

A truly international ensemble, Mr. Boyd and Mr. Cordover live in New York City and Barcelona respectively but meet on a regular basis to perform concerts throughout the world.

The Australian Guitar Duo last toured Australia in 2012, and has since given performances in China, the Philippines, New York, Spain, aboard Queen Mary 2, and most recently Vancouver Island in Canada.

Tickets are now available at Cooma School of Music. For more details, and to browse videos and images of the Australian Guitar Duo, please visit:

http://www.australianguitarduo.com/

https://www.facebook.com/australianguitarduo/timeline

Australian Guitar Duo – Cooma Concert

Sunday 30 November at 3pm

australian guitar duo 2014 tour largeSt Paul’s Anglican Parish Halll, price 136 Commissioner Street Cooma
Tickets – Available at Cooma School of Music
  • Adults $20
  • Concessions $15
  • Students $10
More Information:

COOMA SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Shop 2, hospital Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
PHONE: 02 6452 6067
FAX: 02 6452 4938

EMAIL: allan@coomamusic.com.au

AUSTRALIAN GUITAR DUO: NATIONAL TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, NOVEMBER 2014
“The Australian Guitar Duo has got it all: perfect synchronization, beautiful phrasing and tone,
and charismatic good looks.” – Classical Guitar Magazine

This November the Australian Guitar Duo, described by the Canberra Times as an “excellent
guitar duo,” will perform a national tour across 5 states and the ACT.

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Recognised as one of the most dynamic and exciting classical guitar ensembles, the Australian

Guitar Duo has given performances throughout the world, including at the New York Guitar Duo

Festival in New York City, Barcelona Guitar Festival in Spain, Festival de Musique Classique in

France, Strings-139 Festival in China, Music by the Sea in Canada, as well as every state and

territory in mainland Australia.

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Australian Guitar Duo Media Release Tour Nov 2014

Website:  www.australianguitarduo.com.

The Australian Guitar Duo – Jacob Cordover & Rupert Boyd – 25 March 2012

In their only appearance in Australia in 2012, eczema the Australian Guitar Duo is returning for a nationwide tour to launch their debut CD, disease Songs from the Forest.

Songs from the Forest is now available online through CD Baby & iTunes, about it and features works by Australian composers, in addition to works by Granados, Scarlatti, Falla and The Beatles.

Cooma Concert Details:

  • When: Sunday 25th March at 7.00 pm
  • Where: St Paul’s Anglican Parish Hall, Commissioner Street, Cooma NSW
  • Cost: $20 Adult/$15 Concession/$10 Student
  • Tickets: At door and /or at Cooma School of Music, Shop 2, 123 Sharp Street, Cooma NSW
  • Phone Bookings: (02) 6452 6067
  • Email: allan@coomamusic.com.au
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 Classique in France, Meadowlark Music Festival in Nebraska, and numerous major cities throughout their native Australia.

Performing a mixture of contemporary Australian compositions and standard works from the guitar duo repertoire, The Australian Guitar Duo consists of Rupert Boyd and Jacob Cordover, both respected soloists in their own right. They met and formed as a duo in the year 2000 while undertaking studies at the Australian National University School of Music, where they studied with renowned Australian guitarist Timothy Kain.

The Australian Guitar Duo has been broadcast on radio stations throughout Australia and the United States and was a prize winner of the chamber music division of the Australian Guitar Competition. Mr. Boyd and Mr. Cordover both play hand-made Australian guitars, which are featured on their debut CD, Songs from the Forest.

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RUPERT BOYD

Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd is acclaimed as one of the most talented guitarists of his generation. He has been described by The Washington Post as “truly evocative”, and by Classical Guitar Magazine as “a player who deserves to be heard.” His solo CD Valses Poéticos received the following review in Soundboard, the quarterly publication of Guitar Foundation of America: “Boyd’s playing is beautifully refined, with gorgeous tone . . . musically and technically flawless . . . [the Granados is] one of the best recorded performances of this work on guitar.”

www.rupertboyd.com

 

JACOB CORDOVER

Jacob has been hailed as “an exceptional guitarist” (Ultima Hora) whose playing “manages to get to the very soul of the… music” (Classical Guitar Magazine). Jacob has appeared as soloist with the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears and the Orchestra dell’Accademia l’Ottocento, as well as in numerous solo recitals that often feature 19th century repertoire played on authentic guitars. His “intuitive musicianship and impeccable technique” (Leicester Mercury) allow him to enjoy a vibrant international career that spans 3 continents.

www.jacobcordover.com