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WELSH-ARGENTINE GUITAR DUO - WELSH/ARGENTINE GUITAR DUO |
The Welsh-Argentine duo consists of Welsh guitarist Adam Khan and Argentine guitarist Luis Orias Diz. Te duo first met in Portugal in the mid nineties while taking master classes with Cuban composer guitarist Leo Brouwer.
It was not until 2006 when the opportunity arose to record Brouwer’s complete works for guitar duo for Argentine record label Pairecords that they decided to work together as a duo.
Argentina and Wales have strong links and this has become the centre point for the duos activities; there are large Welsh colonies in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina formed by Welsh immigrants in the late 1800’s who were looking to find a place to keep their language and traditions alive. To this day Welsh is spoken in many areas of Patagonia (see additional page)
The duo is exploring the musical heritage of both countries and performs works from the folk traditions as well as pieces by living composers from Wales and Argentina.
To date renowned Welsh Guitarist composer Stephen Goss has arranged a set of well known Welsh folksongs for the duo and Howard Rees has written an elegy to the late great welsh composer Alun Hoddinott. They hope to have more music from Wales in the near future.
The guitar is almost the national instrument of Argentina and the duo perform many pieces from the folkloric repertoire of the country including important works by Walter Heinze, Fernando Millet (Papas de Balcarce), Astor Piazzola, Marcelo Coronal and Carlos Moscardini. The Tango and Milonga are the most well known dances outside of Argentina and these are represented in the duos programme along with less well known Argentine dances including the Huella, Chamamen, and Chacarera.
The duo gave their debut performance at the International guitar festival of Mar del Plata in 2006 and has since performed extensively throughout Argentina and the UK including performances at the Monmouth festival of music in Wales, Norwich arts festival, Ewenny festival in Cardiff, Cultural centre of General Roca in Patagonia and at the ICPNA international guitar festival in Lima, Peru.
As well as live concerts they have appeared on BBC radio in the UK and on various television and radio programmes in South America.
Interludio their debut CD is available throughout the world and includes music from the UK, Cuba and Argentina. It contains the complete duo works of renowned Cuban composer Leo Brouwer as well as Argentine folk music by Walter Heinze and British music by Steve Marsh and John w. Duarte.
Their second CD is currently in preparation and will include music from Wales and Argentina by Fernando Millet, Stephen Goss, Howard Rees and Marcelo Coronel.
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Y Tabernacle, Machynlleth
Machynlleth
Powys
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| Tickets |
£7.00 |
| Concessions |
£5.00 Disabled, OAP, Students, Children, Members |
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To purchase tickets for this event, please contact:
Raymond Jones on 01654 703355 |
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