NEW York-based Australian brothers and guitarists extraordinaire Ziggy and Miles, will perform in Coffs Harbour on Thursday 6 November.
Presented by Coffs Harbour Music Society, the concert features an eclectic program of suites and sonatas including their own arrangements of Bach’s Italian Concerto, Astor Piazzollo’s Tango No1, Debussy’s Claire de Lune and Radames Gnattali’s Suite Retratos.
“We are especially proud to bring these talented musicians to Coffs Harbour,” Music Society President Dr Leigh Summers said.
“Students of guitar as well as aficionados and music lovers in general, will be inspired by this concert.”
Ziggy and Miles maintain a busy international concert schedule with performances in Australia, New Zealand and the US.
In 2023, they were the first guitar duo to win the prestigious Susan Wadsworth International Auditions in the organisation’s 65-year history.
They were also the first guitar duo accepted into the famed Juilliard School’s Artist Diploma program.
The concert at St John Paul College from 7:30pm, is preceded by a free talk at 6:30pm by Dr Summers titled “The Guitar in Art”.
“It looks at the occurrence of guitar imagery in paintings and sculpture from Vermeer to Picasso,” Dr Summers said.
“It also discusses the ways and the reasons women were alternately encouraged and discouraged from playing guitar over several decades.”
By Andrea FERRARI
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