Re: Rebirth Of The Classical Guitar

socrates wrote:
On Jul 23, 8:17 pm, GuitarsWeB <Guitars...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Rebirth of the classical guitar

In Sunday's (7/15) Washington Post, Stephen Brookes writes: "A new
generation of classical guitarists has emerged over the past decade,
raising performance standards and pushing the instrument into new
realms. These players have embraced the instrument's eclectic roots,
while writing innovative works and digging up new repertoire." Brookes
notes the arrival this week of the Alexandria Guitar Festival, "which
has grown from a quiet get-together into one of the most vibrant and
thought-provoking musical events of the summer. Young virtuosos such
as [Ricardo] Cobo, Kenneth Meyer, William Kanengiser (of the Grammy-
winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet), Lorenzo Micheli and Matteo Mela
will be performing new works, giving master classes and exchanging
ideas on the future of the guitar." Cobo tells Brookes: "For many
years Segovia was the captain of the team ... The tight, predictable
mold is being broken."
By Stephen Brookes, Washington Post
Paul McGuffin


Kanangiser and Cobo are young? Aren't they in their 40's?


You are correct that they number 40's in HUMAN years. In SEGOVIA years they would be just coming into their pubes. OTOH, there may be a slight amount of wishful thinking or maybe even some HYPEing on the part of our Mr. Brookes - it would probably be best to wait a while before signing that catering contract for the rebirth gala celebration. :-)

OTOH, there's no doubt that the young'uns don't hold Segovia in such awe and respect as was generally the case with our older generation. In 50 years time, he may be just a paragraph or two on Wikipedia 5.0, oh yeah, and I'll be dead. :-)

david

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