For its second edition, the Montreal Guitar Show has stepped up its programming considerably with Guitarmania, an all-new concert series featuring world class guitarists.
On stage, we’ll have a chance to see and hear virtuosos working in all musical styles: Frenchman
Pierre Bensusan, who leaves audiences spellbound with his mastery of world music, jazz and folk;
Antoine Dufour, rising young Canadian acoustic guitar and fingerstyle whiz;
Jim Hall, a bona fide jazz guitar giant;
Michel Haumont, another extraordinary French musician who cites John Renbourn, Chet Atkins and Marcel Dadi among his influences, playing alongside fellow countryman
Jean Félix Lalanne, a supremely gifted and eclectic guitarist whose playing has been likened to “the beating of butterfly wings;” guitarist
John Jorgenson, one of the pioneers of Gypsy swing in the United States; dazzling American guitarist
Andy McKee, who’s been known to play one-handed and to use his instrument as a rhythm box; Montreal-born
Erik Mongrain, a talented self-taught composer-performer and lap-tapping specialist whose idols are Michael Hedges and Montrealer
Don Ross, the fingerpicking master and first repeat winner of the US National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship; Talented Montreal guitarist
Jordan Officer, who performs with Susie Arioli and has also collaborated with Thomas Hellman and Richard Séguin; 20-year-old English fingerpicking phenom
Gareth Pearson; the amazing Hawaiian
Jake Shimabukuro, nicknamed the “Jimi Hendrix” of the ukulele; and
Martin Taylor, described by Pat Metheny as “one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument!”All of these artists will also give a workshop as well as meet their fans at the Show.
Additional workshops will be given by leading guitar experts, among them world-class luthiers such as
Rick Davis,
William “Grit” Laskin,
Tom Ribbecke,
Jeff Traugott,
Rick Turner and
Ervin Somogyi, as well as
Tim Brookes, author of the bestselling Guitar: An American Life,
Jeff Doctorow, a major collector of luthier guitars—Doctorow owns one of two Picasso guitars by Linda Manzer, the other belonging to Pat Metheny!—and
Georges Gruhn, author, collector and leading vintage guitar expert.
Visit
http://www.montrealguitarshow.com to book your stay and buy your tickets!
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