Tag: guest-artist
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Gonçalo Maia Caetano
Unitarian Meeting Hall Thursday 9th April 2026 It was a pleasure to witness the masterful performance of Gonçalo Maia Caetano at Bristol Classical Guitar Society on 9/04/2026, as part of IGF’s Young Artist Platform, which he completed last year. He was born in Coimbra, Portugal and started playing guitar at the age of 7 years. …
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Johan Lofving
Unitarian Meeting Hall Thursday 12th March 2026 It was an honour and real treat for BCGS to host Johan at one of our Thursday, monthly meet-ups. His recital focussed upon music written for guitar in Victorian London during the middle of the 19th century – arguably the high point of classical guitar playing in the…
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Fika Duo (09/10/2025)
On 9th October 2025, BCGS was thrilled to host the Fika Duo as part of the International Guitar Foundation’s Young Artists Platform. The duo was formed by guitarist Zoë Meadowcroft and flautist Emma Lörstad in their first year at the Royal Academy of Music, where they both holdscholarships. The term Fika comes from the Swedish…
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Micaela Núñez’s 2025 UK Adventure
This summer, we welcomed a rising star from Paraguay: guitarist, educator, and Instrumentoteca Toyota prize recipient Micaela Núñez. This award allowed her to travel and share her music with audiences up and down the UK, and learn from some of our top educators and performers at summer schools and festivals. The Bristol Classical Guitar Society is proud to…
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Duo Cantelina: IGF Young Artist Platform
This concert is promoted in partnership with the International Guitar Foundation (IGF). Praised as “such an amazing talent“, Duo Cantelina are a dynamic vocal and guitar duo comprising of mezzo-soprano Sophie Clarke and classical guitarist Ravi Nathwani. They have just completed their Master’s at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and have now been selected as…
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The Wales Guitar Duo (13/03/2025)
It was a great privilege to welcome Cai Charles and Oliver Manning, two very talented and up-and-coming players, to give a performance through the IGF Young Artists’ Platform on 13 March 2025 for a programme of Stephen Goss, David John Roche, and Carlo Domeniconi.
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June 2025 Meetup and Composition Competition
Theme: Own arrangement or composition (£100 first prize, £50 second prize!), or if not participating in the competition: music from a living composer. This month we have a special competition — play your own composition or arrangement, and be in the running to win a £100 voucher/prize for the best own composition or arrangement, as…
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May 2025 Meetup
Theme: Not originally for guitar – transcriptions throughout the ages 19:15-20:00 Solos and chamber ensembles 20:00-20:50 Guest Artists: Mosaic Guitar Ensemble A short concert by the Mosaic Ensemble, based in the south of England, and under the direction of Amanda Cook 21:00-22:00 BCGS Ensemble Rehearsal
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March 2025 Meetup and Wales Guitar Duo
Theme: TV, film, musical, video game themes (arranged or written for guitar) 19:00-19:45 Solos and chamber ensembles 19:45-20:00 Members’ Lightning Talk: Tony Mulholland “Software Tools for Ensemble Practice” 20:10-21:00 Young Artists Platform We host one of this year’s IGF Young Artist Platform winners for a short concert. The Wales Guitar Duo (Cai Charles and Oliver…
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Luke Bartlett (09/05/2024)
At the May 2024 meetup, BCGS members were treated to a concert by rising star Like Bartlett, who pproaching his Finals Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, was selected as an IGF Young Artist 2024, is a Julian Bream Scholar and has recently won a prize for Voice and…