Friday 26th October 2012  7:30 PM

Event has been Postponed due Hurricane sandy


Nassau Music Society presents An Evening of Classical Guitar

Friday, October 26th and Sunday, October 28th, 2012

The Nassau Music Society will begin its 2012-2013 Season with two evenings of classical guitar featuring Philippe Loli and Leopoldo Giannola from Nice and Monaco. These concerts are under the patronage of His Excellency Sir Arthur Foulkes, Governor General of The Bahamas.

Philippe Loli has given many concerts worldwide: several tours in Asia, the United States, and all over Europe. A guitar virtuoso, Philippe plays a classical repertoire from Johann Sebastian Bach to Heitor Villa-Lobos. As singer-songwriter, he is interested in all styles of music, from classical to film music. In 2000, he presented and performed his "Concerto Azzurro" with strings,with the Scala di Milano soloists.

After recording a first CD with John McLaughlin entitled "Time Remembered", Philippe participated in "The Promise", consisting of a few big names: Paco de Luc?a, Al di Meola, Sting,... and most recently in the Concerto for two guitars "Thieves & Poets" with Victoria Mulova, Paul Meyer and the Orchestre del Pommerigio Musicale. Among the many CDs he recorded as a soloist, the "24 Caprichos de Goya" by Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco recorded live in public and at a world premiere is to be particularly remembered.

Philippe Loli is currently Professor of guitar at the Academy of music where he studied with maestro Pier Domenico Amerio, disciple of Andr?s Segovia.

Leopold Giannola studied Jazz at the Ecole Superieur de Siena in Italy. He records with and is part of different Jazz and Pop Rock groups with Caligagan, Neuma, and Marjorie. He plays frequently with Philippe Loli and Zhang Zhang, violinist in the Orchestra Philharmonique de Monaco.

Box Offices are open at Custom Computers, Cable Beach Shopping Centre; Logos Bookstore Harbour Bay Shopping Centre; and Moir & Co., Lyford Cay Shopping Centre. Tickets: Members: $25; Non-Members: $35; Students with valid id: $10. Tickets cost an extra $5 if purchased at the door.

Proceeds toward the Nassau Music Society's scholarship fund.

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