Music

The Miami International GuitART Festival welcomes luthiers to register for the 2024 MIGF Luthiers Expo which will be held in the WPAC Instrumental Hall on February 24-25 from 9am-6pm. The luthiers and guitar shops will present their guitars, music, and other related products to our participants who will be coming from all around the world. Our participants will have a chance to meet their future luthiers, try their excellent hand-built guitars, and even buy one! We hope to meet and host many talented luthiers and music vendors in our festival. More info: https://migf.fiu.edu/2024/luthiers-expo/ The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a masterclass conducted by virtuoso guitarist Mesut Özgen at the WPAC Instrumental Hall. Taught by the festival artists, the MIGF masterclasses and workshops offer students of all ages and levels a friendly and highly informational learning environment. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a lecture by the early music specialist David Dolata at the WPAC Instrumental Hall. In this lecture, Dr. Dolata will preview the forthcoming TABLATURE: Alternate Music Notations 1300–1750, a collection of 435 essays, full-color facsimiles, and transcriptions by 30+ leading scholars and players in over 40 types of tablature. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a masterclass conducted by virtuoso guitarist Jorge Caballero at the WPAC Instrumental Hall. Taught by the festival artists, the MIGF masterclasses and workshops offer students of all ages and levels a friendly and highly informational learning environment. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a lecture on Traditional Turkish and Sufi Music. Anatolian Ensemble members, Turkish kemeche virtuoso Neva Ozgen and cellist Yelda Ozgen will demonstrate the major modes (makams) in traditional Turkish and Sufi music through preludes or interludes (taksims). They will discuss the role of improvisation in traditional Turkish music, both from compositional and performance perspectives. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a lecture by Cihat Aşkın at the WPAC Recital Hall. In this lecture, Dr. Aşkın will discuss rhythmic (usûl) and modal (makam) systems in traditional Turkish music (including folk, classical, and sufi music), then, review the basic instrumental and vocal forms.

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents Gradus Jazz Trio, featuring Lleida brothers: Enrique on piano, Pablo on bass, and Santiago Lleida on drums. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents virtuoso guitarist Koh Kazama in a solo concert, performing a program of music with works from Baroque to contemporary composers. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents Los Hermanos Calero in a program of traditional Colombian music, including bambucos, pasillos, torbellinos, and guabinas. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents Cuban guitarist Laura Mazon Franqui who was praised as “an accomplished guitarist of Hispanic Latino descent” by the Digital Journal and as “a fine player from whom great things can be expected” by the Soundboard Magazine. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu