Music

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra in concert. Conducted by guitarist/composer Mesut Ozgen, FIUMGO will perform an exciting program of music from Renaissance to modern, as well as jazz and traditional musics from around the world. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a masterclass conducted by guitarist Marco Batttaglia, for whom aspired guitarists will perform and receive lessons in front of an audience. All masterclasses are open to the public for viewing. To enroll as an active participant and perform in the masterclass, go to the MIGF website. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents virtuoso guitarist and composer Benjamin Verdery in a solo concert, performing his own compositions as well as works by Martin Bresnick, J.S. Bach, Manuel de Falla, and Alonso Mudarra. In one of his own compositions “From Aristotle”, Mr. Verdery will be joined by special guest Mark Martin performing mixed vocals. The festival continues until February 23rd with daily concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a lecture on “Arab-Andalusian music in the Iberian Peninsula” by French guitarist and composer of Portuguese origin Arthur Dente. The festival continues until February 23rd with daily concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a round-table discussion on various compositional issues when writing for guitar which will be discussed by guitarist and non-guitarist composers, including Fredrick Kaufman, Orlando Jacinto Garcia, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Jacob Sudol, Federico Bonacossa, Benjamin Verdery, and Mesut Özgen. The festival continues until February 23rd with daily concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents 19th century music specialist and virtuoso guitarist Marco Batttaglia in a solo concert, performing a program of works in two themes: nature and the Opera. Featured works by Johann Kaspar Mertz, Mauro Giuliani, and Napoleon Coste are based on operas of Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, and Vincenzo Bellini. The festival continues until February 23rd with daily concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a masterclass conducted by virtuoso guitarist and the chair of Yale School of Music Benjamin Verdery, for whom aspired guitarists will perform and receive lessons in front of an audience. All masterclasses are open to the public for viewing. To enroll as an active participant and perform in the masterclass, go to the MIGF website. The festival continues until February 23rd with daily concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents soprano Daniela D’Ingiullo and guitarist Federico Bonacossa in concert, performing a program of 20th and 21st-century music by composers from across the globe. The program opens with Renka I (an intimate rendition of 3 ancient Japanese poems) by Toshio Hosokava and ends with Heitor Villa-Lobos’ own transcription of his famous Aria from the Bachianas Brazileira No. 5. The festival continues until February 23rd with daily concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents a masterclass conducted by guitarist Sinan Ersahin, for whom aspired guitarists will perform and receive lessons in front of an audience. All masterclasses are open to the public for viewing. To enroll as an active participant and perform in the masterclass, go to the MIGF website. The festival continues until February 23rd with daily concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu

The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents virtuoso Turkish guitarists Bekir Kucukay and Sinan Ersahin in concert, performing a program of their own Turkish style compositions as well as works by Francisco Tarrega, Antonio Lauro, Agustin Barrios, and Astor Piazzola. The festival continues until February 23rd with daily concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. More info and festival pass available at migf.fiu.edu