Sierra Nevada Nevada Guitar Society is the premier organization presenting Classical Guitar Concerts, Festivals and Educational Events in Northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe.
New! - See Sierra Guitar At Walnut Creek for programs at Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, California.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
NEWS!
• Rene Izquierdo has been named Artistic Director for the Sierra Nevada Classical Guitar Festival & Competition and Sierra Guitar At Artown beginning in 2013.
• The Sixth International
SIERRA NEVADA CLASSICAL GUITAR FESTIVAL & COMPETITION
JULY 11-15, 2012, OLYMPIC VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
• BUY FESTIVAL PASS Please order online, no telephone orders for these events until one week before Festival
• All Individual Events $20.00 at door
• Click here for Artist Info, Workshop Info, Competition Rules, Housing Info, and Festival Schedule
Location: Squaw Valley Chapel and The Village At Squaw Valley
Festival Co-hosts: Samantha Wells and Larry Aynesmith
• Squaw Valley, Squaw Valley Chapel, The Village at Squaw Valley
• Spectacular location near Lake Tahoe, USA's #1 tourist destination
• Most major festival events occur on the weekend, July 13-15
• Festival Guest Artists:
CELSO MACHADO, MARC TEICHOLZ, CONNIE SHEU, T. SINGH
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MESUT OZGEN, RENE IZQUIERDO, SAMANTHA WELLS, M. OPHEE
• All Festival Concerts at Squaw Valley Chapel open to public:
July 12
6:30PM CONCERT: Opening night featuring MESUT OZGEN and more
July 13
3:00PM LECTURE/CONCERT: THAKUR CHAKRAPANI SINGH
6:30PM CONCERT: CONNIE SHEU
July 14
1:00PM CONCERT/COMPETITION: Youth Competition Finals
3:00PM CONCERT: RENE IZQUIERDO
6:30PM CONCERT: MARC TEICHOLZ
July 15
10:00AM LECTURE/CONCERT GIACOMO FIORE
11:00AM CONCERT: JOEL VALIENTE and ALEXANDER STROUD
1:00PM CONCERT/COMPETITION: Adult Competition Finals
6:30PM CONCERT: CELSO MACHADO
• Plus 2011 Youth Competition laureates Joel Valiente and Alexander
Stroud, guest artists and competition judges Giacomo Fiore, Antoniy Kakamakov, Jon Mendle, Alexander Zawilak, and Larry Aynesmith.
• Additional Workshop with Celso Machado, July 11-12, Squaw Valley Chapel, 444 Squaw Peak Road, Olympic Valley, California
• Festival concerts take place July 12-15 in the beautiful and acoustically excellent Squaw Valley Chapel. More events include luthier exhibits, lectures, masterclasses, adult and youth classical guitar competitions.
• Concurrent Art, Wine & Classical Guitar Music Festival at the Village at Squaw Valley, July 14-15
• SIERRA GUITAR AT ARTOWN
RENO, NEVADA, JULY 2012
• CELSO MACHADO, Tuesday July 10, 7:00PM
Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Avenue, Reno
• MARC TEICHOLZ, Friday July 13, 8:00PM
Reno First United Methodist Church, 209 W. 1st St., Reno
• THAKUR CHAKRAPANI SINGH, Monday July 16, 7:00PM
Reno First United Methodist Church, 209 W. 1st St., Reno
• LARRY AYNESMITH and Friends, Sunday July 29, 3:00PM
Reno First Congregational Church, 627 Sunnyside Drive, Reno
• SIERRA GUITAR AT RENO
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THIBAULT CAUVIN
At the age of twenty-six Parisian Thibault Cauvin is one of the most talented, charismatic and in demand guitarists of the moment. He travels the world with his guitar, invited by the most prestigious festivals and concert halls. Between New York and Hong Kong, San Paolo and Istanbul, London and Melbourne or Singapore and Tel-Aviv, he shares his music. This young prodigy has already played more than 1000 concerts on every continent, unanimously recognized by the critics. He has also participated in many TV and radio programs and collaborated with famous musicians, composers and symphony orchestras. Despite his young age, Thibault is regularly invited by the most prestigious conservatories, universities and festivals through the world to give masterclasses, lectures or to judge competitions. Thibault began learning the guitar with his father at the age of six and went on to brilliant studies at the Bordeaux and Paris conservatories. By the age of twenty Mr. Cauvin won thirteen international first prizes in music competitions.
• SIERRA GUITAR AT RENO
December 1, Reno, tba
CLASSICAL GUITAR HOLIDAY CONCERT
MARTEN FALK, special Guest Artist
Mårten Falk is one of Sweden’s most internationally active guitarists. He has played in the USA, Canada, Japan, France, Belgium, Spain, Ukraine, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Sweden and Finland and he has also performed in radio in many different countries. His three solo recordings on the dB Productions label have been met with fantastic reviews around the world. Composers from Sweden, Italy, Chile, Japan and Canada have dedicated guitar pieces to him and he has given more than 70 world premieres. Mr. Falk teaches at Lilla Akademien and at the Salem Musikskola in Stockholm.
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JON MENDLE
Jon Mendle is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and had toured with Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.
CARRIE SMITH
Carrie Smith is a student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
LARRY AYNESMITH
Larry Aynesmith is the only Classical Guitarist to be recognized by the prestigious Nevada Artist Fellowship program.
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• SIERRA GUITAR SPRING CONCERTS 2012
RENE IZQUIERDO AND ELINA CHEKAN
Classical Guitar Duo
Congratulations to Rene Izquierdo and Elina Chekan for performing two beautiful concerts for our Spring 2012 series. Rene proved to be one of the brightest lights in the classical guitar world as well as a brilliant teacher.
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Sierra Nevada Guitar Society events are supported in part by Nevada Arts Council, The National Endowment for the Arts, City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission, Artown, Squaw Valley Chapel, The Village at Squaw Valley, International Game Technology, Trinity Episcopal Church, Reno First United Methodist Church, Ferrari's Crown Resort, and our valued donors and attendees.
