Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Guitarists, Slava and Leonard Grigoryan are counted amongst the finest musicians of their generation having developed a reputation for enthralling audiences with the energy of their performances and the breadth of their repertoire – embracing genres such as classical, jazz and contemporary music from around the world.

Between them, they have received 3 ARIA awards (Australian Recording Industry Association) and an incredible 24 ARIA Award nominations. As a duo they have recorded 8 albums with the 9th coming out in 2018.
They have been touring internationally since 2003, regularly performing throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA, as well as more exotic performances in Brazil, South Africa, India and the Middle East.

Their diverse repertoire continues to present new opportunities for performances in traditional and unconventional settings, from projects with orchestras to duo performances in iconic classical venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall and Vienna’s Konzerthaus.

Program

Fantasy on a Theme by William Lawes (Slava Grigoryan)
None but the Lonely Heart (Tchaikovsky)
Arioso (Bach)
Selections from Seven Popular Folk Songs (De Falla)
Clair de Lune (Debussy)
Suite for Two Guitars (Ralph Towner)

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This Time (Leonard Grigoryan)
Apres un Reves (Faure)
Songs from the Forest (Nigel Westlake)
Looking for Elba (Wolfgang Muthspiel)
Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak)
Blues for Ralph (Leonard Grigoryan)
Chiquinha Gonzaga (Radames Gnattali)

Featured non-Australian music: Tchaikovsky, Bach, De Falla, Debussy, Towner, Faure, Muthspiel, Dvorak, Radames Gnattali

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website

Featured Australian Works

Featured artists

• Music of Slava Grigoryan
• Music of Leonard Grigoryan