How to play as a duo (when you’re married)
BY HAROLD GRETTON AND VERONIQUE VAN DUURLING Have you ever had to perform with a close friend, relative, or loved one? How do you […]
Melbourne Guitar Foundation
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… It’s been an incredible year for new music in Australia, and as the summer arrives there is […]
Melbourne International Guitar Festival this September
The 2016 Melbourne International Guitar Festival, held over Sept 23-25 at the prestigious Melba Hall, Melbourne University, will see a culmination of the world’s biggest […]
At what point do we stop emerging?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE I’ve been wondering something lately, and I don’t think I’m alone. What does it mean to be an ‘emerging’ artist? And when […]
Across the seas with Daniel Nistico
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Guitarist Daniel Nistico doesn’t like to stay in one place. Starting out in Melbourne, he’s now based in New York and […]
Duo Vela: Across the Seas Tour
Daniel Nistico (guitar) returns to his homeland Australia to perform with flautist Marla Nistico for their Across the Seas Tour. The two musos are known […]
MGQ’s Ben Dix chats about ‘the guitar family’
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The new Melbourne Guitar Foundation met with great success in its 2015 season, having hosted concerts with international talent from Johannes […]
Melbourne Guitar Foundation: It’s Festival Time
Young Melbourne entrepreneurs and Melbourne Conservatorium classical guitar students Michael MacManus and Evan Hopkins banded together in late 2014 to establish the Melbourne Guitar Foundation. […]
Melbourne Guitar Foundation Festival and Competition
The Melbourne Guitar Foundation will this month host a festival and competition featuring world class musicians including Russia’s Vladimir Gorbach, and Ukrainian-born and Aussie-based Alex […]
Coming Home: Harold Gretton
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When guitarist Harold Gretton tours to Australia from his home town of Kehl on the German border, he’ll be coming home. […]