The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, one of the world’s leading guitar ensembles, will be in Cook County on June 1-2. They will be joined by Flamenco dancer Colette Illarde and will teach classes in guitar and dance at the Grand Marais Art Colony. The community will also have the opportunity to hear this talented group in concert at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 1.
With the passion, style, and musical sophistication borrowing from the best chamber music and string quartet traditions, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet has successfully earned its place as one of the world’s leading guitar ensembles since its founding in 1986.
Thanks to the North Shore Music Association, the group will perform at 7:30 p.m. June 1 at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. Classes will also be offered at the Grand Marais Art Colony June 2. Classes include Guitar Master and Beginning Flamenco Dance.
The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet (Joseph Hagedorn, Maja Radovanlija, Ben Gateño and Wade Oden) will teach the guitar class from 10 a.m. to noon; Colette Illarde will teach dancers from 1 to 2 p.m.
Since 2006, the MGQ has collaborated with Flamenco dancer Colette Illarde, developing two different productions with music by the great Spanish composers Joaquin Rodrigo and Enrique Granados. This dynamic and wide-ranging synthesis features music arranged by the MGQ, while Ms. Illarde’s choreography reflects the extraordinary vitality of Spanish culture and includes Spanish regional and folk dancing, classical ballet and flamenco.
The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet’s concerto appearances include the Austin Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra and the Columbus Symphony, among others. In recital, the MGQ has performed in more than 30 states in such cities as Seattle, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Omaha, and Boston. The MGQ has been heard on the nationally syndicated Saint Paul Sunday and on National Public Radio’s Performance Today. From its first four CDs on the Albany and GSP labels, the group has garnered unanimous international critical acclaim. “With (Over Land and Sea),” said Soundboard Magazine, “the MGQ demonstrates that it is one of the major guitar ensembles in the world.”
For more information on the local appearances, call the Music Association at (218) 387-2916.
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