The Grigoryan Brothers

“Guitar playing of uncommon originality and authority. Musicality, expressivity and daring,” The New York Times

“Their ability to play as if drawing from a shared musical consciousness and their subtle nuances of tempo, bordered on the uncanny,” The West Australian

Although regarded as Australia’s finest guitar duo performing much of the instrument’s standard classical repertoire, the Grigoryan Brothers’ passion is to expand their horizons through new arrangements, their own compositions and commissions. This ambition can be heard as the brothers take the classical guitar into genres such as jazz, folk and contemporary music. There are no boundaries, only new frontiers to cross. In concert, mix it all together and you have a dimension to guitar-playing rarely seen in the musical world.

For this performance, The Grigoryan Brothers will be performing works from their latest release, which sees a return to classical repertoire with songs by composers such as Bach, Elgar, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Faure, De Falla and Ponce all masterfully arranged for them by their father Edward. This familial collaboration is not new, with Grigoryan senior arranging the music of Tchaikovsky’s suite for piano ‘The Seasons’, for his sons’ critically acclaimed 2012 release. The program will also include other works highlighting Slava and Leonard’s diverse skills as the brothers take the guitar into genres such as jazz, folk and contemporary music.

The program will also include other works highlighting Slava and Leonard’s diverse skills: their deep appreciation of a broad spectrum of musical styles has resulted in many collaborations involving music, both written and improvised. Combine this with their classical training and the result is a unique sound incorporating all these influences. It is not classical, not jazz, not world music…it is the Grigoryan Brothers.

When: 7.30pm Friday 18 May
Where: St Michael’s on Collins, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Cost: $45 Full, $35 Concession 
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