The link below will take you to www.vancouverguitar.org where you can purchase tickets for this event. General $35, Senior/Student $25.
You can also purchase a concert pass which allows for access to all 3 concerts (July 4, 5 and 6). General $70, Senior/Student $50
Concert Preview
Interview with Daniel Bolshoy
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World renown guitarist (and festival favorite), Daniel Bolshoy will play a half recital following a showcase performance of the Western Candian Guitar Quartet members, Tejay Liao, Josh Searles and Austin Culler. The showcase will highlight 3 members playing virtuosic pieces solo. Join us the next day to see them perform as a quartet.
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Daniel Bolshoy is a Senior Lecturer in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia, where he directs the guitar program. An Israeli-Canadian guitarist, he has performed as a soloist with over sixty orchestras internationally including the Mexico City Philharmonic, the Volgograd Symphony (Russia), and the symphony orchestras of New Mexico, Modesto, Fresno, Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Kingston, Victoria, Okanagan, Saskatoon, Nova Scotia, as well as the Chamber Orchestras of Israel, Pennsylvania, Manitoba, Ottawa, The Northwest Sinfonietta, and many others.
An avid chamber musician, he has performed at numerous chamber music festival and concert series throughout North America, Europe, Russia, Asia and the Middle East. Daniel Bolshoy appears on seven commercial recordings and two documentary films on the Bravo! TV network. His recordings and live performances are often broadcast on CBC Radio, NPR and various classical music stations.
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The WCGQ is a newly formed ensemble making their debut for the first time ever at the 2024 Okanagan Guitar Festival. The quartet will be performing original arrangements created by quartet founder Austin Culler. Other members include Tejay Liao, Josh Searles and Carson Sautner. Members of the quartet come from Alberta and British Columbia and have studied under different combinations of Daniel Bolshoy, Illiana Matos and Alec Pearson.