Bach, waltzes and gypsy music on guitars

“How do Bach, waltzes and gypsy music sound on guitars”.
Croatian daily newspaper Glas Istre on Quartet’s concert in Pazin. (Croatian only)

Posted on November 18th, 2006 in Quartet News |

Concert at the Mozart Festival Zagreb

Zagreb, Preradovićev trg (Cvjetni trg)
September 22nd - October 1st
All concerts begin at 7.30 pm. Movies begin at 8.30 pm

Program:

Friday, September 22
Concert: Sebastian Quartet
Movie: Vienna Opera Gala Concerto from 2005

Saturday, September 23
Concert: Zagreb Guitar Quartet
Movie: The Magic Flute Story (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)

Sunday, September 24
Concert: Zagreb Bassoon Quartet
Movie: Vienna Philharmonic in Salzburg (Riccardo Muti)

Monday, September 25
Concert: Tuba XXL Quartet
Movie: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Opera Zürich, Christoph König)

Tuesday, September 26
Concert: Donna Lee Saxophone Quartet
Movie: Lang Lang in Beijing

Wednesday, September 27
Concert: Borna Barišić (spinet), Ana Domančić (flute)
Movie: Spirits of Mozart (2006)

Thursday, September 28
Concert: Nives Andrijašević (flute), Biserka Krčelić (harp)
Movie: New Year Concert from Berlin (2005, Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

Friday, September 29
Concert: Karlo Slobodan Fio (violin), Milan Čunko (viola)
Movie: Don Giovanni (Peter Sellars; Craig Smith, Vienna Symphony Orchestra)

Saturday, September 30
Concert:Helena Potočnik (flute), Tajana Vukelić (harp)
Movie: Cecilia Bartoli sings Mozart

Sunday, October 1
Concert: Zagreb Wind Ensemble
Movie: Requiem (Herbert von Karajan; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Posted on September 15th, 2006 in Quartet News |

Concert review in Vjesnik

Excellently mastered, balanced, rhythmically rich virtuoso performance…

Entire article by Zlatko Stahuljak in Vjesnik (in Croatian).

Posted on August 12th, 2006 in Quartet News |

Concerts in August

• 5-August: Makarska, Croatia, Old Franciscan Church (stara Franjevačka crkva), 9.30 pm
• 8-August: Pag, Croatia, St. Francis’ Church (Crkva sv. Frane), 9 pm
• 10-August: Osor, Croatia
  Osor Musical Evenings
  Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
  First Performance: Ivan Josip Skender - In contra

Posted on July 26th, 2006 in Quartet News |

Guitar Masterclass in Croatia

Ante Čagalj will hold a guitar masterclass from July 9-21 on the beautiful island of Korčula, Croatia. More info and application form on the official Upbeat International School website.

Posted on May 9th, 2006 in Čagalj News |

Announcing Guitar Days 2006

May 21st to 28th; Crkva sv. Ivana Krstitelja (Church of St. John the Baptist), Nova Ves 64 a, Zagreb

• Sunday, May 21st, Guitar students of Elly Bašić Music School
• Monday, May 22nd, Grgur Begovac; Iva Kovač
• Tuesday, May 23rd, Marko Ferlan
• Wednesday, May 24th, Ivan Petričević
• Thursday, May 25th, Mak Grgić
• Friday, May 26th, Chamber Music Evening: Duo MM, Fimama Quartet, Elly’s Quartet, Zagreb Guitar Quartet and GuEllyBa Orchestra
• Saturday, May 27th, Sébastien Vachez (France)

Concerts begin at 7 pm.

Posted on April 11th, 2006 in Other, Čagalj News |

Mak Grgić plays in Ljubljana

March 22nd, 2006 from 7 pm
Mestna elektrana ljubljanska, Slomškova 18, Ljubljana

Program:

J.S. Bach: Ciaconna, BWV 1004
F. Sor: Introduction and Variations »Que ne je suis-je la fougère«, op.26
M.M. Ponce: Marchite el alma; Hace ocho meses; Estrellita
I. Albeniz: Sevilla (from Suite española)

Posted on March 20th, 2006 in Other |

Quartet Receives 3 Nominations for Croatian Discography Award

The Zagreb Guitar Quartet received 3 nominations for the upcoming annual Croatian Discography Award Porin, which were announced on March 15th in Zagreb.

Nominations for the CD Da fuga a milonga are:

• Best composition for a soloist or an ensemble (Tomislav Uhlik - Quartetto Concertante)
• Best recording of a classical music album (Vinko Šincek)
• Best production of a classical music album (Ante Čagalj)

Posted on March 17th, 2006 in Quartet News |

Where to buy Quartet’s CD

Worldwide online-shopping:
CD Baby.com (USA, $21.98)

Netherlands:
Proxis.nl (€18.69)

Germany:
Sunny-Moon (order by e-mail, €17.95)
or Turbo-Music.de (€31.99)

Austria:
Extraplatte (order by e-mail)

Croatia:
Available in Croatia Records shops throughout Croatia;
or buy online at Cedeterija, (125,00 KN)

Posted on December 19th, 2005 in Quartet News |

Quartet on Alooga Radio Starlight Playlist

German-based indepedent cable radio Alooga.de playlist:

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Alooga Starlight #012 - Ethno, Folk, Jazz, Classical
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MP4 : The Hedgehog
taken from the CD ‘Central Playa’ (Texicalli Records)
Jelly Roll Morton / Richard Trythall : Freakish
taken from the CD ‘Piano Music’ (MR Classics / Richard Trythall)
Kimmo Pohjonen & Eric Echampard : Uumen
taken from the CD ‘Uumen’ (Rockadillo Records)
Daniel Guggenheim : Sundance
taken from the CD ‘Traces of’ (Laika Records)
Ellen Stapenhorst : Walk on Earth
taken from the CD ‘Come Back Home’ (KiNote Productions)
Footloose : A Finnish Polka Medley
taken from the CD ‘Contra Roots & Branches’ (Great Meadow Music)
Portland Selection : Eli Greene´s Cakewalk Medley
taken from the CD ‘Contra Roots & Branches’ (Great Meadow Music)
William Paul : Pegasus Flight
taken from the CD ‘Horse Dreams’ (Delvian Records)
Doug and Shelley Harper : Kathy’s Song
taken from the CD ‘Seasons’ (Doug and Shelley Harper)
Douglas W. Harper : October Moon
taken from the CD ‘Travelogue’ (Doug and Shelley Harper)
Eileina Williams : Black Coffee
taken from the CD ‘Introducing’ (Eileina Williams)
Giora Feidman & Matthias Eisenberg : Shabbat
taken from the CD ‘Live at St. Severin’ (Pläne Records)
Lataye : Alegba Papa Pye
taken from the CD ‘Tou Manbre’ (Lataye)
Ariel Kalma : Fire Drums
taken from the CD ‘Fire Drums’ (Music Mosaic)
Jaiya : Dance to your shadow
taken from the CD ‘Firedance’ (Jaiya)
Hazolahy : Ka Miportapoera
taken from the CD ‘Rough Guide Madagaskar’ (World Music Network)
Barbatuques : Baiao Destemperado
taken from the CD ‘Corpo do Som’ (MCD World Music)
Ennaya : My Eyes
taken from the CD ‘Women Singers of Sudan’ (ARC Music)
Cabruera : Canção Pra Ninar
taken from the CD ‘Proibido Cochilar’ (Piranha / Indigo)
Motion Trio : UFO
taken from the CD ‘Play-Station’ (Asphalt Tango)
Tangocrash : Desintegrados
taken from the CD ‘Otra Sanata’ (Galileo MC)
Ya Bashir : Calling Bashir
taken from the CD ‘Women Singers of Sudan’ (ARC Music)
Cabruera : Erectos Cactos
taken from the CD ‘Proibido Cochilar’ (Piranha / Indigo)
Boban Markovic Orkestar : Ajde Ajde Fato
taken from the CD ‘The Promise’ (Piranha / Indigo)
Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim : Elengwen
taken from the CD ‘Ceasefire’ (World Music Network)
Cheikh Lo : Kelle Magni
taken from the CD ‘Lamp Fall’ (World Circuit)
Compay Segundo : Chan Chan
taken from the CD ‘Todo Cuba’ (Corazong)
Lataye : Sayila
taken from the CD ‘Tou Manbre’ (Lataye)
Ellen Stapenhorst : Call the wind
taken from the CD ‘Come Back Home’ (KiNote Productions)
Doug and Shelley Harper : Do You Remember
taken from the CD ‘Seasons’ (Doug and Shelley Harper)
Ani DiFranco : Recoil
taken from the CD ‘Knuckle Down’ (Righteous Babe)
Los Compadrs : La Rumba del Yarey
taken from the CD ‘Todo Cuba’ (Corazong)
Pablo Ziegler : Places
taken from the CD ‘Tango Siempre’ (ARC Music)
Daby Balde : Kaye Waxma
taken from the CD ‘Introducing’ (World Music Network)
Septeto Nacional I. Piñeiro : El Bodeguero
taken from the CD ‘Todo Cuba’ (Corazong)
Tony Allen : Afro Pusherman
taken from the CD ‘Eager Hands and Restless Feet’ (Wrasse Records)
Tony Allen : Kindness
taken from the CD ‘Eager Hands and Restless Feet’ (Wrasse Records)
Vocal Baobab : Ochosi
taken from the CD ‘Yoruba Dream’ (ARC Music)
Rodney & Randy Miller : Lady Walpole´s Reel / Batchelder´s
taken from the CD ‘New England Chestnuts’ (Great Meadow Music)
Moxie with Frank Ferrel & Friends : Visitation Hornpipe / Merry Pubs of Boston
taken from the CD ‘New England Contra Music’ (Great Meadow Music)
Tulku : Rahda Ramana
taken from the CD ‘Trance Yoga’ (New Earth Records)
Opera to Relax : Sun Child
taken from the CD ‘Between Tomorrow’ (BSC Music)
De Profundis : Deep Connection
taken from the CD ‘Out of the Dephts II’ (New Earth Records)
Mind Inscription : Labyrinth
taken from the CD ‘In the moment’ (Mind Inscription)
Lia Blanc and Naire : Synergy inthe Kitchen
taken from the CD ‘The Song of Gastronomy’ (Lia Blanc and Naire)
Might Could : Lapse
taken from the CD ‘All Interwined’ (Might Could)
Lia Blanc and Naire : The Song of Gastronomy
taken from the CD ‘The Song of Gastronomy’ (Lia Blanc and Naire)
Might Could : Standoff
taken from the CD ‘All Interwined’ (Might Could)
Shunsuke Mizuno : A Starry Night in Shanghai
taken from the CD ‘Slow Time’ (Ozella Music)
Henschke Schlott : Wah Wah Waltz
taken from the CD ‘Cafe Thiossane’ (Ozella Music)
Kamal : Sassi
taken from the CD ‘Trance Yoga’ (New Earth Records)
Alison Brown : Carrowkeel
taken from the CD ‘Stolen Moments’ (Compass Records)
Ciaran Tourish : Lord Gordon´s Reel
taken from the CD ‘Down the Line’ (Compass Records)
Zagreb Guitar Quartet : Hakotsrim
taken from the CD ‘Da Fuga a Milonga’ (Zagreb Guitar Quartet)
Michael Sagmeister & Britta Medeiros : My Foolish Heart
taken from the CD ‘When the Moment Sings’ (Acoustic Music)
Zagreb Guitar Quartet : Contrapunctus 4
taken from the CD ‘Da Fuga a Milonga’ (Zagreb Guitar Quartet)
Karl Seglem : Mountain Song
taken from the CD ‘Reik’ (Ozella Music)
Paralaxa : 3
taken from the CD ‘The Best of Polish Jazz 2005′ (Media Vision Corp.)
Jacel Pelc : Gudrumba
taken from the CD ‘The Best of Polish Jazz 2005′ (Media Vision Corp.)
Ilmiliekki Quartet : March of the Alpha Males
taken from the CD ‘March of the Alpha Males’ (Tum Records)
Amarosa : Early Mornin´
taken from the CD ‘Amarosa’ (Amarosa Music)
Aidan Mason : Hotel de Paris
taken from the CD ‘Azania’ (Alma Records)
Serafin : The crying game
taken from the CD ‘2am at the Torch Cafe’ (Jerra Recordings)
Natural Frequencies : Hurikea
taken from the CD ‘Ornamental Journey’ (Ozella Music)
A Little Space : Box of Love
taken from the CD ‘Box of Love’ (Independent Records)
JM Trio : That Mountain
taken from the CD ‘The Best of Polish Jazz 2005′ (Media Vision Corp.)
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb : Whats Done Is Done
taken from the CD ‘Internal External’ (Ayelet Rose Gottlieb)
Jonas Knutson & Johan Norberg : Yttervik
taken from the CD ‘Cow Cow Norrland II’ (Act Music)
Aaron Acosta : Carlsbad
taken from the CD ‘Wave’ (Aaron Acosta)
Delirium : Jazz & Poultry
taken from the CD ‘Eclexistence’ (Tum Records)
Peter Apfelbaum & The New York Hieroglyphics : It is written
taken from the CD ‘ It is written’ (Act Music)
Ulf Walkenius : Innocence
taken from the CD ‘Notes from the heart’ (Act Music)
Albert Ayler Trio : Ghosts - First Variation
taken from the CD ‘Spiritual Unity’ (ESP Disk)
Jacek Kochan : Alberta
taken from the CD ‘The Best of Polish Jazz 2005′ (Media Vision Corp.)
Hillario Duran Trio : Yemaya Olodo
taken from the CD ‘New Danzon’ (Alma Records)
Kaylé Brecher : Cool
taken from the CD ‘Spy Music’ (Brecher Jazz)
Richard Trythall : Soliloquy
taken from the CD ‘Parts Unknown’ (Richard Trythall)
Jukka Eskola : Buttercup
taken from the CD ‘Jukka Eskola’ (Free Agent Records)
Michael Kaeshammer :
taken from the CD ‘Strut’ (Alma Records)
Janet Bates and Instruments of Change : Maiden Claire
taken from the CD ‘The Colours will come back’ (Janet Bates)
Jazz Epicure : Puttin on the Ritz
taken from the CD ‘Broadway Delicacies’ (Jazz Epicure)
Jazz Epicure : Summertime
taken from the CD ‘Broadway Delicacies’ (Jazz Epicure)
Deborah Shulman : Boy Next Door
taken from the CD ‘2 for the road’ (Deborah Shulman)
Soullive : Steppin
taken from the CD ‘Turn it out’ (ESC Records)
Alastair Moock : Unwanted Guest
taken from the CD ‘Let it Go’ (Corazong)
U-Street all Stars : Super Treat
taken from the CD ‘Bowling’ (EMI Finland)
Alex Gunia : Cause we´ve ended as lovers
taken from the CD ‘The Loner-Tribute to Jeff Beck’ (ESC Records)
Soullive : Tabasco
taken from the CD ‘Turn it out’ (ESC Records)
Soullive : Tabasco - Remix
taken from the CD ‘Turn it out - Remixed’ (ESC Records)
Karmyn Tyler : Summertime
taken from the CD ‘Karmy Tyler’ (Chris Meeks Productions)
Oophoi & Louisa John Krol : The Narni Owl
taken from the CD ‘I hear the water dreaming’ (Prikosnovenie)
Oophoi & Louisa John Krol : Cavern of dreaming shells
taken from the CD ‘I hear the water dreaming’ (Prikosnovenie)
Nine Horses : The Banality of Evil
taken from the CD ‘Snow Borne Sorrow’ (Samadhisound)
Nine Horses : Wonderful World
taken from the CD ‘Snow Borne Sorrow’ (Samadhisound)
Knudage Riisager : Qarrtsuluni Op.36
taken from the CD ‘Qarrtsuluni / Manerenen’ (Da Capo / Naxos)
William Alwyn : Piano Concerto No.1
taken from the CD ‘Piano Concertos No.1 & 2′ (Naxos)
Naire : Harvest
taken from the CD ‘The Songs of Gastronomy’ (Sonergia Music)
PHH!K : 2 Words
taken from the CD ‘Songs’ (Artifact Music)
Sunao Inami : M1 1/5
taken from the CD ‘Delayed’ (Electr-Ohm)
Kobi : Coined and put into circulation
Cheval de Frise : Track 3
taken from the CD ‘La Lame du Mat’ (RuminanCe)
Eric Glick Rieman, Lesli Dalaba & Suart Dempster : The Dock-Red Ice
taken from the CD ‘Lung Tree’ (ReR Megacorp)
Sanhedolin : Track 4
taken from the CD ‘Manjo icchi wa muko’ (PSF Records)
taken from the CD ‘Dronesyndrom’ (Silber Records)
If Thousands : Push
taken from the CD ‘I have nothing’ (Silber Records)
Tod Dockstader & David Lee Myers : Closer, Closer
taken from the CD ‘Bijou’ (ReR Megacorp)
Sunao Inami : Convolution
taken from the CD ‘An Impulse of Acoustic’ (Electr-Ohm)
Drazen : Somethings Valley
taken from the CD ‘Visions of Anarcardia’ (Black Sun Productions)
Manufactur : Cordobh
taken from the CD ‘Rong Dob’ (Rent-A-Dog / Alive)
Tod Dockstader & David Lee Myers : City of Industry
taken from the CD ‘Bijou’ (ReR Megacorp)
If Thousands : Cymbol
taken from the CD ‘I have nothing’ (Silber Records)
Hasegawa-Shizuo : Rot and Comfort - excerpt
taken from the CD ‘Gene Packs’ (Second Layer Records)
PHH!K : Gravity
taken from the CD ‘Songs’ (Artifact Music)
Fifths of Seven : Echoes from a wandered path
taken from the CD ‘Spry from bitter anise folds’ (Les Disques du Soleil)
Elliot Sharp´s Terraplane : Clandestiny
taken from the CD ‘Secret Life’ (Intuition)
Psyco : Danger Danger
taken from the CD ‘There must be a revolution somewhere’ (Mindservice)
Hagberg/Bergeron Quartet : A Felicidade
taken from the CD ‘Jobim Now’ (Teal Creek Records)
Janet Bates and Instruments of Change : Time to go
taken from the CD ‘The Colours will come back’ (Janet Bates)
David Garfield & Friends : Black Cadillac
taken from the CD ‘The State of Things’ (ESC Records)
Simon Fisk Trio : A Better Day
taken from the CD ‘Intent’ (Plunge Records)
The Exploration Project : Impossible Beauty excerpt
taken from the CD ‘Toward the normal edge’ (The Exploration Project)
The Exploration Project : Teachers & Students
taken from the CD ‘Toward the normal edge’ (The Exploration Project)
Jukka Eskola : Kulo
taken from the CD ‘Jukka Eskola’ (Free Agent Records)
Debbie Deane : Finally Free
taken from the CD ‘Debbie Deane’ (ESC Records)
Randy Randel - Don’t Forget To Smile - The Shu Shu Song
taken from the CD ‘Quest for the Philosophers Stone’ (Randy Randel)
Kriste Peoples : Blues in my heart
taken from the CD ‘Deeper - Live in New York’ (Ray Records)
Kriste Peoples : Summertime
taken from the CD ‘Deeper - Live in New York’ (Ray Records)
Les Paul & Alsou : Caravan
taken from the CD ‘Les Paul & Friends’ (Capitol / EMI)
KTU : Optikus
taken from the CD ‘8 Armed Monkey’ (Westpark)
Andreas Wahl : Ein Tag ohne Hotzenplotz
taken from the CD ‘Experimentle Band’ (NRW Musik)
Rhonda : Country Breast
taken from the MCD ‘Country Breast’ (Rhonda Releases)
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Posted on December 16th, 2005 in Quartet News |