20 years Amadeus Guitar Duo
They are counted among the top-class international guitar duos, receiving enthusiastic reviews from all over the world. Canadian Dale Kavanagh and her German partner Thomas Kirchhoff have made up the Amadeus Guitar Duo since 1991. The secret of their success, regularly documented by more than 70 concerts per year, is the complete devotion of the two artists to their instrument. Hence they did not limit themselves to playing as a duo, but began to concentrate on the repertoire for guitar and orchestra. Thanks to their commitment, this genre was soon able to emerge from its niche. In more than 100 cities, they played their "Spanish Night" recital, featuring concertos for one, two and four guitars and orchestra by Joaquin Rodrigo and the world-famous pan flautist Gheorghe Zamfir.
The Amadeus Guitar Duo has so far appeared in more than 1.000 concerts in some 50 countries in Europe, Central, South and North America, and Asia. The duo has always been able to delight its audience with its exuberant temperament, virtuoso performance, sensitive creative power and a fulsome, warm, carrying guitar tone. They regularly play together with the Prague, Mainz and Mannheim Chamber Orchestras, the Halle Philharmonic State Orchestra, the International Philharmonie, the Gotha-Suhl Thuringian Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Hungarica, the Capella Cracoviensis, the Ankara President Orchestra and the South Westphalian Philharmonic.
Dale Kavanagh and Thomas Kirchhoff have recorded a large number of productions for radio and television (BBC, ZDF, CBC, WDR, BR, TRT, etc.). They have also recorded 16 CDs (Haenssler-Classic) which document the high quality of the Amadeus Guitar Duo. The two artists' stirring commitment and inspiring style of playing have enabled them to considerably broaden the repertoire for guitar, especially for guitar and orchestra. Such renowned composers as Harald Genzmer, Gheorghe Zamfir, Roland Dyens (Paris), Jaime Zenamon (Curitiba), Christian Jost (Cologne), Carlo Domeniconi (Berlin), Gerald Garcia (Oxford), Martin Herchenröder (Siegen) have written orchestral concertos for them. Stephen Dodgson (London), Harald Genzmer (Munich), Jaime M. Zenamon (Curitiba) and Christian Jost (Cologne) have dedicated compositions for two guitars to them. All works have been published by Schott‘s, Mainz - Edition Margaux, Berlin, Edition Peters, Frankfurt, and Verlag Hubertus Nogatz, Essen. In 1992 they founded the International Guitar Symposium in Iserlohn, which is today one of the most important festivals of its kind in Europe, with more than 200 participants from more than 40 countries, concerts featuring world-famous stars, master courses, lectures, exhibitions and many other activities (www.guitarsymposium.com <http://www.guitarsymposium.com> ).
In the 2012-13 season, these successful musicians have been invited to tour the U.S.A., Canada, South-Korea, England, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Turkey, Romania and Poland. Today, Dale Kavanagh and Thomas Kirchhoff live with their daughter Melissa-Rachel in Germany, and both are professors who have been teaching at the newly launched guitar class of the Detmold Music School since 2003 (www.hfm-detmold.de). The Amadeus Guitar Duo plays exclusively D'Addario strings on guitars made in Germany by Toni Mueller, Aarbergen.
15.01.12 Ochtrup (16.00 Uhr)
15.01.12 Ochtrup (19.00 Uhr)
23.01.12 Iserlohn(Spanish Night mit Orch. u. Duo Gruber & Maklar)
29.01.12 New York/USA (92 Y)
03.02.12 Calgary/Kanada
19.02.12 Hemer (Ebbergkirche)
24.02.12 Osterholz-Scharmberck (Gut Sandbeck)
25.02.12 Warburg (Meisterkonzerte)
02.03.12 Stuhr (Rathaus)
06.03.12 Peine (Forum)
09.03.12 Dätzingen – mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
10.03.12 Ellwangen/Jagst (Palais mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
11.03.12 Achern (11.00 Uhr – mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
11.03.12 Achern (19.00 Uhr mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
17.03.12 Beausoleil/Monaco
19.03.12 Villigst
14.04.12 Winsen/Aller (Thomas mit Kathrin Christians)
15.04.12 Walsrode (Thomas mit Kathrin Christians)
17.04.12 Friedberg (mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
18.04.12 Landsberg (mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
19.04.12 Landsberg (mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
21.04.12 Letmathe (Thomas mit Kathrin Christians)
22.04.12 Bielefeld/Brake (Thomas mit Kathrin Christians)
26.04.12 Schwerte
06.06.12 Cappenberg (Thomas mit Kathrin Christians)
11.05.12 Bochum (Museum)
20.05.12 Stuttgart (Cultur in Bad Cannstadt)
02.06.12 Santiago de Compostela/Spanien (mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
03.06.12 Santiago de Compostela/Spanien (mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
15.06.12 Grünstadt (Guitar Gala Night mit Duo Gruber & Maklar – 20h)
16.06.12 Weilburg (Spanish Night mit Orch. u. Duo Gruber & Maklar)
17.06.12 Bocholt (Bocholter Orgeltage Duo Gruber & Maklar – 18h)
20.06.12 Boston/USA
21.06.12 Boston/USA
23.06.12 New York/USA
24.06.12 New York/USA
30.06.12 Landsberg (Orgelsommer – 11h mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
30.06.12 Eching (20h - mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
05.07.12 Island of Cumbrae/Schottland (Guitar Festival)
07.07.12 Island of Cumbrae/Schottland (Guitar Festival)
12.07.12 Liechtenstein (LiGiTa)
14.07.12 Liechtenstein (LiGiTa)
27.07.12 Shengdu/China
29.07.12 Hangzhou/China
05.08.12 Haltern (Schloss Sythen, 11 Uhr)
14.08.12 Iserlohn (21st Guitar-Symposium)
22.08.12 Hersbruck (Int. Guitar Festival)
23.08.12 Hersbruck (Int. Guitar Festival)
01.09.12 Geseke (Altes Rathaus)
02.09.12 Barendorf (6.Klassik-Fest)
04.09.12 Manfredonia/Italy
05.09.12 Manfredonia/Italy
08.09.12 Neuenrade (mit Kathrin Christians)
09.09.12 Dortmund/Torhaus (mit Kathrin Christians)
15.09.12 Ingelfingen /Ev. Kirche (mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
16.09.12 Langenburg/Schloss (mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
22.09.12 Rome/Italien (Teatro Ghione)
06.10.12 Nürtingen (Orgelwoche mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
07.10.12 Fritzlar (mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
12.10.12 Daejeon/Korea (Duo)
14.10.12 Daejeon/Korea (with Orchestra)
21.10.12 Enningerloh (Schloß Vornholz)
26.10.12 Kall (Kulturraum)
27.10.12 Büren (Niedermühle)
28.10.12 Herten/Schloss (Thomas mit Kathrin Christians)
27.11.12 Bad Segeberg
07.12.12 Warstein (Alte Kirche)
20.01.13 Bovenden (Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus)
31.01.13 Bangkok/Thailand (University)
01.02.13 Bangkok/Thailand
08.02.13 Genthien
09.02.13 Magdeburg (Gesellschaftshaus)
15.03.13 Radstadt/Österreich
24.03.13 Detroit/USA
26.03.13 Los Angeles (UCLA)
28.03.13 Northridge/USA
29.03.13 Lancaster/USA
30.03.13 Lancaster/USA
20.04.13 Orange County/USA
21.04.13 Orange County/USA
22.04.13 Milwaukee/USA
23.04.13 Milwaukee/USA
24.04.13 Dallas/USA
25.04.13 Fort Worth/USA
26.04.13 Fort Worth
27.04.13 Salisbury/USA (University)
28.04.13 Salisbury/USA (University)
14.06.13 Bangkok/Thailand (Int. Guitar Festival)
17.06.13 Korat/Thailand
01.08.13 Iserlohn (22. Int. Guitar-Symposium)
21.09.13 Bargteheide
22.09.13 Barendorf (7.Klassik-Fest)
27.09.13 Ettelbrück/Luxemburg (Spanische Nacht mit Orchester)
19.10.13 Shanghai/China
11.10.13 Beijing/China
14.10.13 Daejon/Korea
17.11.13 Aachen (Krönungssaal – mit Duo Gruber & Maklar)
Press comments:
"Surely one of the most innovative duos in the world"
(Gitarre & Laute, 1998)
"Real professionals for guitar and orchestra"
(Musikmarkt, 2003)
"Any Rodrigo connoisseur will be thrilled with this."
(American Record Guide, USA, 2001)
"A great success!" on the Spanish Night 1 CD
(Zupfmusik, 2001)
"Once again, thoroughly commendable" on Spanish Night 2
(Acoustic Guitar Mag., 2004)
20 years Amadeus Guitar Duo – 1991/2011
Referenzen: Rheingau Musikfestival, Moselfestwochen, Southbank-Festival London,
Mainzer Musiksommer, MS-Europa, Württembergisches Kammerorchester,
Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, Prager Kammerorchester,
Accademia Romana, Mannes University New York
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Amadeus Guitar Duo
Prof. Thomas-F. Kirchhoff
Oestricher Straße 39b
D-58638 Iserlohn / Germany
Tel.: +49/(0)2371/560707
Mobil: +49/(0)173/20-95-685
http://www.guitarsymposium.com
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