LAGQ performs "Don Quixote" project with Monty Python alum John Cleese

On March 25th, as part of the Santa Barbara Guitar Festival, the Quartet performed a new work, "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote: Words and music from the time of Cervantes", with special guest narrator John Cleese.

On Friday, February 6th, LAGQ premiered a major new work, "Interchange for Four Guitars and Orchestra" by Sergio Assad. The performance was the featured event of the Southwest Guitar Festival in San Antonio, TX. The San Antonio Symphony, under the baton of Gregory Vajda, accompanied the Quartet.

Additionally, the Quartet will perform "Interchange" this Spring with the New Jersey Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, and others. Check the tour page for dates.

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Explores the Brazilian Groove

For nearly three decades, the Grammy-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet has forged an unmatched reputation for making brilliant and compelling music - both on stage and in the studio - with little more than four acoustic guitars, an uncanny musical vocabulary and a boundless spirit of musical innovation and cross-cultural adventure. This fall, the quartet explores the guitar's rich Latin heritage with the September 25, 2007, release of LAGQ Brazil.

Luciana Souza and The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

De Sábado Prá Dominguinhos                                    Hermeto Pascoal
(arr. W. Kanengiser)

Carlo’s Dance                                                           Paulo Bellinati
Á Furiosa

Luciana Souza and LAGQ

Triste                                                                       Antonio Carlos Jobim

Luciana Souza and Matt Greif

The last three concerts of the tour are in Asheville, Raleigh, and Greensboro. Asheville is a very cool town and the crowd is really enthusiastic and into the music. Raleigh is bittersweet in that it's our last concert with Luciana. She is a fantastic talent and is a sweet and deep person - so down to earth and warm. We will miss working with her. Greensboro is a fun concert. Legendary classical guitar pedagogue Aaron Shearer is in the audience. It's an honor to meet him - I first learned classical guitar out of his method book.