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Wrocław Guitar Festival Posted by on Jan 10, 2012 in Culture, Places to visit

Not as romantic as the violin, nor as revered as the piano, not as resonant as the saxophone or clarinet, yet the young, brash and dynamic sound of the guitar can claim to be more versatile than all of the above, being the queen of everything from flamenco to heavymetal music. This is certainly the opinion of the Wrocław Guitar Society, who organise this superb festival which has been running now since 1998.

The concept behind the Wrocław Guitar Festival (Wrocławski Festiwal Gitarowy, often referred to simply as the ‘Gitara’) is simple. To give this majestic instrument a platform to shine. Every year the festival invites some of the leading lights of the music world to show off their skills on the six-string, and previous plectrum pluckers in Poland include the likes of Rafael Cortes, Tommy Emmanuel, Giampaolo Bandini and many more. Typically there is one main concert per night for the duration of the festival, which takes place in one of Wrocław’s most prestigious venues such as in the Philharmonic Hall, the Hala Ludowa, or the Great Hall of the Wrocław Town Hall. The festival is also accompanied by master classes, workshops, instrument displays, music publishing presentations, and meetings with the artists themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0aImNyqFdA

Have anyone of you attended it?

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

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My name is Kasia Scontsas. I grew near Lublin, Poland and moved to Warsaw to study International Business. I have passion for languages: any languages! Currently I live in New Hampshire. I enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking and paddle boarding. My husband speaks a little Polish, but our daughters are fluent in it! I wanted to make sure that they can communicate with their Polish relatives in our native language. Teaching them Polish since they were born was the best thing I could have given them! I have been writing about learning Polish language and culture for Transparent Language’s Polish Blog since 2010.


Comments:

  1. Jenny:

    Hi, haven’t attended the festival but loved the video of Wroclaw. Such a lovely city, we visited a few years ago and stayed on the square–I think I saw our apartment building in the video! Thanks for sharing!