Final Arts On Tour NZ tour for 2014 - NZ Guitar Quartet 7 Oct 2014
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Final Arts On Tour NZ tour for 2014 - NZ Guitar Quartet 7 - 20 November
The New Zealand Guitar Quartet – AOTNZ tour November 2014
As soloists in their own right, NZGQ members Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty, Tim Watanabe and Christopher Hill have garnered acclaim on concert stages around the world and in a multitude of international guitar competitions. Coming together as the New Zealand Guitar Quartet, they’ve combined their individual skills towards creating an exciting, engaging ensemble noted for its polished ensemble playing and diverse programming ranging from the renaissance to the 21st century.
”…nothing less than extraordinary…” ~ Motueka Music Society
“…technical brilliance and emotional depth…” ~ Christchurch Arts Festival
“…scintillating…” ~ Rotorua Music Society
“…sublime musical entertainment…” ~ Whangarei Music Society
About the artists
Jane
Curry
In 2010 Jane Curry completed a Doctorate in Musical
Arts from the University of Arizona and is head of the
classical guitar department at the New Zealand School of
Music, Wellington. She has placed in several international
guitar competitions including 2nd Prize, Portland
International Guitar Competition, 2nd Prize, California
Guitar Panorama International Competition, 3rd Prize,
Rantucci International Guitar Competition (New York), and
has received the Creative NZ Jack McGill Music Scholarship
(NZ), the International Arts Foundation Scholarship (NZ),
Medici Scholar Award (University of Arizona), and a Creative
NZ Grant to commission composer John Psathas. She has
performed in New Zealand, England, Scotland, Spain, Mexico,
Tahiti, Canada, Malaysia, and throughout the US.
Owen Moriarty
Owen Moriarty began his formal guitar
studies in 1997 at Massey University, graduating in 2003
with a Master’s degree in performance music and then
moving to the US in 2003 where he studied towards a Graduate
Certificate at the University of Southern California (Los
Angeles). Owen has toured five times with Chamber Music NZ,
twice as a soloist, twice as a member of Tango Virtuosi, and
lastly with the Wellington Guitar Duo. He has also given
performances in Australia, USA, Portugal, Mexico, Thailand,
Spain and the United Kingdom. Owen’s self-titled debut
(double) CD was released through ODE Records in 2003.
Tim Watanabe
Tim Watanabe graduated in 2005 from
Massey University in Wellington, studying under Matthew
Marshall and Gunter Herbig. He has been an active member of
the Conservatorium Guitar Orchestra, playing as a soloist in
the Guitar Orchestra tours around New Zealand, and has taken
part in master classes with numerous international
guitarists.
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