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Gregg Nestor: studio concert playing Ponce, Berkeley, Albeniz, Dodgson, & Gershwin

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I first met Gregg in 1982, and was impressed by his huge collection of guitar arrangements and transcriptions which he used to keep in the top drawer of his clothes cupboard. I remember he had unusual pieces such as “Teddy Bear’s Picnic Variations”, “Annie get your gun”, “Children’s Corner” by Debussy, “Gershwiniana”, motley pieces by Poulenc and numerous other titles, expertly arranged for nimble fingers.
I heard from him again recently, and if you are interested in the sort of music he has to offer, drop him a line at http://www.greggnestorguitar.com

Thanks again, selftaughtgirl for this trip down memory lane.

John Williams first performance of Stevie Concerto by Patrick Gowers (1987)

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Low ‘C’ sounds wonderful on the guitar.This recording was made shortly before I joined “John Williams and Friends” – heady days!
Thanks selftaughtgirl who says
“My recording of a live radio broadcast from the 1980s of the first performance by John Williams of the “Stevie” concerto by Patrick Gowers written in 1987. Sorry about the quality of the recording due to the noisy reception and the wobbly tape as well as the few seconds gap at the end as it didn’t quite fit on one side of a 60min tape. Hopefully Mr Williams’ great playing of a great piece still comes through.”

Evangelos & Liza: studio concert playing Bach, Carulli and Granados

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How many people remember Evangelos Assimakopoulos and Liza Zoe?
From 1953 both Assimakopoulos and Zoe studied the guitar at the National Conservatoire in Athens under Dimitris Fampas. After receiving First Prizes and the Medals for Outstanding Performance upon graduating, they shared the first two prizes in the International Competition in Naples, Italy in 1960. From the late 1950s they both gave many solo recitals

throughout Greece.
They became professors of the guitar at the National Conservatory of Athens in 1962, started playing as a duo in 1963 and were married in 1965 establishing Greece’s first guitar duo, known as the Athenian Guitar Duo.
For four consecutive periods Evangelos & LIza were awarded scholarships to study with the Presti-Lagoya duo in France and with Andrés Segovia in Spain.

Thank you selftaughtgirl