{"id":139801,"date":"2018-05-21T11:23:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T10:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraldgarcia.com\/wordpress\/?p=139801"},"modified":"2018-07-02T05:25:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T04:25:36","slug":"susana-and-the-studenten-gitaar-ensemble-neederland-the-vickers-bovey-duo-and-the-ogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=139801","title":{"rendered":"Susana and the Studenten Gitaar Ensemble Nederland, the Vickers Bovey duo and the OGS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Oxford Guitar Society<\/a> had their annual concert with a difference in the church of St.Mary and St.Nicholas in Littlemore, Oxford yesterday, the 20th May 2018.<\/h4>\n

They were joined by the Studenten Gitaar Ensemble Nederland<\/a> and their lively and enthusiastic conductor, Susana Opanski<\/a>.<\/h4>\n

After some soulful playing of a Milonga and Roland Dyens’ arrangement of Alfonsina y el Mar, they did a wild and wickedly funny version of Libertango by Piazzolla.<\/h4>\n

They were then joined by Dan Bovey and Julian Vickers<\/a> to play a version of Dowland’s Lachrimae with Sweelinck’s variations. What a wonderful sound!<\/h4>\n

This was followed by a standout performance of my “Lorca” concerto<\/a>.<\/h4>\n

The SGEN<\/a> gave it their all, complementing the wonderful virtuosity and fluidity of the soloists.<\/h4>\n

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The tour<\/p>\n

https:\/\/vickersbovey.co.uk\/concerts\/sgen-tour-utrecht\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to Steve Greenslade and the OGS<\/a> for making this such a memorable occasion!<\/p>\n

We had a great time afterwards at the Tree Hotel in Iffley – it was a beautiful summer evening and the SGEN barely made it back int time to Oxford station to catch their train for their concert in London the next day.<\/p>\n

I had a chance to chat to Susana, with whom I had a lot in common.<\/p>\n

She believes that music connects us and that all cultures, ages and abilities have a common voice through this.<\/p>\n

The Ensemble is made up of students and ex students of hers, some of whom are not professional musicians. They do not receive a grant and so feel free to play the repertoire they love.<\/p>\n

Their enthusiasm and sense of belonging is infectious and evident in their performance.<\/p>\n

Susana is convinced that music connects people and that playing an instrument plays an important role in the personal development of children and young people.<\/h4>\n

For more than 20 years Susana Opanski has been working as a guitar teacher at the Music School in Amersfoort. She also teaches at Muziek in de Wijk (Utrecht) Besides that she develops educational projects to bring children into contact with music.<\/h4>\n

In addition to being a guitarist, bassoonist and guitar teacher, Susana Opanski is also the founding conductor a of the Student Gitaar Ensemble Nederland<\/a> (SGEN). Last year the ensemble released a CD thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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