{"id":237685,"date":"2019-12-27T14:03:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T13:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraldgarcia.com\/wordpress\/?p=237685"},"modified":"2019-12-27T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T14:45:00","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=237685","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237686\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2-250x188.jpg 250w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year, I had the good fortune to bump into Christian Fergo, a very talented film maker who is also no mean guitarist.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted to do an interview with me, which ended up a sprawling 30+ minutes long. Thanks for the hard work, Christian!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the video he made-<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UOFahsyjUlQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and here is the complete performance of the Concerto for Four Guitars given by the <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/Lequattroformaggi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sensemaya Quartet<\/a> at Iserlohn 2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uPu_5Tzx3C4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">Born in Copenhagen 1980, he studied guitar with John Jacobsen, Lars Trier and Frank Bungarten and graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the Lucerne Academy of Music, both academies awarding him diplomas with distinction for his recitals and soloist performances. The Lucerne Times called him an \u201coutstanding young soloist\u201d and wrote about him: \u201cChristian Fergo showed a highly sensitive musicality and very detailed technique\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Join his YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwWWjO0vnO_k-EveOai-f8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and visit his FaceBook page <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/christianfergo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, I had the good fortune to bump into Christian Fergo, a very talented film maker who is also no mean guitarist. He wanted to do an interview with me, which ended up a sprawling 30+ minutes long. 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