For Aces by Four Aces Guitar Quartet

Various composers

Four Aces Guitar Quartet

For Aces

Price: € 14.95
Format: CD
Label: Antarctica
UPC: 0608917730227
Catnr: AR 002
Release date: 07 October 2016
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Label
Antarctica

UPC
0608917730227

Catalogue number
AR 002

Release date
07 October 2016

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About the album

Four Aces Guitar Quartet combines classical masterpieces and arrangements of traditional folk and pop music. If previous album Odyssee was the story of a five year journey as an ensemble, then For Aces not only continues that journey, but it chooses a new adventurous path with compositions especially written for this cd. The composers with whom the quartet collaborated are Clarice Assad, Adam Clarke, Nuccio D'Angelo, Nejc Kuhar, Patrick Roux, Harry Sacksioni, Alain Selhorst and Johannes Möller.

Das Four Aces Guitar Quartet kombiniert klassische Meisterwerke und Arrangements von traditioneller Folk- und Popmusik. Wenn das vorige Album Odyssee die Geschichte der fünfjährigen Reise als Ensemble erzählt, dann setzt Four Aces diese Reise nicht nur fort, sondern geht einen neuen, abenteuerlustigen Pfad mit Kompositionen, die eigens für diese CD verfasst wurden. Die Komponisten, mit denen das Quartett zusammengearbeitet hat, sind Clarice Assad, Adam Clarke, Nuccio D'Angelo, Nejc Kuhar, Patrick Roux, Harry Sacksioni, Alain Selhorst und Johannes Möller.

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Four Aces Guitar Quartet

For many years now, the Four Aces Guitar Quartet has stood for four men, four guitars and all that entails. Whether playing in America, Asia or Europe, time and again these four gentlemen show what the magical combination of at least 24 strings can bring about.
The Four Aces Guitar Quartet was formed in 2008 when four guitarists met at the International Guitar Symposium in Iserlohn. Their first ever concert was part of a graduation project. Audiences and judges were immediately impressed by the foursome's bold programme, great virtuosity and rich musical palette. Since its debut, the Four Aces Guitar Quartet has given performances in the country's major venues such as Flagey, Bozar, the Concertgebouw Brugge, deSingel and numerous cultural centres.
Abroad, the quartet played concerts in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Slovenia, Italy, Georgia and China. A first concert series in the US followed in 2018. Another tour in China is planned in summer 2019. In 2013, the ensemble became the laureate of Supernova, a Belgian chamber music competition supported by the national radio and television network, the Belgian government and numerous cultural partners. In 2017, the quartet won the Paola Ruminelli international chamber music competition in Ossola, Italy.
Four Aces Guitar Quartet are: Menno Buggenhout, Inti de Maet, Maarten Vandenbemden and Stein Verrelst.

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Menno Buggenhout (guitar)

Stein Verrelst (guitar)

Bart Venken (guitar)

Inti de Maet (guitar)

Composer(s)

Patrick Roux

Menno Buggenhout (guitar)

Harry Sacksioni

Adam Clarke

Nuccio D'Angelo'>Nuccio D'Angelo

Inti de Maet (guitar)

Johannes Möller

The Swedish guitarist and composer Johannes Möller has captivated audiences throughout the world with charismatic and soulful performances. At the age of 12 as a self-taught composer Johannes experienced an outburst of creativity that resulted in a large quantity of mainly chamber music works for various instrumentations. A selection of these works was recorded on an album with some of the top instrumentalists in Sweden when he was 14 years old. A critic from the Swedish newspaper Göteborgsposten wrote about these compositions, ”What is to become of Johannes Möller? A Swedish Mozart – in our time?” In his later teenage years, Johannes continued composing experimenting with various compositional styles and techniques. It was however not until he composed his piece When the Winds...

The Swedish guitarist and composer Johannes Möller has captivated audiences throughout the world with charismatic and soulful performances.
At the age of 12 as a self-taught composer Johannes experienced an outburst of creativity that resulted in a large quantity of mainly chamber music works for various instrumentations. A selection of these works was recorded on an album with some of the top instrumentalists in Sweden when he was 14 years old. A critic from the Swedish newspaper Göteborgsposten wrote about these compositions, ”What is to become of Johannes Möller? A Swedish Mozart – in our time?” In his later teenage years, Johannes continued composing experimenting with various compositional styles and techniques. It was however not until he composed his piece When the Winds Dissolve for alto flute and guitar in 2006 that he found his personal voice. The world premiere of this composition took place during the Iserlohn International Guitar Symposium. It was received with such enthusiasm from colleges and students alike that he decided to dedicate himself to mainly compose music for the guitar.

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