Alchemy

Andrew Blanch & Ariel Nurhadi

Friday November 2 Presented by

7:30pm Magda Community Artz
Biographies
ANDREW BLANCH

Andrew Blanch has been making a splash in recent

years with frequent concertising, a slew of
competition prizes and widespread success of his
debut CD Spanish Guitar Music. Soundboard
Magazine (USA) called Spanish Guitar Music "one
of the best debut albums I've ever heard", Limelight
Magazine (Australia) gave it 4 stars praising his
"unique gifts" and the Melbourne Guitar Foundation
has declared Andrew "one of Australia's foremost
classical guitarists" at the tender age of 25.
www.andrewblanch.com
Andrew has given concerts around the country and abroad including recitals
in Paris, London, Washington DC and a concerto performance with the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music Alumni Orchestra. He excelled on the
competition circuit with over ten major prizes including First Place in both the
Melbourne International Guitar Competition (2016) and the Whitworth-Roach
Classical Music Competition (2015).

ARIEL NURHADI
Ariel Nurhadi is a classical guitarist who has
garnered extensive experience on the concert stage
over the last decade. Among other venues, he has
given performances at the National Arboretum,
Hughes Music Festival, Wesley Arts Centre, and the
National Gallery of Australia, as well as in
masterclasses with renowned figures such as Paul
O’dette (America), Ricardo Gallen (Spain), Carlo
Barone (Italy) and Karin Schaupp (Germany).

As an avid chamber musician, Ariel has been involved in an array of musical

projects over the years including the Llewellyn Quartet, the opera production
Dido and Aenaes, the clarinet-guitar ensemble Duo Divan and Canberra’s
2015 Voices in the Forest concert where he performed in trio alongside
Australian baritone José Carbó (of Opera Australia). In the long-standing
duo, Ariel and his colleague classical guitarist Andrew Blanch explore a
plethora of genres, enticing audiences with their tasteful arrangements and
lively performance style.
Program
Suite in E minor Jean-Philippe Rameau (arr. Abreu Brothers)
France, 1683 – 1764
V. Le rappel des oiseaux
VII. Musette en rondeaux
VI. Rigaudons 1 & 2

Clair de Lune Claude Debussy (arr. Bream & Williams)

Golliwog’s Cakewalk France, 1862 – 1918

Intermezzo Enrique Granados (arr. Pujol)

Spain, 1867 – 1916
Evocación Isaac Albéniz (arr. Llobet)
Spain, 1860 –France, 1909
Spanish Dance No. 1, La Vida Breve Manuel de Falla (arr. Pujol)
Spain, 1876 – Argentina, 1946

Monte Carlo Peter Madlem

USA, 1945 –

INTERVAL

Suite Retratos Radamés Gnattali

Brazil, 1906 – 1988
III. Anacleto de Medeiros (schottisch)
IV. Chiquinha Gonzaga (corta-iaca)

Three Duets Phillip Houghton

Melbourne, 1954 – 2017
The Mantis and the Moon
Lament
Alchemy

Tango Suite Astor Piazzolla

Argentina, 1921 – 1992
I. Allegro, libero
II. Andante rubato
III. Allegro: Piu mosso, ma pesante
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