SAFFIRE | The Australian Guitar Quartet
New CD available online
http://www.saffire.com.au/albums.html
La Volta - Michael Praetorius arr. Gareth Koch
La Rotta - Anonymous arr. Gareth Koch
American Wake - Bill Whelan arr. Antony Field
Sunfish - Nigel Westlake (Six Fish)
Saffire continues to spread its exciting, cultural transformation of guitar music with Renaissance, the 3rd release from this ARIA Award-winning group--Gareth Koch, Karin Schaupp, Slava and Leonard Grigoryan.
Saffire is Australia's highest selling classical group, and Renaissance is bound to consolidate their reputation for innovation, originality and strong artistic direction.
The group will support the release of Renaissance with a six-week, 30-date national tour throughout October/November.
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Saffire have been delighting audiences with their unique style of music-making since bursting onto the music scene in 2002. The quartet's performances are characterised by joy, spontaneity and group virtuosity.
Their relaxed and informal onstage presence, combined with a commitment to excellence, creates a powerful and heady brew. One of the trademarks of this unusual quartet is its refusal to recognise traditional musical boundaries. This is reflected in a repertoire which ranges from Renaissance, Rock, Flamenco, Celtic and Jazz to original compositions. Saffire perform on a colourful selection of instruments which include dobro, steel-string, eight-string, flamenco, classical, octave and baritone guitars.
Saffire's self-titled debut album soared to number one in the Australian Classical Music charts within days of its release in 2003. Later that year the group won an ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) Award for Best Classical Album.
Since then, Saffire has become one of the runaway success stories of the Australian music scene. Their second album, Nostalgica, consolidated a reputation for innovation, originality and strong artistic direction. Saffire has toured extensively throughout the world. In a single season in 2005 the group toured Europe and the USA, and recently performed at the World Expo in Japan and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
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