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Familiarly known as LAGQ, this quartet was put
together by Anisa Angarola
in 1980 with the added assistance
of Pepe
Romero who made his name as a classical and flamenco guitarist as a solo
artist and from renowned The Romero Guitar Quartet.
The were established at University of Southern California’s
Thornton School of Music and since the 1990s have been acclaimed for their
accomplished performances and interpretations that cover a huge range of
music that includes classical, folk, Celtic, rock, jazz, contemporary, bluegrass
and other music from all over the world. They also include music that was
written by Andrew York who was a member of the quartet for 16 years until
2006.
With their excellent reputation they are very popular
concert performers and their work in the studio, which began with their
first recording in 1993, has brought them many hits on the album charts and
Grammy nominations for Interchange
and LAGQ Latin. They received a Grammy Award in 2005
for their CD Guitar Heroes.
Other albums they have released include Air and Ground, Dances from Renaissance
to Nutcracker, Evening in Granada, Labyrinth, For Thy Pleasure, LAGQ Brazil
and Spin.
Over the years the members of the quartet have
included:
John Dearman
Matthew Greif
William Kanengiser
Scott Tennant
Andrew York
Sources:
- http://www.lagq.com/bio
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Guitar_Quartet
- http://www.allmusic.com/artist/los-angeles-guitar-quartet-q37447/biography
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_Romero
- http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/13550.html
- http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Interchange-Concertos-by-Rodrigo-Assad/
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