IARGUS 2021!

The Russian Guitar Revival Around the Globe

Due to the pandemic, IARGUS 2021 took place online.

But precisely because of this, our concert offering was MORE INTERNATIONAL THAN EVER!

MANY, MANY excellent performers joined us directly from Russia, Sweden, Norway, Germany, and the US!

For the first time, we had a WHOLE CONCERT OF A NEW GENERATION OF PERFORMERS, most of whom are students of IARGUS participants Evgeniy Aksionov, Mårten Falk, Volodia Markushevich, and Oleg Timofeyev.

YOU CAN STILL WATCH ALL OF THE CONCERTS ON YOUTUBE — SEE THE LINKS BELOW!

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

10 am CST Lecture by Oleg Timofeyev (live streamed):

“The Latest News, Discoveries, and Editions that Rock the Russian Guitar World” (Orekhov)

1 pm CST Concert: The New Generation

Ruslan Nurullin (Kazan), Tatiana Bestigol’nikoga (Moscow), Rebecca Vats Jonnson (Stockholm), Jonathan (Stockholm),

Kevin Ortiz Martinez (Stockholm), Varvara Suntseva (Moscow), Yvonne Gründer (Liverpool), Svetlana Vasilieva (Kazan)

Watch recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hErOaVubmbk

Thursday, May 20, 2021

 10 am CST: Masterclass (live streamed)

taught by Marco Erdevicki

1 pm CST: Russian Guitar in Western Europe:

Maxim Lysov (Düsseldorf, Germany) , Mårten Falk (Stockholm, Sweden), Stefan Wester (Piteå, Sweden),

Marko Erdevicki (Bergen, Norway), Rui Namora (Porto, Portugal)

Watch recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCJFUqhtV5M

Friday, May 21, 2021 

10 am CST (live streamed):  Guest Lecture on Polish Sources,

by Wojciech Gurgul

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5Tax6stNY

Followed by Masterclass on Russian Guitar Duets

Taught by “The Czar’s Guitars”: John Schneiderman and Oleg Timofeyev

1 pm CST: Concert of Jewish Music

Timur Fishel, Ivan Zhuk, Oleg Timofeyev, Natasha Timofeyeva, Ian Pomerantz, Kurt and Annette Bjorling

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdFf20qsQrM

Saturday, May 22, 2021

1 pm CST Concert: 7-String Guitar Revival in Russia:

Dima Sokolov (St. Petersburg), “Russkie Guitary” (Volodia Sumin and Volodia Markushevich, Moscow),

Oleg Ivanov (Volgograd), Evgeniy Aksionov (Kazan’), Aynur Begutov (Kazan’),

Asia Bardina (Moscow), Artur Kharatian (Moscow)

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQg54tboYlw

7 pm CST Concert: Romani (“Gypsy”) Music for 7-String Guitar

Dmitry and Mikhail Melnik (Philadelphia, PA), Vadim Kolpakov (Charlotte, NC), Sasha Kolpakov, Jr. (Miami, FL),

Andrei Koshel (Vladivostok, Russia), Valery Basov (Moscow, Russia), Eduard Shvydchenko (Moscow), Gurano Horvat (Moscow)

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wB5vfRZzI4

Sunday, May 23, 2021

 10 am CST Crowning Concluding GALA Concert: Stars of the Russian Guitar

Dmitry and Mikhail Melnik, Asia Bardina, Artur Kharatian, John Schneiderman,

Vadim Kolpakov, Oleg Timofeyev, Marko Erdevicki, Mårten Falk, Stefan Wester, Ian Pomerantz

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79p1XYD94Gw