When you think of a guitar, what first comes to mind? Is it Hendrix summoning flames out of his Stratocaster? Is it Pete Townsend windmilling like a man possessed? Is it Segovia, or Julian Bream, or John Williams, hunched studiously over their instrument, their fingers cleanly picking a Bach Allemande at lightning speed? Or is it your own enthusiastic teenage strumming, when you were young and convinced you were the next God of Rock?
No matter what the guitar means to you, you will find it at the 2022 Adelaide Guitar Festival. Since 2007 the festival has been a mecca for guitarists of all ages and skill levels, presenting some of the world’s finest instrumentalists across classical, blues, rock, jazz and countless other genres.
Slava Grigoryan, Artistic Director of the Adelaide Guitar Festival.
Slava Grigoryan wouldn’t have it any other way. Artistic Director since 2010, Grigoryan has grown the festival by making it a celebration of the instrument and the people who respond to it, rather than just a series of performances. And...
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