The Goethe-Institut Nigeria invites you to a concert with German and Nigerian classic guitarists.
The well-known German, Romanian-born guitarist Mircea Gogoncea will play together with the Nigerian guitarist Taiwo Adegoke a fascinating selection of music for classic guitar from the 19th and 20th century. This concert is part of his voluntary project to support Nigerian classic guitar players.
Several months ago, Mircea Gogoncea together with the support of the Robert Schumann University Duesseldorf and the renowned Spanish luthier family Ramirez managed to bring the probably first classic guitar to Nigeria, which was presented to the highly-talented guitarist and teacher Taiwo Adegoke. A second classic guitar will be presented during his stay in Lagos to the young guitarist Olushola Festus hamilton, who will perform on this evening for the first time in public.
The concert is free of charge, but it is asked for a donation at the end of the event in order to purchase more guitars.
© Andrey Weyers
Mircea Gogoncea graduated with maximum honors from the excellence program "Konzertexamen" at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, as well as the "Advanced Diploma" program of the Royal Academy of Music London.
He has performed 350 concerts on five continents. Having been awarded a total of 165 prizes, he is considered one of the guitarists with the highest number of awards in the world.
In 2017, he brought his "Trip Around the World of Music Tour" to the USA, Cuba, the UK, Germany, Spain, France and Israel. Created in collaboration with other musicians, dancers and visual artists, these concerts are part of Mircea's commitment to create evermore engaging performances and bring classical music to new audiences.
Olayinka Ojo © Taiwo Adegoke
Taiwo Adegoke was born in Oshogbo/ Osun State and graduated with a bachelor in agriculture. As a fan of African music styles, he began to have interest in playing classical guitar music during 2011 after listening to some pieces on Youtube. This made him fall in love with it immediately. He taught himself playing classical guitar and eventually started to work as a guitar teacher for young musicians. His dream and vision is to make classical guitar music more popular in western African countries and to teach it to little children.
Apata Sunday © Olushola Festus
Olushola Festus Hamilton was born in Lagos State and graduated from the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta/ Ogun State. He also listened to a classic guitar for the first time online and was immediately attracted by the versatility of this instrument. Searching for a guitar teacher, he met Taiwo Adegoke, who taught him and six other students how to play the guitar.
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