Workshop for young Nigerian classic guitarists.
The German, Romanian-born classic guitarist Mircea Gogoncea will hold a two- day master class for young emerging talents from Nigeria. It is part of his voluntary project to support Nigerian classic guitar players, who usually cannot play on proper classic guitars but modified western guitars.
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. This guitar could be purchased with the help of a young guitarist from India, who was impressed by this project
Mircea Gogoncea has already selected eight guitarists as active participants for the public master classes. However, musicians, who are interested in joining the master class as passive participants (maximum 30 pax) can contact the Goethe-Institut Nigeria to join. Deadline is April 13, 2018.
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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.
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