John Brancy & Peter Dugan (tenor & piano)
Grammy Award winning baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan, host of NPR’s From the Top, have been redefining the art song recital since making their critically acclaimed debut of A Silent Night at the Kennedy Center in 2014. That program, which was hailed by The Washington Post as “so …
Brasil Guitar Duo
“The maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity … is simply outstanding,” is how Classical Guitar magazine described the Brasil Guitar Duo, winner of the 2006 Concert Artists Guild (CAG) International Competition. Equally at home on a classical or a world music series, the Duo’s programming features both traditional and Brazilian …
Julian Bream
Julian Bream (15 July 1933 – 14 August 2020) was one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century. Following an official debut at Cheltenham on 17 February 1947, at the age of thirteen, he was soon acknowledged as one of the most remarkable artists of the post-war …
Briggs Piano Trio
United by a commitment to continuing to raise the profile of the Austrian-British composer Hans Gál, the members of the Briggs Piano Trio were brought together by AVIE Records to make the recording which contrasts Gál’s poetic E major Trio with Shostakovich’s dark E minor Trio. Pianist Sarah Beth Briggs, …
Sarah Beth Briggs (piano)
Pianist Sarah Beth Briggs – “an artist of extraordinary magnetism” (Daily Telegraph) – is a leading recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician. A long-standing pupil of the late Denis Matthews, she gained a Hindemith Scholarship to study chamber music in Switzerland with celebrated violist Bruno Giuranna, and continued her studies …
