Italian acoustic guitar prodigy and phenomenal entertainer, Andrea Valeri due in South africa performing at the Olympia Bakery in Kalk Bay from 18 Dec to 5 Jan in a double bill with South Africa's own acoustic guitar guru, Tony Cox who will be promoting his new album Padkos featuring great South African tunes played in Cox's inimitable style.
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT SOUTH AFRICA
SUMMER SERIES 2013
featuring
ANDREA VALERI – Italy
and
TONY COX - SA
VENUES
Olympia Bakery, Kalk Bay, Cape Town
Wed to Sun 18 Dec to 5 Jan 2013 @ 20h00
**(No show Wed 25 Dec and Wed 1 Jan and 2 shows on
Sat the 28 Dec and 4 Jan @ 18h00 & 21h00)**
MEDIA KIT
Media Release
Biogs of Musicians
In Brief
MEDIA RELEASE
When the young Italian acoustic guitar prodigy Andrea Valeri performed in Cape Town in December '11, he electrified his audiences at his sold-out shows and became incredibly popular in a very short space of time. The many who have requested a return performance will be happy to know that he once again appears for IGNSA this December at the Olympia Bakery in Kalk Bay.
Already an established international guitarist and performer at the tender age of 22, Valeri continues to thrill and delight the global guitar-loving audience with a ceaseless touring schedule that sees him performing around the planet annually. If you love leaving a performance smiling and happy and thoroughly entertained, Valeri is simply not to be missed.
Valeri will share the bill with South African acoustic guitar guru, Tony Cox who will debut new work from his forthcoming album titled Padkos. The album will feature some of the best-known and most well-loved South African songs sourced from a time-span of some 40 years and all arranged in Cox's unique guitar playing style. Cox will have several key invited guests to add their own guitar playing charm to the album which will quickly become a collector's item for any South African.
WEBLINKS
www.internationalguitarnight.co.za
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BIOGS :
ANDREA VALERI
Andrea Valeri, was born in Pontedera on February 27, 1991. Performing professionally from the tender age of sixteen, from Australia to New Zealand, from Canada to Russia, from Europe to Africa, he has garnered much success all around the globe. Now, at the age of 22, defined as the Prince of fingerstyle guitar and a new acoustic music Ambassador, Andrea is already a veteran of the many acoustic guitar festivals that take place world-wide, sharing the stage, recording and collaborating with the greatest guitar players the world has to offer. Awarded with the " Excellence of Italian Music", Andrea started his guitar studies at the age of ten, first studying classical technique then passing through an electric phase and finally at the age of fourteen, the acoustic steel-string guitar.
This is when he began to absorb particular techniques like thumbstyle, fingerstyle, flatpicking and more, all synthesizing into his present six-string prowess and indeed at his age, his music and playing are still evolving. By age eighteen, Andrea had released four highly acclaimed albums: The secret of Silence (2007), The Trip (2008), Maybe (2010 ) and DayDream (2011). The young musical genius is also known for his collaborations with the Australian guitar virtuoso Michael Fix; firstly the track 'Cannonball Rag' on Andrea's album Maybe, and the second time with Andrea's song Guanches, the opening track of Fix's album 'Two Timing'; that album also features Tommy Emmanuel, Sam Shepherd, Louie Shelton, Stephen Bennett, Nick Charles and many others.
Andrea has also collaborated with Goran Kuzminac (in ‘Parole Semplici’, one of the most successful songs of Goran's last CD ‘Dio Suona la Chitarra’) and with IGS Company that helped him to record and publish his first song Rails.
All the guitarists who have inspired Andrea, consider him to be one of the shining lights of the guitar world. His style is always evolving and his global success is growing day by day; Andrea is currently touring world-wide with his new album DayDream, published by Vinile Records and edited by Myrope musical editions.
What the critics say
'A poet said that the idea of a true musician is in his heart – out of time – it is warmed by the sun of human feelings, it falls into the hands, sliding along the fingers, onto the body of the instrument. And music is born! Music of talent and heart. Andrea Valeri’s music is exactly this. It’s music of talent and heart. The wonder of his skill as a guitarist is never alone, it always seems about to surrender to itself, its speed, its rhythm, its amazing polyphony, and becomes an atmosphere, an interior space where you can breathe, pure sound of the heart'
Giovanni Nuti, Vinile - Myrope (Dec 29, 2011)
Review from Andrea's show in South Africa - 2011
http://www.internationalguitarnight.co.za/page16.html
'Sensazionale Chitarrista Italiano entusiasma Cape Town!'
From other guitarists
JOHN DOAN
'A Guitar Genius, one of the best Guitar players in the world'
MICHAEL FIX
'The shining light of the guitar world'
ERIC SPITZER-MARLYN
'His potential is one of the world's Best'
THOMAS LEEB
'I met him in a Festival in Italy, And I was completely blown away by this new fingerpicking sensation'
CASPER ESMANN
'Andrea is probably the most talented guitar player I've ever seen. He has created his very own style, and his technique is indescribable! He's the most friendly and warmest person I've ever met, and I'm so proud to call him my friend'
DON ROSS
'Amazing'
Links and Video
Guanches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pb1tR_n8sk
Sultans of Swing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KsVtD01cgw
TONY COX
Born in Zimbabwe and later making South Africa his home, the name Tony Cox is synonymous with the acoustic guitar in this country and is indicative of the long years of work this home-grown musician has put into his life as one of the leading acoustic guitarists this country has ever seen. Many young acoustic players in South Africa today have used his life and music to not only inspire them as guitarists but also to learn how to carve out an existence for themselves in a particularly tough music industry.
Using only a commitment to an original work ethic in a country notorious for it's neglect of musicians who did not toe the commercial line, Cox has, from the very start been excited and inspired by the sounds and rhythms of his homeland, resulting in a long line of recorded work and collaborations that went on to garner three SAMA awards for best instrumental album.
Close to his 60th birthday Cox has been very busy working on the material for his new album and will be promoting the album and performing tracks from it at IGN. The album promises to be something quite different, says Cox,
'I've been thinking of doing an album of mostly covers, but they had to be South African only covers and sourced from a big span of time...I've spent my entire career playing and recording only original work and so now I can let rip and have some fun with some tunes that all my fellow Sefricans will know and ones that I personally have a history and a feeling for'.
What the critics say
'One of the first important non-traditional, South African guitarists '– Mickdotcom, Muse - 2013
'Cox baits the listener into rapturous moments of sublime guitar playing’ - Craig Feris, What’s On Cape Town - 2012
'The strength and precision of what emerges from this man's Mervyn Davis guitar is quite breathtaking' - Andrew Smith, The Press and Journal, Scotland, Jan 2010
http://museonline.co.za/regular-features/legends-of-music-regular-features/tony-cox-and-the-expanse-of-sound/#more-
Links and Video
Dollar's F
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgdPFDe9diM
You Asked For It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B68Z9Uf5rlk
IN BRIEF :
International Guitar Night South Africa - Winter Series 2013
Featuring
Andrea Valeri (Italy) & Tony Cox (SA)
VENUES
Olympia Bakery, Kalk Bay Cape Town
Program:
Wed to Sun 18 Dec to 5 Jan 2013 @ 20h00
!!No show Wed 25 Dec and Wed 1 Jan and 2 shows on Sat the 28th Dec and 4 Jan @ 18h00 & 21h00!!
Booking: www.quicket.co.za – 021 424 9308
