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The '''Toronto International Guitar Festival''' was a triennial guitar festival that took place between 1975 and 1987 in Toronto, Canada.
The '''Toronto International Guitar Festival''' was a triennial guitar festival that took place between 1975 and 1987 in Toronto, Canada.
It was founded by [[Eli Kassner]]<ref name="Canadian Music Festivals">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/festivals-emc/|title=Music Festivals|publisher=}}</ref> and was the subject of ''Guitar'', a 1988 film from Rhombus Media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/guitar/oclc/24483556|title=Guitar|date=21 January 1989|publisher=|via=Open WorldCat}}</ref>
It was founded by [[Eli Kassner]]<ref name="Canadian Music Festivals">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/festivals-emc/|title=Music Festivals|publisher=}}</ref> and was the subject of ''Guitar'', a 1988 film from Rhombus Media.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24483556|title=Guitar|date=21 January 1989|publisher=|oclc=24483556|via=Open WorldCat}}</ref>


The festival grew out of discussions Kassner had with members of the Guitar Society of Toronto. The first festival, ''Guitar '75'', attracted some 500 guitar teachers, students, composers, luthiers, and aficionados. Performers included [[Carlos Barbosa-Lima]], [[Leo Brouwer]], [[Oscar Ghiglia]], [[Alirio Diaz]], and the duo of Ako Ito and Henry Dorigny. The festival's competition winners were [[Sharon Isbin]], [[Manuel Barrueco]], [[David Leisner]], and [[Eliot Fisk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guitarsocietyoftoronto.com/history/|title=History :: Guitar Society of Toronto|website=guitarsocietyoftoronto.com}}</ref>
The festival grew out of discussions Kassner had with members of the Guitar Society of Toronto. The first festival, ''Guitar '75'', attracted some 500 guitar teachers, students, composers, luthiers, and aficionados. Performers included [[Carlos Barbosa-Lima]], [[Leo Brouwer]], [[Oscar Ghiglia]], [[Alirio Diaz]], and the duo of Ako Ito and Henry Dorigny. The festival's competition winners were [[Sharon Isbin]], [[Manuel Barrueco]], [[David Leisner]], and [[Eliot Fisk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guitarsocietyoftoronto.com/history/|title=History :: Guitar Society of Toronto|website=guitarsocietyoftoronto.com}}</ref>


Major guitar works premiered at the festival included [[R. Murray Schafer]]'s Le Cri de Merlin<ref name= "Canadian Music Festivals" /> and Leo Brouwer's Toronto Concerto, the latter with John Williams as soloist and Brouwer himself conducting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/in/eimaj/interviews/leo.brouwer.html|title=Interview With Leo Brouwer|website=www.angelfire.com}}</ref>
Major guitar works premiered at the festival included [[R. Murray Schafer]]'s Le Cri de Merlin<ref name= "Canadian Music Festivals" /> and Leo Brouwer's Toronto Concerto, the latter with John Williams as soloist and Brouwer himself conducting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/in/eimaj/interviews/leo.brouwer.html|title=Interview With Leo Brouwer|website=[[Angelfire]]}}</ref>

The Canadian classical guitarist Dr. Christopher Boston, wrote his treatise on the festival, it is entitled "Canadian Works Written For The Toronto International Guitar Festival".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/87324da6280a06c3c5fd0051a251451f/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y|title = Canadian Works Written for the Toronto International Guitar Festival|website = [[ProQuest]]}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 04:19, 15 June 2024

The Toronto International Guitar Festival was a triennial guitar festival that took place between 1975 and 1987 in Toronto, Canada. It was founded by Eli Kassner[1] and was the subject of Guitar, a 1988 film from Rhombus Media.[2]

The festival grew out of discussions Kassner had with members of the Guitar Society of Toronto. The first festival, Guitar '75, attracted some 500 guitar teachers, students, composers, luthiers, and aficionados. Performers included Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Leo Brouwer, Oscar Ghiglia, Alirio Diaz, and the duo of Ako Ito and Henry Dorigny. The festival's competition winners were Sharon Isbin, Manuel Barrueco, David Leisner, and Eliot Fisk.[3]

Major guitar works premiered at the festival included R. Murray Schafer's Le Cri de Merlin[1] and Leo Brouwer's Toronto Concerto, the latter with John Williams as soloist and Brouwer himself conducting.[4]

The Canadian classical guitarist Dr. Christopher Boston, wrote his treatise on the festival, it is entitled "Canadian Works Written For The Toronto International Guitar Festival".[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Music Festivals".
  2. ^ Guitar. 21 January 1989. OCLC 24483556 – via Open WorldCat.
  3. ^ "History :: Guitar Society of Toronto". guitarsocietyoftoronto.com.
  4. ^ "Interview With Leo Brouwer". Angelfire.
  5. ^ "Canadian Works Written for the Toronto International Guitar Festival". ProQuest.