The all-student Fredonia Guitar Quartet recently returned from a highly successful concert tour in Germany and France
earning encores and glowing reviews in the local press
"The overwhelming sentiment from audience members in both Germany and France was that the performances of the Fredonia Guitar Quartet belied the fact that they are indeed a student ensemble," their Director James Piorkowski said
"This earned them great admiration from a knowledgable and enthusiastic audience
with requests for return performances in the future
under the direction of Distinguished Professor Piorkowski
performed a program which included music by Johannes Brahms
James Piorkowski and Parisian Roland Dyens
The first concert on March 9 was in Burgthann
The performance took place inside a 1,000 year old castle
a setting that was fairy-tale like in both the visual and acoustic realms
A full and enthusiastic audience enjoyed the concert so much that an encore was demanded
a reaction that was to be repeated in subsequent cities
the FGQ played to an overflowing and rapt audience in another movie-set like venue—Le Musée du Jouet
a charming toy museum in the capital city of Alsace
wrote about the "concert that charmed the audience" by praising this "remarkable guitar quartet" that "effectively play like pros
despite the difficulty of the pieces in the program."
On March 13 at the Centre Culturel Jean Charcot in Ludres
the Quartet again performed for a full house
and returned for repeated curtain calls from a highly appreciative audience
with an unexpected autograph session materializing at the post-concert reception
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