Download the 2021 MIGF Schedule of Virtual Events
ALL FESTIVAL EVENTS are ONLINE and FREE with REGISTRATION! MIGF 2021 Virtual Festival Pass provides free access to watch all festival events including 18 concerts, 4 lectures, 3 workshops, 2 panels, luthiers expo, and concert artist performance competition semifinals and finals.
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Each event begins with a 10-minute introduction
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Saturday, February 20
Virtual Greeting and Welcoming V-CAPC Semifinalists
2021 Virtual Concert Artist Performance Competition – V-CAPC SEMI-FINAL Round
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JULIAN BREAM TRIBUTE CONCERT: Federico Bonacossa, Celso Cano, Marcin Dylla, Susana Frade, Eren Süalp & FIU Symphony Orchestra, with introductions by Stephen Goss
Concert: Badi Assad
Sunday, February 21
Panel: IDEA in Performing Arts – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access – Maria Elena Villar (moderator), Ciyadh Wells (guitarist), Freddie Bryant (guitarist), Brenton F. Alston (conductor), Pioneer Winter (dancer)
Workshop with Badi Assad: An intuitive approach to guitar technique and interpretation
Concert: Tres guitarristas cubanas – Susana Frade, Zuleida Suárez & Milena Manganelli
Concert: Migrations – Alieksey Vianna Quintet, guitar & string quartet
Monday, February 22
Lecture/Demo: A closer look at Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Choro No. 1 – Sam Desmet
Concert: Aksak Duo – Cihat Askin, violin & Mesut Özgen, guitar
Concert: Rene Izquierdo
Tuesday, February 23
Lecture/Demo: Stay Tuned! – David Dolata & Federico Bonacossa
Lecture/Demo: The Mazzini’s guitars, rare instruments from the 19th century Italy – Marco Battaglia
Concert: 19th Century Guitar Music with Marco Battaglia & Robert Trent
Concert: Luis Zea & Friends
Wednesday, February 24
Lecture/Demo: Diversity in Guitar Music – Ciyadh Wells
Concert: Guitar & Piano Duo – Emiliano Leonardi, guitar & lelyzaveta Pluzhko, piano
Thursday, February 25
Workshop with Freddie Bryant: Brazilian Jazz Rhythms
Concert: Classical & Jazz – Freddie Bryant
Concert: Flamenco Night with Jose Luis de la Paz, Felipe Carvajal & Diego Alonso
Friday, February 26
Concert: Fabio Adour
Concert: Fire & Grace with Edwin Huizinga, violin & William Coulter, guitar
Saturday, February 27
Panel: Community Outreach Initiatives – Mesut Ozgen (moderator), Federico Musgrove (Florida Guitar Foundation), Adam Levin (Kithara Project), Mark Hart (Community Arts Program), John Stuart (Miami Beach Urban Studios)
Workshop: with Yamandu Costa: Brazilian Guitar Music
Concert: Choro Das Três
Sunday, February 28
2021 Virtual Concert Artist Performance Competition – V-CAPC FINAL Round
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Concert: Yamandu Costa
Schedule is subject to change.
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