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Corona Guitar Kvartet
Formed in 1995, the Corona Guitar Kvartet consists of the guitarists Per Dybro Sørensen, Volkmar Zimmermann, Kristian Gantriis, and Mikkel Andersen.
Corona Guitar Kvartet presents a wide variety of musical aspects, reflected both in the nationalities and periods of the chosen music as well as the different national and musical backgrounds of the members. CGK's repertoire spans from the Renaissance to the present day, the latter including both new and energetic composition music, the sonorous magic of Impressionism and the sensuality of Latin music. The Quartet's diverse recitals open up a world of impressions when old music is reflected in contemporary music, across national and cultural barriers. One of the specific aims of the Quartet is to cultivate a contemporary repertoire in close co-operation with Danish and foreign composers. The desire to stimulate the expansion of, in particular, Scandinavian and Baltic - but also non-European as well as European - contemporary music for guitar quartet through concerts and workshops, defines the heartbeat of the ensemble. Against this background the Corona Guitar Kvartet enjoys a close and fruitful collaboration with with composers from Denmark, the Faroes, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Italy and the USA as well as arrangers from i.a. Argentina in the creation of new works for guitar quartet. In addition to its current concert activities, the Corona Guitar Kvartet has, over the recent years, participated in numerous international festivals focusing either on the guitar or contemporary music, and it has done several concert trips and projects.
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