The FSU College of Music will present the internationally renowned Amadeus Guitar Duo featuring Dale Kavanagh and Thomas Kirchhoff in concert on Saturday, January 19th, 2019 at 7:030 pm.  The performance will take place in Dohnanyi Recital Hall inside the Housewright Music Building at the corner of Copeland and Call Streets.  The Amadeus Duo will present two masterclasses on Sunday at 10:00am and 2:30 pm at the College of Music.  Both the concert and the masterclasses are free to attend.

Dale Kavanagh (Canada) & Thomas Kirchhoff (Germany) of the Amadeus Guitar Duo have been performing together since 1991.  Their program will heavily feature music from the Baroque period and more modern works South America composers and includes Bach’s famous Chaconne in D-minor; Gaspar Sanz‘ Canarios; a Suite by Händel; a String Quartet by Borodin; Amasur, a work by Venezuelan composer Alfonso Montes dedicated to the duo; and more.

Favorites of Tallahassee audiences, the Amadeus Guitar Duo has appeared several times at FSU as guest artists.  Of their return engagement, Bruce Holzman, Associate Professor of Guitar at FSU said, “We are again lucky to have Dale and Thomas back to perform.  Each time they have played for us, the audiences have left wanting more.  Their performances are dynamic, exciting and are at the highest level of artistic achievement.”  Their stop at FSU is one of many in their 2018-2019 tour which includes performances in China, Portugal, Poland, Thailand, Lithuania, United States, Mongolia, Romania, and Germany. In addition to their extensive tours and recording schedule where they have produced 16 titles on the Haenssler-Classic FONO label, both Kavanagh and Kirchhoff teach at the Musikhochschule in Detmold, Germany and have established one of the largest classical guitar summer festivals in Iserlohn, Germany.