​​​SÁNDOR PAPP (Hun)

IN CONCERT!​

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Wed 26 November

ST AGNES

Miners & Mechanics

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Thu 27 November

PENZANCE

Queens Hotel

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Fri 28 November

CONNOR DOWNS

WI Hall

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Sat 29 November

STITHIANS

The Centre

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Known worldwide for his sensitive interpretations and understated charisma, Sándor Papp (b. 1965) graduated at Bratislava Music Academy (Slovakia) as a student of the great Jozef Zsapka and afterwards took part in numerous master-courses in Greece, Spain, Bohemia, under such renowned masters as Roberto Aussel, Wolfgang Lendle, David Russel, Gianfranco Volpato and Alirio Diaz.

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In 1990 he was a finalist in the International Guitar Contest in Paris - one of the most hotly contested guitar competitions worldwide.

 

Dr. Papp has completed many concert tours in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Danemark, Croatia, Mexico and Australia. The world premiere of the Chilean composer Lletelier's Guitar Concerto was dedicated to him along with a wealth of other new music, including Richard Charlton's Mosaic for guitar, strings and percussion and István Szigeti's Nuovo Capriccio for guitar and strings. He has also performed many of the great guitar orchestral works, including the most famous guitar concerto of all, Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez.

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Sandor Papp is the founder of the Debrecen Guitar Quartet, and Artistic director of Gyöngyös International Guitar Festival.  

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He has recorded 4 CDs (1997, 2002, 2005, 2008). Currently, Dr. Papp is dean and lecturer at Béla Bartók Music Faculty of Miskolc University.

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STITHIANS LUTE MUSIC GROUP'S

CHRISTMAS CONCERT!​

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Fri 19 December

CONNOR DOWNS

WI Hall

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The Stithians Lute Music Group is an amateur group that began in late 2024 with lessons in renaissance music and classical guitar technique under the watchful eye of international lutenist Ben Salfield and leading Polish classical guitar maestro Aleksandra Sapok.

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The group plays entirely for fun, and this is their second-ever recital - in which you will hear renaissance lute classics, Christmas music and much more. Featuring Ben Salfield, Aleksandra Sapok and the SLMG.

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This is a FREE concert (donations happily accepted towards promotional expenses).