This guitar duo is Michael Newman and Laura Oltman who have been touring nationally and internationally for over twenty years.
Featured on BBC Radio 3, The Larry King Show, National Public Radio and in various newspapers and journals, they have become one of America’s recognized instrumental ensembles.
They have recorded critically acclaimed CDs and along with their performances and collaborations with orchestras and artists that include Marvin Hamlisch, Pittsburgh Symphony Pops and Jay Ungar and commissioned the composer Dusan Bogdanovic to write the sextet “Sevdalinka” for them to perform with the Turtle Island Quartet.
Recipients of many awards they are seen as “innovators in the chamber music field” and are the Ensemble-in-Residence at MannesCollege of Music in New York and Artists-in-Residence at Lafayette College. They are the founders and directors of the Raritan River Music Festival.
Isaac Albeniz recordings
Espagna (Souvenirs)
Musicmasters 67181 (CD: Cantos de Espana/Songs of Spain)
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