DAMIAN WRIGHT flamenco guitar & GARY DALEY piano accordion

Name: DAMIAN WRIGHT flamenco guitar & GARY DALEY piano accordion
Start: 2026-05-29T09:30:00+10:00
End: 2026-05-29T11:30:00+10:00
Location: Smith's Alternative

Schedule

Fri May 29 2026 at 09:30 am to 11:30 am

UTC+10:00

Location

Smith's Alternative | Canberra, CT

$35/30
An enchanting combination of instruments and musical flavours from flamenco, jazz to classical, played by two of Australia’s most respected performers
A project that shines a new light on arrangements of classical, flamenco and jazz music. The unique beauty of the accordion with it's lush harmony and the brilliance of the flamenco guitar
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
– DAMIAN WRIGHT –
DAMIAN WRIGHT is an ARIA nominated Flamenco guitarist. Damian recently released his debut album “Shifting Sands” (ABC Music) which was The Sydney Morning Heralds ‘Pick of the week’ where it was described as “Glorious guitar playing”. Damian was invited to perform as a solo artist at The Rajasthan International Folk Festival, INDIA and in 2016 performed at The Shanghai Fringe Festival, CHINA. Damian’s ensemble BANDALUZIA was invited to perform at the biannual Adelaide International Guitar Festival curated by Slava Grigoryan & was a soloist at The Sydney International Guitar festival in 2017 & 2018
"Damian Wright is a brilliant flamenco guitarist...Wright showed what a captivating solo player he is on his own "In Time", and elsewhere his articulation of complex lines was fluid and dripping with conviction" - John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald.
– GARY DALEY –
Gary Daley is best known as a musician playing in some of the elite bands of Australian jazz; currently James Greening’s band Greening from Ear to Ear and the jazz-world music band The Catholics. He leads the quartet Bungarribee which features his own compositions and interpretations from the classical repertoire.
Daley’s playing has been described as “exquisite” by The Sydney Morning Herald, and his composition for large ensemble, Sanctuary, drew the following response……
“. . . music such as this can knock the wind out of my diaphragm, by simply reminding me how far the word falls short of the music.” – John Hardaker, Australianjazz.net.