Tommy Emmanuel CGP @ 19. Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival
Schedule
Sun Aug 11 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
Cetatea Târgu Mureș - Marosvásárhelyi Vár - Medieval Fortress Târgu Mureș | Tirgu Mures, MS
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Join us for the concert of Tommy Emmanuel CGP on the 11th of August 2024 at 19:00 at the 19. Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival.TOMMY EMMANUEL (Australia)
The real-time exuberance Tommy brings to every note of every song he plays is palpable and infectious. His fans are in love with his unbound talent as a guitarist of multitudes, his ability to play three parts at once, always with pure heart and real soul. He is a true virtuoso. But he seems as delighted always with the magic of the music as the audience, if not more, and his joy illuminates everything.
Tommy was born in 1955 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales Australia. His father, an engineer who loved music and musicians, brought home an electric guitar one day with the intention of finding out how it worked. His mother, who played steel guitar, had shown him and his brother chords which got them started. Driven somewhat by a sibling rivalry, they developed contests that were both fun and educational and they became exceptional guitarists rapidly, and without formal training. Soon their big brother Chris was enlisted to play drums, and with their sister Virginia playing lap-steel, a family band was born. They called themselves The Emmanuel Quartet, but when people kept mistaking them for a classical string quartet, they changed the name to The Midget Surfaries. They entered a band competition, and easily surpassed all contenders to take first prize, a national TV appearance. After that show the producer told their dad he should take the band on the road and he agreed. Back home he told everyone the plan to sell the house and hit the road, and around age six Tommy went on tour.
In his twenties, he was the most sought-after performer and session musician in Sydney. By age 30, he was burning on electric guitar with several rock bands in stadiums across Europe. He could have gone on to live the rock star life. Yet, he yearned for something purer and closer to his heart. Casting off the reliable rock band engine of monstrous sonics blasting with chains of effects through monstrous stacks of amps, Tommy went acoustic. Stripping away everything but the essentials: one acoustic guitar in standard tuning played by one ambitiously unchained guitarist and a lover of song. Always it’s about melody, of expressing the tune not with a barrage of notes, but with those which touch the heart. And it’s about his singular greatness at translating the dimensional dynamics and dimensions of arrangements onto the six strings of his guitar. Although many scoffed that it was possible, Tommy made a series of hit albums as a solo guitarist, and became a major star first in Australia, and soon everywhere.
The inspiration for Tommy’s transformation was his hero, Chet Atkins, who represented the purity of one man, one guitar, and unlimited passionate for serving the song. Soon as he was able, he went to meet the man himself, in Nashville. Their bond was immediate, and like their music, existed beyond words. Chet picked up his guitar, and the two men jammed joyously for hours. Because, as Chet recognized instantly and told the world, musicians like this don’t come along that often; pay attention to this man. And people have paid attention from sold out shows all over the world to multiple Grammy nominations, ARIA Awards, IBMA Awards, and countless “Best Acoustic Guitarist” wins in numerous music magazine readers polls…. the world is taking notice. Of course, Chet knew of what he spoke. Tommy’s triumph on his singular solo path has been extraordinary. From the Midget Surfaries, he’s become beloved and revered around the planet.
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Where is it happening?
Cetatea Târgu Mureș - Marosvásárhelyi Vár - Medieval Fortress Târgu Mureș, Museum Cafe, Târgu Mureș, România,Targu-Mures, Tirgu Mures, RomaniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: