On Friday 23 August,  a Tribute to Oscar Ghiglia will celebrate this great guitarist and maestro, one of the most influential teachers of the last half century and for over 20 years professor at the Musik-Akademie Basel. We will hear about his extraordinary life through the voices and performances by former students and friends: Maurizio Grandinetti (guitar and organisation), Consuelo Giulianelli (harp), Elena Papandreou (guitar), Hopkinson Smith (lute), Stephan Schmidt (guitar), David Tanenbaum (guitar), José Navarro (guitar),Pablo Márquez (guitar), and Massimo Felici (guitar). Performances and speeches will be interspersed with short excerpts of the documentary film Oscar’s lesson. Click here for more in info on the festival artists or check out our flyer for the festival program (in German).

Musik-Akademie Basel, Grosser Saal at 19:30