Opening Ceremony | Carnaval de Guitare
Wednesday, November 1

Festival Guitar Ensemble
Joe Hisaishi & Yumi Kimura                Sound track from Howl's Moving Castle        
(arr. Nobuyuki Hirakura)                     - The Merry-go-round of Life  
- The Promise of the World 
- Sophie's Castle 
Mark Houghton (b. 1959)                   Cafe Suite
                                                                        - Hard Rock Café
                                                                        - Café Rouge
                                                                        - Alma de Cuba
Mai Hayashi & Toru Kobayashi (Japan)
(Mandolin & Guitar duet)
Takashi Yuasa (b. 1974)                      From the Western world
Katsumi Nagaoka (b. 1955)                Kaze
Keigo Fujii (b. 1956)                            Sonata
Saigon Guitar Quartet (Viet Nam)
Nguyen Thanh Huy, Nguyen Tri Doan, Huynh Ba Tho, Tran Hoai Phuong
            Giioachino Rossini (1792-1868)          Ouverture "il Barbiere di Siviglia"
            (arr. Edson Lopes)
            Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)        Danse Macabre
            (arr. Louis Trépanier)
            Ariel Ramirez (1921-2010)                  Alfonsinia y el mar
            (arr. Roland Dyens) 
Patrick Roux (b.1962)                         Carnaval

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East meets West
Thursday, November 2

Wantanabe Mihoko (Japan)
Federico Mompou (1893-1987)                     Suite compostelana
- Preludio 
- Muneira
Kazuo Nishimoto (Japan)
Venezuelan Folk Song                                     Quiero Ser Tu Sombre
(arr. Anri Shibata)                                                       
Korean lullaby                                                 Island Baby
 
Etsuko Nishimoto (Japan)
Jacques Bosch (1825-1895)                            Romance Sans Paroles 
Angel Barrios Fernandez (1882-1964)            Flor Granadina
 
Kazuo & Etsuko Nishimoto Duet
Frederic Chopin (1810=1849)                         Nocturne Op.9-2
(arr. by Etsuko Nishimoto)                              Nocturne KK. Iva Nr.16
Gipsy Kings                                                      Inspiration
 
Gen Matsuda (Japan)
Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)                Prelude & Chaconne 
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)                              Suite Recuerdas de Viajes Op.71
- Rumores de la Caleta 
                                                                        - En la Playa
- Puerta de Tierra 
Katsumi Nagaoka (b. 1955)                            Haku-u
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)                            Invierno Porteño 
Verano Porteño

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Timeless Melodies
Saturday, November 4

Paulo Inda (Brazil)
Leonardo Boccia (b.1953)                               Preludios Negros
Rucungo
Afonjá
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)                         Sarabanda Lejana” 
Manuel Ponce (1882 -1948)                           Variations And Fugue On “La Folia”
 
Gérard Abiton (France)
Johann Sébastien Bach (1685-1750)              Cello Suite No.6 
- Prelude 
- Allemande 
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Gavotte I, II, I
- Gigue
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)                              - Cataluña Op.47
- Tango Op.165
- Torre Bermeja Op.92
- Mallorca Op.202
- Castilla Op.47

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Fantasia de Baroque
​Sunday, November 5

​Katarzyna Smolarek (Poland)
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)                            Fantasía Sevillana
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)                            Romántico
Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944)           Mazurka Apassionata
                                                                           Vals Op. 8, No.3
Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)                       Fantasía "La Traviata"
Leo Brouwer (b.1939)                                     La Gran Sarabanda
 
Leon Koudelak (Czech Republic)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)            Partita C minor BWV 997
- Prelude
- Fuga
- Sarabande
- Gigue
- Double
Benjamin Britten (1913  - 1976 )                    Nocturnal after John Dowland  Op.70
Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949)                          Fandanguillo