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Les Frères Méduses
Randall Avers and Benoit Albert
BIG interview with Guitar International
January 6th, 2013
Interview By: Brad Conroy Les Frères Méduses (The Jellyfish Brothers) is perhaps one of the most imaginative and exciting classical guitar duo’s performing today. Featuring guitarists Randall Avers and Benoît Albert, both who are equally accomplished as solo performers in their own right; this duo offers a breath of fresh air to the classical guitar world. [...]
On the road – Oct/Nov. 2012
November 10th, 2012
This month, Les Frères Méduses conclude their international tour promoting their new CD release “Modern Guitar Duets” (ClearNote Classics/Naxos dist). The three week tour brought the duo to France, Norway and the United States, and received excellent reviews for both the concert and the recording itself. ”“Modern Guitar Duets” is a thrilling work, flawlessly executed.” – [...]
CD Review: “Modern Guitar Duets” by minor7th.com
November 5th, 2012
November/December, 2012 Les Frères Méduses, the team of Benoît Albert and Randall Avers, offer a sparkling CD of contemporary music, original improvisations, and selections from the guitar duo repertoire. From the first moments of “Modern Guitar Duets” listeners are on a fiercely exhilarating ride that never lets up in intensity. The guitarists lead off with [...]
Stellar reviews from “Modern Guitar Duets” European tour
October 23rd, 2012
Reviews from the France/Norway tour. “Incontestably, these two musicians are accomplices… they played to perfection a varied and rich repertoire” (French) “…A world-class guitar duo…” (Norwegian) click on the links above and see the reviews in their entirety.
“Modern Guitar Duets”: France, USA and Norway
September 29th, 2012
We’re proud to announce six concert performances in October/November announcing the Release of our CD “Modern Guitar Duets”: France, USA then Norway. FRANCE: Sunday, October 7th: Fouleyronnes Concert Hall – FIRST concert, and in the hall where we recorded the CD this past march. NORWAY: Saturday, October 20th : Norges Musikkhøyskole, Levinsalen. 19:00/ Sunday, October [...]
Classical Guitar Alive – Radio Interview aired this week
July 25th, 2012
www.guitaralive.org: Les Frères Méduses will appear this week on Classical Guitar Alive this week over 100 radio stations around the United States and abroad. Host Tony Morris will discuss the new CD by Les Frères Méduses entitled “Modern Guitar Duets” and the recent performance of “The Unknown”, an original film score performed live with Miro [...]
FOX7 TV – live performance of “l’ego land”
June 27th, 2012
Aired: June 20th, 2012: This live interview took place at FOX 7 in Austin, TX during the program “Music in the Morning”. Anchor Keri Bellacosa discusses with Matthew Hinsley the upcoming performances of the duo in Austin. After is a complete performance of Albert/Laborde’s duo “L’ego Land”. This song can also be found on the [...]
“The Unknown” with virtuoso violinist Will Fedkenheuer of the Miro Quartet
May 11th, 2012
originally published by www.austinclassicalguitar.org: ”We team up again with the creative geniuses at the Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow and AMOA-Arthouse to present the 1929 silent masterpiece “The Unknown” starring Lon Chaney Sr. and Joan Crawford. It’s dark, bizarre, and brilliant. We’ve commissioned European-based ultra-inventive duo Les Freres Meduses to compose an original film score for two guitars and violin. They’ll perform [...]
“Skolekonsertene” with harpist Birgitte Volan
May 11th, 2012
In April/May 2013, les FM will be writing, arranging and performing music for the “Skolekonsertene” series in Bærum Kommune, Norway. The three-week residency will include 30-40 performances in public schools in Bærum county. Ms. Volan is principle harpist for the Oslo Philharmonic. Johannes Nome is director of the project, and PM Faure will be the [...]
Goya, Geiller and Caprices
May 11th, 2012
Trio concert at the Agen Fine Arts Museum Concert announcement from May 5th, 2012: ”The international guitar duo, Les Frères Méduses will premiere Albert’s “Trois Caprices” followed by a multi-media performance of the Goya Caprichos and the film “The Unknown” with violinist Christophe Geiller.” Below are sound samples taken from the “Unknown” rehearsal before the [...]