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Les Frères Méduses
Randall Avers and Benoit Albert
Les frères méduses at the GFA – june 25th to july 1st – Louisville
June 17th, 2013
Les frères méduses will play two concerts, judge the competition and teach at the Guitar Foundation of America in Louisville, Kentuky (june 25th to july 1st 2013) more to come after the event….
MEKANISK tour in Norway – 40 concerts
May 17th, 2013
Norway Tour MEKANISK Tour – April 16th to May 15th Les Frères Méduses Three shows of “Mekanisk” yesterday, and the mid-way point of our Spring 2013 tour around Bærum Kommune schools in Norway. We’ll be coming to the following schools in the next two weeks: Eikeli, Eiksmarka, Haslum, Snarøya and Høvik Verk. We’re having [...]
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 [...]