Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is a Grammy award winning group being one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre. Providing Bluegrass to Bach the four accomplished musicians play sold out houses world-wide while provide a lively energy on the concert stage.
Their creative, acclaimed transcriptions of honoring the past while sharing their take on contemporary and & world music of Latin, African, far east, Irish, fold and American classics allows listeners to experience being around the world while enjoying a concert.
The groups collaboration with Firesign Theater veteran, actor Philip Proctor allowed them to present ‘Don Quixote’ while reaching and captivating audiences. ‘Shiki: Seasons of Japan’ by the composer Shingo Fujii is written for the LAGQ along with an orchestra. Shiki composition is building bridges with communities across the nation.
Winner of a 2005 Grammy Award, their “Guitar Heroes” CD released on Telarc is a brilliant follow-up to their Grammy nominated "LAGQ-Latin". “Spin” (Telarc, 2006) continues their explorations of jazz and contemporary music. “LAGQ: BRAZIL” (Telarc, 2007), including collaborations with vocalist Luciana Souza, was released to rave reviews, and their newest recording of the Rodrigo “Concierto Andaluz” and Sergio Assad’s “Interchange”, written specifically for them, was released on Telarc in Spring 2010, and quickly climbed to top spot on the Billboard charts. The live DVD of "The Ingenious Gentleman: Don Quixote" was released on the Mel Bay label in spring 2012. In 2015, the LAGQ released their latest album titled "New Renaissance," a unique blend of renaissance originals and renaissance-inspired compositions by Dusan Bogdanovic and Ian Krouse.
Early this year in January at Green Music Center at Sonoma State University LAGQ performed a composition by national endowed of the arts Jazz master Pat Metheny. He wrote the composition Road to the Sun which is a six-movement tone poem inspired by a mountain road in Glacier National Park. The piece explores folk, country, progressive jazz, and latin style similar to New Chautauqua, Still life (talking) and other recordings. Metheny created the piece based on ideas he loves to execute on guitar and with the skills and talent of LAGQ in mind. The piece captures the emotional ride of Metheny’s musical career.
