Galina Vernigora
The Legend
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Galina Vale (nee Vernigora) was born in the Ukraine and comes from a family of musicians. She began studying the guitar and made her first public performance at the age of eight. Four years later she was performing guitar concertos with the Kharkov Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. From 1985 to 1991 she studied at the Moscow Gnesiny Music College while also employed as principal guitarist with the Kharkov State Philharmonia from 1986 until 1997. The Legend, Galina's first CD, received funding from the Gendai Guitar Foundation of Japan and was released in 1996 (under her maiden name Galina Vernigora). It featured on US FM radio in the network programme edition of 'Great Women Guitarists' produced by 'Classical Guitar Alive!' in 1997 and later with Maltese National Radio on the programme 'Cantabile'. The CD includes works by Salvador, De Falla, Sabicas, Rodriguez, Sainz de la Maza, Dyens, Cardoso, Escudero, Tirao, Ramirez, Mertz, Barrios, Shevchenko and Rak. Instrumental Guitar, total running time, 65:54
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'Transcontinental'
Review Featured In Voodoo Child, Issue 70
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By: Kenneth Voss
disciple of Joe Pass, German guitarist Peter Autschbach has established himself for his archtop jazz style and nimble-fingered fusion work.
A writer for Akustik Gitarre magazine, Autschbach has also spent a good deal of time touring Europe in the ensembles of theatrical productions (Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoast, Cabaret, West Side Story); as well as the rock opera Tommy and as part of the Queen show "We Will Rock You" with Brian May and Roger Taylor.
As a clinician and teacher, Autschbach has discovered the problem of young students understanding the rhythm techniques of the guitar and has created what`s become known as solution of the "Wechselschlag Groove problem," that concentrates on playing rhythms paying attention to only one of the six strings.
Those influences have shaped Transcontinental, a contemporary jazz journey of sound escapades. But, unlike other guitar player`s projects, this is truly an ensemble event, his Terminal A a contemporary jazz quartet enhanced with the addition of two world percussionists for this project. While Autschbach is able to showcase his own signature sound taking a melodic approach, each song relies on total participation relying as much on keyboardist Eddy Teger and the foundation of bassist Jurgen Knautz and drummer Marco Bussi.
As much as Autschbach has written instructional guitar method manuals (three volumes of Gitarre Pur), his approach to playing the guitar is to capture the spirit. He recognizes you cannot simply play charts. He wants to make the guitar speak and sing. He accomplishes that in the way he has developed a lyrical sound which settles down between fusion, cIassical jazz and contemporary soundtrack. Every song maintains structure, balance and flow; temporal sonic landscapes.
The suite-like title piece "Transcontinental", which opens with a brief intermezzo (0:45) homage to Hendrix by the way of "Little Wing", takes us on a joumey of broad jazz-influenced phrasings with a continuous line of climaxes literally taking the listener on a worldwide musical expedition, always bringing us back to home base before journeying on.
Each song is a journey, an enjoyable one at that. Transcontinental is certainly a pleasurable experience.
Autschbach is touring Europe with the "We Will Rock You" show this summer, returning to Terminal A dates in September.
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