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July 22,
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Dropped in to the Alexandria Guitar Festival last night to hear the spectacular Italians Lorenzo Micheli and Matteo Mela – otherwise known as “Soloduo”.

And let me tell you, this was killer playing: virtuosic, imaginative, extraordinarily detailed and deeply intelligent.  Micheli and Mela are unusually gifted musicians with a rapport rivalling that of the Assad brothers, and the effect was riveting, even rapturous – especially in the intimate confines of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House, with no more than people (most of them guitarists) in the audience.  In all honesty, it was one of the most impressive and affecting concerts I’ve been to this year.

Is anything more beautiful, more transporting, than two guitars played at the highest level?  If you have something, let me know.


Lorenzo Micheli and Matteo MelaThe program was a treat, too, revolving around Astor Piazz