The Best in World Guitar

THE INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT (IGN) brings together the world’s foremost acoustic guitarists to perform their latest original compositions and exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. Each tour, IGN founder Brian Gore invites a new cast of guitar luminaries to join him for special evenings of solos, duets and quartets that highlight the virtuosity and diversity within the world of acoustic guitar.

For the November 2009 Canadian tour and for the January/February 2010 U.S. tour, Brian will be joined by Lulo Reinhardt, a descendant of Django from Germany who mixes his family’s trademark Gypsy Jazz with new forays into Latin music; Itamar Erez from Israel, whose symphonic compositions echo his Middle-Eastern roots, and renowned harp guitarist Stephen Bennett from Virginia.

For the November 2010 Canadian tour and for the January/February 2011 U.S. tour, Brian will be joined by Clive Carroll, England's show-stopping steel string guitarist and favorite IGN alumnus; Alexandre Gismonti, the son and protege of legendary Brazilian guitarist Egberto Gismonti, and Pino Forastiere from Italy, whose two handed melodic style has placed him at the forefront of the new contemporary steel string guitar world.

About the International Guitar Night

International Guitar Night is North America’s premier mobile guitar festival. Sponsored by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, it is the only production of its kind to have grassroots origins. Ever since its beginning in 1995 in a converted laundromat in the California Bay Area, IGN has featured the best performing guitar composers from around the world. Since the beginning, audiences have cherished the friendly informal ambiance of the performances. Participants have relished the chance IGN affords to express reverence for one another, and to collaborate rather than compete. The unique brand of “guitar positivity” the forum provides has helped make IGN the most successful guitar showcase of its kind.

“With the International Guitar Night, Brian Gore has created a new niche for the myriad of styles that can be played by the unaccompanied acoustic guitar, as well as marvelous opportunity for virtuosos to interact and learn from one another onstage.”
Michael Parrish,
Dirty Linen (100th Anniversary Edition)

"A magical evening."
Nikki Nelson
Cowichan Theater, Duncan BC

"The audience loved this show."
Bruce Labadie
Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California

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November 2010 Canadian Tour

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