“Vida sparkled with vitality and spontaneity, weaving a rich tapestry of colour and breathtaking range of dynamics and percussive effects that held the audience spellbound … the visual interplay between them enhancing an already superb performance. These are outstanding musicians, if you can, go hear them play.” - Acoustic

 

“exquisite tonal and dynamic control, super-tight ensemble and unerring musical instinct. Thereʼs only one word for it: magic” - Gramophone

 

”VIDA conjure up an orchestral palette of colour and effects … they play with technical brilliance and precise ensemble, creating alternately smoky and glittering colours in Fallaʼs El amor brujo that suit the gypsy heart of the music so well.” - Classic FM

 

Founded in 2007, the VIDA Guitar Quartet brings together four of the UK's most exceptional guitarists: Christopher Stell, Mark Eden (the renowned Eden Stell Duo), Amanda Cook, and Mark Ashford. The Vida Guitar Quartet brings together four guitarists of exceptional artistry and "unerring musical instinct" (Gramophone).

 

VIDAʼs ability to "conjure up an orchestral palette of colour and effects" (Classic FM) combined with their "exquisite tonal and dynamic control" has firmly established them as a passionate and masterful ensemble who sparkle with "vitality and spontaneity" (Acoustic).

 

VIDAʼs seemingly effortless sense of ensemble and their broad range of timbres and dynamics evokes "listening to an entire orchestra and not merely to four guitars. Thereʼs only one word for it: magic. (Gramophone).

 

 

Since forming in 2007, VIDA has performed to critical acclaim in major UK, USA and European venues. They are sought-after festival artists throughout the UK and Europe and in 2011 VIDA made their US debuts in Los Angeles (LMU Guitar Festival) and New York (Baruch Performing Arts Centre). In 2012 VIDA were artists in residence at CSU’s Summer Arts program in Monteray Bay CA.

 

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Songs

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

 

- Intermission -

 

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

Manuel de Falla: El Sombrero de tres Picos

Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite