Viviana Guzman http://www.viviana.org/blog Official Site of Flutist Viviana Guzman Fri, 10 May 2013 02:07:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Classical: Traveling Sonata http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/classical-traveling-sonata/ http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/classical-traveling-sonata/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 01:23:09 +0000 Viviana Guzman http://www.viviana.org/blog/?p=2371 Featuring guitarist Jeremy Jouve, this CD features European music for flute and guitar.  Recorded with the Grammy winning engineer Keith O. Johnson for Reference Recordings at Skywalker Sound Studios.

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]]> http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/angels-camp-residency-in-california/feed/ 0 Carpe Diem String Quartet http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/carpe-diem-string-quartet/ http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/carpe-diem-string-quartet/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 21:31:13 +0000 Viviana Guzman http://www.viviana.org/blog/?p=2340 Performing with the Carpe Diem String Quartet was certainly a highlight in my concert life this season as I it was such a treat to work with such fine musicians.  As fellow Juilliard and Marlboro musicians, we had a blast putting together a concert featuring the Giovanni Sollima Contrafactus as well as some Piazzolla favorites. ... [Continue Reading]

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]]> http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/carpe-diem-string-quartet/feed/ 0 South America and Antarctica http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/south-america-and-antarctica/ http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/south-america-and-antarctica/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 03:13:04 +0000 Viviana Guzman http://www.viviana.org/blog/?p=2314 Perform in Antarctica?  Hell yeah! My agent called me to do a month tour  of South America Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Antarctica.  I said, “of course!”  The best part of visiting such places is the incredible wildlife that exists in such remote places.  I saw my first breeching whale… what a sight.  That’s more unusual... [Continue Reading]

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]]> http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/south-america-and-antarctica/feed/ 0 New CD Traveling Sonata http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/new-cd-traveling-sonata/ http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/05/new-cd-traveling-sonata/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 02:30:51 +0000 Viviana Guzman http://www.viviana.org/blog/?p=2286 The whole process of recording the Traveling Sonata was an amazing experience for me mainly because Jeremy Jouve is such a musical and exquisite guitarist.  He made the whole process a complete joy because making music with master musicians, for me, rates as one of life’s peak experiences.  We got together and rehearsed every day... [Continue Reading]

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]]> http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/01/tokyo-japan/feed/ 0 Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/01/hanoi-vietnam/ http://www.viviana.org/blog/2013/01/hanoi-vietnam/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:34:29 +0000 Viviana Guzman http://www.viviana.org/blog/?p=2194 We were very sad to leave the comforts of our regal hotel only to find ourselves at another resplendent hotel, this time it was the Hotel Metropole (Sofitel) in Hanoi, Vietnam.  I have always found Vietnam to be very special as it gives us glimpses of Asia at the turn of the century.  Staying at... [Continue Reading]

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