Back, by popular demand, the Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts is proud to present, for the fourth time, World Music guitar legends Strunz & Farah, on Friday, March 28, 2003, at the Jacob Brown Auditorium.

Doors will open at 7:00 PM and the show will start at 8:00 PM.

DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!

Tickets are $50.00 for VIP Section seating, $20.00 for Orchestra Section seating and only $10.00 for Balcony Section seating.  Student discounts will not be available for this event. Tickets will go on sale this coming October during the Sixth Annual Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival. Click here to register with us and we'll notify you as soon as tickets are available. !

Strunz & Farah Biography

Strunz & Farah have set off a chain reaction in the world of the guitar. Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah, originally from Costa Rica and Iran respectively, have pioneered a new expression for the acoustic guitar. Bringing the cultural riches of their native lands to their highly virtuosic, rhythmic, and improvisation-rich original compositions, these "fieras de la guitarra" ("wild animals of the guitar") have profoundly influenced guitarists everywhere, creating a new genre.

Jorge, given his first guitar at age 6, grew up in an Afro-Caribbean milieu playing flamenco and classical guitar, incorporating jazz, Afro-Latin and Latin American folk forms. Ardeshir Farah was raised in Iran and England, and also played guitar since childhood, focusing on popular music and improvisation. Both began performing professionally in their early teens.

The travels of his diplomat father brought Jorge to the United States, while Ardeshir arrived as a student of architecture. Fortune and music brought the two together, when Ardeshir came to see Jorge perform with his Latin jazz-fusion group Caldera (which put out 4 albums on Capitol). When the two guitarists subsequently met, it was instantly obvious that they were brothers of the guitar from opposite ends of the earth. They quickly prepared a repertoire, began performing, and recorded their first project, 'Mosaico' in 1980. Although record companies at that time were not yet ready for this exotic new music, jazz radio embraced it enthusiastically, and the duo caught the attention of Milestone, with whom they put out two CDs in the early 80s, 'Frontera' and 'Guitarras'. The intimate audiophile recording 'Misterio' was commissioned and recorded by Waterlily Acoustics in 1989.

Following this came the phenomenally successful recordings 'Primal Magic' (1990) and 'Americas' (1992) on Mesa/Atlantic, which won Billboard's World Music Album of the Year and a Grammy nomination, respectively. The artists then started their own record company, Selva, as an artist-friendly alternative to the majors and put out 'Heat of the Sun', (top 10 Billboard World Music chart) and 'Live', the artists' first live performance recording. 'Wild Muse' is their latest studio recording, an exuberant collection of 11 compositions that span the breadth of their expertise utilizing extraordinary musicians from Cuba, Greece, Iran, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Africa, and the U.S.  The recording is replete with their trademark Afro-Latin, flamenco and Middle Eastern colors.

Strunz & Farah have once again gained the rights to 'Primal Magic' and 'Americas', which have been re-released on Selva. This, along with the recent release of the 'Best of Strunz & Farah', has brought Selva's roster to 7 out of 10 Strunz & Farah recordings that the artists own and distribute independently.

In all of these recordings, one can savor the fruits of one of the most unique yet enduring and harmonious musical collaborations in the world of guitar.

S&F Facts

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Last Updated: February 01, 2005