Ritmos de Brasil, Brazilian guitar teachers leave smiles and 100 new guitarists in Zihuatanejo
Photos by Margaret Reid and Olga Grishkova Ritmos de Brasil, workshop and concert series was held January 20-30 and was part of the 10 year anniversary of the Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival. The event was sponsored in large part by the Brazilian government. Our special invited guest, Arnaldo Freire from Goiânia,...
Ritmos de Brazil, Workshop & Concert Series – Jan 21 – 30, 2013
The Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival is proud to announce that they have invited renowned classical guitarist and teacher, Arnaldo Freire, along with a select group of musicians and teachers from Gaoiania, Goias, Brazil, to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo from January 21 – 30, 2013 to offer a series of workshops and concerts. Children´s Guitar Workshop Monday, January 21...
ZIGF annouces 2013 lineup
The 10th Annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival is pleased to announce our 2013 line-up of invited artists. Musicians will be traveling to our idyllic beachside town from Mexico, the US, Canada, Poland, Spain, India, Cuba and Japan! Chakrapani from India (2013) The passionate and sensitive guitarist Chakrapani is one of the generation’s brightest stars with...
An exciting start to a bold new Cultural Calendar for Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
All Photos by Arte Visual / www.emartevisual.com 2013 marks the ten year anniversary of the Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival, and in its continuing efforts to do more for Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, the festival has recently embarked on an ambitious plan to provide year-round programming. Zi-Guitar Fest AC, the non-profit association behind the guitar festival, will be...
9th annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival delivers another fabulous music filled festival
The 9th annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival, held March 5 – 11, 2012 was a tremendous success, filling the beautiful beach town of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo with musicians and audience members from across the globe, for a week of guitar music in paradise. The Zihuatanejo International Guitar festival is an annual music festival that brings world class...
Guitar Fest 2012, March 5 – 11, 2012
9th Annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival, March 5 – 11, 2012, in Beautiful Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. The Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival is very proud to announce that they will be the recipient of an Arts and Culture grant from the Mexican federal government, increasing our budget and insuring we can...
Zihua Guitar Festival Opens Submissions for 2012
Submissions now open for the Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival. Now in its 9th year, ZIGF 2012 will be held March 4 – 10, 2012, in beautiful Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Submissions officially opened September 1, 2011, and will run through December 1, 2011. The Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival is GUITAR Festival for GUITARISTS only, full bands...
The Music of Mexico – Mariachi Bands
…born of the traditions of the states of Sinola and Jalisco, where the countryside is rough and the people rougher.” To understand and love Mexican culture you must know the music of Mexico. Contrary to popular belief, the music you hear from the strolling musicians is not mariachi music, Mariachi is a term used to describe...
Partying in Paradise, night life in Zihua
“Three places in town offer the adventurous or the drunk enough the chance to jump up and relive those singing in the shower scenes in public.” Most people who come to Z. come to enjoy the sun, surf, and sand. But I actually think most of the fun in town starts after the sun is...
