{"id":590,"date":"2020-07-22T12:40:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/?page_id=590"},"modified":"2020-07-24T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T12:50:42","slug":"landscapes-for-guitar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/?page_id=590","title":{"rendered":"Landscapes for Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/entertainment-in-containment.jpg);min-height:430px\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Landscapes for Guitar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concert guitarist and University of Stellenbosch\u00a0guitar\u00a0lecturer <strong>Nina Fourie-Gouws<\/strong>, and award winning animator and motion design artist <strong>Gerard Seymour<\/strong> join forces for a unique multi-disciplinary production that juxtaposes striking and virtuosic compositions for classical\u00a0guitar\u00a0with dramatic animated works of art. \u00a0This exciting production sets virtuosic programme music, often evocative of awe inspiring\u00a0landscapes, to a backdrop of animated works of art, exploring the connection between music and art, the physical, mental and metaphysical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerard Seymour skilfully interweaves animation with mixed media styles of art including dark charcoal, strong black &amp; white photographic elements, inks and contrasted line art. Special guest performances include acclaimed Flamenco dancer and choreographer <strong>Che Adams<\/strong> and the <strong>Stellenbosch Guitar Quartet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Landscapes-for-Guitar-Promo-video-1.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left is-style-default\"><p><\/p><p><em>This was great! Fantastic project, wonderfully original concept. The animation and playing both were just beautiful. Congratulations!<\/em><\/p><cite>Colin Davin<br>Co-head of guitar department, Cleveland Institute of Music<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-style-default\"><p><\/p><p><em>Visual arts and musical excellence all in one! Absolutely brilliant. Congratulations to this fantastic production.<\/em><\/p><cite>Cornelia Malherbe<br>Director of Research Contracts, University of Stellenbosch<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><\/p><p><em>What a concert! The visuals that accompanied Nina&#8217;s exquisite playing was so beautiful and apt.<\/em><\/p><cite>Emma Farquharson<br>Media Liason, Biblioteek Productions<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>About the Soloists<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/?attachment_id=592\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait-scaled.jpg?fit=1978%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1978,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1570362543&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;MARNHE GROVE&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nina_BW_sitting-portrait\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait-scaled.jpg?fit=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait-scaled.jpg?fit=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait.jpg?resize=319%2C413\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-592\" width=\"319\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait-scaled.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait-scaled.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait-scaled.jpg?resize=1187%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait-scaled.jpg?resize=1582%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1582w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nina_BW_sitting-portrait-scaled.jpg?w=1978&amp;ssl=1 1978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Nina Fourie-Gouws<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nina Fourie-Gouws<\/strong>&nbsp;(Classical Guitar) was born in Pretoria, South Africa. She completed both her Bachelor and Masters in Music Performance degrees at the University of Pretoria and also received a Licentiate in Classical&nbsp;Guitar&nbsp;Teaching from the University of South Africa. In 2012 Fourie-Gouws obtained her Postgraduate in Music Performance with distinction from the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town. She is the first guitarist to receive these honours cum laude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hailed as \u201cone of South Africa\u2019s top performing artists\u201d (Art of&nbsp;Guitar&nbsp;Festival), Nina Fourie-Gouws maintains an active concert schedule throughout Southern Africa with 2019 performances including multiple sold out performances and standing ovations at SU Woordfees, Classical for All festival and Klein Karoo Klassique. She has performed as a guest artist on the South African television show, Kyknet\u2019s Draadloos as well as a featured artist at the Volterra&nbsp;Guitar&nbsp;Project, in Italy.&nbsp; Since 2013 Nina Fourie-Gouws has been&nbsp;a part-time guitar&nbsp;lecturer at Stellenbosch Konservatorium where she teaches pre-undergraduate and undergraduate practical music studies, accompaniment, repertoire studies and teaching methodology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"591\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/?attachment_id=591\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?fit=1764%2C1764&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1764,1764\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1566072879&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gerard-Seymour-profile\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?resize=380%2C380\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-591\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gerard-Seymour-profile.jpg?w=1764&amp;ssl=1 1764w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Gerard Seymour<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gerard James Seymour<\/strong>&nbsp;(Animation) is an award winning professional animator\/motion designer based in Cape Town, South Africa. His experience includes working on various projects from a multiple award winning BBC animated short film \u2018The Stickman\u2019 to the more corporate world of animating for clients such as Marriott international. Gerard Seymour has also directed, written &amp; worked on an award winning short film&nbsp;<em>Somnium<\/em>&nbsp;that has been recognized by the New York Film and TV awards in 2013 as well as the YouTube channel \u2018CGbros\u2019 that acts as a platform promoting digital animated short films.&nbsp;<em>Somnium<\/em>&nbsp;currently sits with 858 000 views on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"596\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/?attachment_id=596\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Lindsey Appolis&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1538164234&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;90&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Che Adams&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1.jpg?resize=493%2C328\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-596\" width=\"493\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Che-Adams-BW-profile-pick-Landscape-1.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Che Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Che Adams<\/strong> (Flamenco dance), artistic director and choreographer of <em>Tierra Flamenca<\/em> Dance Company, regularly performs throughout Southern Africa. Che has studied extensively in Spain under some of Spain&#8217;s foremost flamenco dancers, including Angel Munoz, Leonor Leal, and Fuensanta La Moneta, and is passionate about collaboration and sharing her knowledge about emotive movement with others. She holds an <em>Instructor de Baile<\/em> qualification from the International Spanish Dance Society and has taught courses throughout South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"522\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/?attachment_id=522\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Applause.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Applause\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Applause.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Applause.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Applause.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Applause.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Applause.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Applause.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Applause.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Stellenbosch Guitar Quartet <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For bookings or details about future concerts please <a href=\"mailto:info@ninaguitar.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email<\/a> us or visit <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/?page_id=32\" target=\"_blank\">concert diary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nConcert guitarist and University of Stellenbosch\u00a0guitar\u00a0lecturer Nina Fourie-Gouws, and award winning animator and motion design artist Gerard Seymour join forces&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/?page_id=590\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Landscapes for Guitar&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PacUjb-9w","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninaguitar.co.za\/w\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}