Reviews Guitarfest 2023
For anyone wanting a fantastic weekend focussed on classical guitar, it does n’t get any better than this. Geoff Roberts
Really enjoyed the Guitarfest again this year - excellent choice of ensemble pieces plus superb concerts, good company and the sea!!
Everything was just right! Eric Felton
I hope you've recovered from all the hard work that went into your fantastic guitar festival. What a great weekend - excellent concerts, fascinating workshops, a great bunch of people and of course stunning scenery. Gary Jordan
Thank you for yet another superb weekend of classical guitar. I hope you get a well-earned rest!!!!
For me, I think this was the best one yet (and they’ve all been great) - somehow I just seemed to learn more this time around. The ensemble pieces were good choices - even if one or two were a little “daring”. It all worked and came together very well.
The concerts were varied and each was top notch. The food was great too - The Bay catered well for Louise, which always makes things so much easier for us.
So, thank you to you and your hard working team. Already looking forward to next year……Kevin Toller
Thank YOU, Alison , for another fantastically enriching weekend….You triumphed again!!... Your ceaseless efforts to bring every single aspect together, astounds me!! A perfect blend of magic for all the senses....So lovely to reconnect with everyone and meet some new people, too.... can't wait for next year!!! Melissa Hanson
Another triumph! Thank you so much for a very successful and enjoyable international weekend at cawsand. We are all amazed at your cool organisational skills and your ability to give a concert at the same time as keeping the show on the road.
It is clear that the weekend is gaining acclaim and that the professionals love coming to teach and play. The course seems to have acquired some very good new talents and the quality of the music has increased. Good choice of pieces.
Please can you put my name down for next year. Clive McGavin
Well done for organising such an excellent weekend of guitar music! I really enjoyed it and am already looking forward to next year's GuitarFest. Mark Armitage
Many, many thanks for another great weekend of exhilaration at Cawsand, every year it gets better, such a number of musical talents in one place seems hardly credible. I am in for next year, pls keep me posted.
It’s hard to know where to start really with high points, all of it was so great, more a mountain range. Your concert brought some kind of magic, even more profound with Gerald in the audience and I am sure Bill was there in the ether at least listening. I will shortly be looking for the pieces by Bill that you played - esp Open Plains and Edie. The Sor was a terrific piece I thought with its various themes and the telling of its story.
Craig and Eden Stell lifted us all above and beyond in their spectacular concerts; pretty sure the whole ambience of Cawsand must help with the performances. Please let them know how much I enjoyed hearing them play. Ken Hattersley
Hope you are well and have had a chance to rest after all the work of the GuitarFest. Really enjoyed the event; the music, the ensemble and a lovely mix of down to earth
people. Jonathan Evans
Congratulations on another brilliant guitarfest weekend! Always a lot of fun and beautiful music, company in a gorgeous place. Elaine Davies
Thank you Alison lovely weekend and your kindness is wonderful. Sandra Buckingham
Wonderful as always Alison – well done and thank you. Cari Aplin
Thanks for another wonderful weekend! Louise Toller
Amazing weekend Alison – Thank you so much! Steve Moran
So much pure pleasure; once again! Thank you Alison Nikki van der Eyden
Excellent festival again and impeccably organised!
Thank you for all your hard work. Ursula Tidd
Really great weekend. Thanks. Jeremy Langton
I must say the weekend was idyllic, and it was such a treat to participate. I appreciate the effort it must take to organise such an event. Patrick Egan
Just a quick note to thank you and your helpers for another wonderful festival! It just gets better every year. Richard Cunningham