Hi (classical) guitar lovers
I'm new here and want to inform you about my favourite guitarist:

Classical guitar player Raphaella Smits is really an `uncommonly musical
guitarist' (not
only because the NY Times said so). And the French magazine Diapason says she's
`one of
the most delicate and most cultivated performers of our time'.

An advocate of 8-string guitars and historical instruments (7- and 8-strings),
she has an
enormous talent, many years of performing experience worldwide and her 15th
album on
the way.

As members of this group are Bach-afficionados, I can tell you that Raphaella is
a great
Bach interpreter. Last fall Raphaella was headliner at GFA Convention 2005 and
played a
marvellous Ciaconna (BWV 1002).
Her next visits to the United States are planned in December 2006 (including
concert and
master class in Baltimore, MD) and in March 2007 (New York, NY). If you happen
to live on
the American East coast, this could be a perfect opportunity to meet and to get
to know
this great musician.

In the meantime you can visit my website dedicated to `La Smits'. So far 32.000
visitors
from 115 different countries (!!) came by for site-seeing. So, welcome at
www.rsmits.com !

Looking forward to hear from you …
Rene

PS: If you have a guitar duo, you may be interested in the Bubenreuth guitar duo
competition. More info at Raphaella Smits' news pages.