Canadian Dale Kavanagh and her German partner Thomas Kirchhoff have recently celebrated their 25th anniversary as the Amadeus Guitar Duo. Today they are regarded as one of the preeminent international guitar duos, receiving enthusiastic reviews from critics around the world. Having enjoyed great success, with more than 80 concerts annually as an unaccompanied duo, Kavanagh and Kirchhoff decided to expand their repertoire to include that for guitar and orchestra. This genre has gained in popularity, thanks in no small part to their efforts, and their ‘Spanish Night’ tour, featuring concertos for one, two and four guitars and orchestra by Joaquín Rodrigo, covered more than 100 cities.

The Amadeus Guitar Duo has to date performed over 1,300 concerts all over the world, and is renowned for an exuberant temperament, virtuoso performances, sensitive interpretations and a warm guitar tone. They are regularly invited to perform with the Prague, Mainz and Mannheim Chamber Orchestras, the Halle Philharmonic State Orchestra, the International Philharmonie, the Gotha-Suhl Thuringian Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Hungarica, the Capella Cracoviensis, the Ankara Presidential Orchestra and the South Westphalian Philharmonic.

Photo: Christoph A. Hellhake