punk," and "How to Make Classical Music Not guitarist Beau Bledsoe of a sold-out house full of curious, among them, but that is OK by Granner and Bledsoe, who are, by their own admission in a recent telephone interview, year." The slogans are "more of an attitude than anything," Granner laughed. "If we were to that would mean that we were totally predictable, which is almost what we are.
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In fact, the duo is anything BUT predictable, and therein lies its fascination.
Lieder to flamenco.
Conservatory of Music classroom in the '90s, Granner on the dogged track of an opera-singing career, partially financing his education as a waiter at the Macaroni Grill, research and study with his playing.
A few years later, when Bledsoe and violinist Christine Lorca, and eventually Tango Lorca) they called Granner, who was performing at Wolf Trap Opera Company, and asked if he was interested in singing with them.
"We've been building up a repertoire since then, there," Granner said. "We recorded our first album (containing songs by Schubert, Duparc, and Hahn, and guitar music by Julian) in 2001-ish, and our current album, arias and flamenco) came out in November 2005.
" For their next project, the duo is planning a foray into Turkish music from the Ottoman Empire, and Bledsoe is dabbling with the oud.
In addition to their performing versatility, the two share an openness to all music across centuries and cultures.
tastes," Granner said, "but they know (and we know) what's good music.
We're not trying to music is, but as classical musicians, it's time for us to move into the 21st century and say, 'OK, what do we do now?' The digital world is here, and we have access written traditions. We owe it to ourselves to bring that music in as well as Mozart, as well as Bach.
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