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She is a first class musician and performer at the world level.

The Mail Star - Canada

This is one of the most musical recordings of Benjamin Britten's "Nocturnal" that I have ever heard.

Soundboard Magazine - USA

This young artist amazed the Berlin public.

Guitar & Laute Magazine - Germany

Best of all for me was Dale Kavanagh's interpretation of the difficult "Tres piezas" by Rodrigo, which, frankly, I have never heard played better.

Classical Guitar Magazine - England

Tonight Dale played solo - fast, clean, powerful, musical - an incredible concert.

Mannes College, Manhattan, June 2008
Soundboard Magazine - USA

A true poet on the Guitar.

Volks Blatt "Die Kultur News fur Liechtenstein"

Dale Kavanagh has taken the art of pianissimo to a new level. She was able to project even the most inticate arpeggio phrases with absolute transparency.

Washington Post - USA

Upcoming Concerts

duo September 9, 2010 Nizza Frankreich
duo September 14, 2010 Bad Neuenahr Konzerthalle
duo September 17, 2010 Rom, Italien Teatro Ghione
duo September 19, 2010 Iserlohn 4. Barendorfer Klassik-Fest
duo September 25, 2010 Melschede Schloss
duo October 9, 2010 Alpirsbach 17h Klosterkirche
Full list of concerts

News

New Teaching Position

May 26th, 2009

Dale is now on the Faculty of Koblenz Guitar Academy for Graduate Studies.  This is in addition to her position of Professor for Classical Guitar Studies at the “Musikhochschule Detmold

TV Documentary

March 1st, 2007

The BRAVO TV documentary on Dale Kavanagh, “Women in Music”, aired on January 2nd, 2007. Filmed in Germany, this documentary about Dale’s career features settings at the Altena Castle and the Dechen caves of Letmate, Germany.

Video Clips

Dale’s school days

What makes a good sound?

Festivals

Rheinlandpfalz Zeitung – “A Musical Dream”

May 1st, 2005

The listeners simply fell into the music

Dale Kavanagh gave the opening concert of the 13th Koblenz Guitar Festival to a full house. It was her first time to perform here and it will not be her last!

Dale Kavanagh is a poet on the guitar where she has virtuosic command. In addition she is a romantic who thoughtfully takes the works that she interprets to heart. Carlo Domeniconi appeared twice in the program, where she began Triptychon with a monster dynamic. Read the rest of this entry »

Acoustic Guitar – “Contemporary Classic”

January 26th, 2003

Over the past decade, Canadian classical guitarist Dale Kavanagh has emerged as a vital force in contemporary guitar music. Both as a soloist and as a member of the Amadeus Guitar Duo, she has built a reputation as a technical virtuoso and an insightful interpreter of contemporary guitar repertoire.

Kavanagh’s first contact with classical guitar came in 1975 when she heard Segovia protégé Oscar Ghiglia in concert in Canada. At that point, she was already playing guitar professionally in folk and jazz bands. Hearing Ghiglia play was a revelation that inspired her to seek professional training in classical guitar. Read the rest of this entry »

Acoustic Guitar – August 2002 Hit List

August 1st, 2002

“Reverie”: Classical-Romantic Music for Guitar

In this collection of pieces from the early 19th century, Dale Kavanagh presents virtuosic works from one of the richest periods in the guitar. Three of the composers featured–Mauro Giuliani, Guilio Regondi, Nicoló Paganini represent the romantic tradition of the instrument. The longer works, Regondi’s “Reverie” and Giuliani’s “Grand Overture”Op.61, demonstrates how large in scope guitar of this period could be. Kavanagh’s playing is impressive and at times pianistic in the strength of her attack and fullness of her sound. (www.haenssler-classic.de)