Duo Exaudi, Guitar Virtuosos in Concert

Duo Exaudi, Guitar Virtuosos in Concert

with a Prelude performance by the Bay Area Guitar Quintet

Performing as a duo since 2012, Belorussian guitarist Elina Chekan and Cuban guitarist René Izquierdo met as post-graduate students at Yale University studying with acclaimed professor Benjamin Verdery. Chekan and Izquierdo formed Duo Exaudi out of their desire to combine creative talents to increase and explore the guitar duo repertoire.

The duo has performed in major concert venues in the U.S., Russia, and Europe to great critical acclaim. Both award-winning solo artists, together Chekan and Izquierdo are a tour de force. Duo Exaudi’s commitment to contemporary music and expanding the guitar repertoire has led to collaborations with composers such as Jorge Morel, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Colette Mourey, and Carl Schimmel.

Praised for their phrasing and musical sensitivity, Duo Exaudi’s playing is technically superb, well balanced and exceptionally musical.

Prelude performance by the Bay Area Guitar Quintet, students of Angelica Artelt and Scott Cmiel