DESCRIPTION:
Fernando Sor (1778-1839) is known today as the "Father of the Classical Guitar." This program "Homage to Fernando Sor" is a compelling tribute to him by Emmy-Nominated guitarist and composer John Doan bringing his love of music, history and storytelling together into a dramatic recording and concert experience.

John Doan tells this story through newly composed music set in the language of Sor's own music creating a unique perspective not only into Sor's life and times but into the human condition put to the test by loss, isolation, love and war.

This multi-media concert invites the audience into an immersion experience through hearing Sor's music played on original instruments heard for the first time in concert along with John Doan's brilliant and inspired works performed upon the world's only guitar built of 5500 year old wood! Seemingly defying the restraints of time, John Doan takes his audiences on a musical journey where the past becomes the present and history becomes personal.

This program represents decades of research and meetings with the world's leading experts on Sor and his music, from visits to the locations where Sor lived, and from embracing Sor's musical style as if it were his own.

You can find more John Doan music as well as the new album, "Homage to Fernando Sor" and "The Lost Music of Fernando Sor" at http://johndoan.com/