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You Are Here

"... These mostly contemplative duets burst into surprising and beautiful blooms."
The Australian Financial Review

The Performers

Alan Lem
Alan Lem

acoustic guitar
classical guitar

Jarek
Jarek Czechowicz

acoustic guitar

Reviews

Musical dialogues transport us to an entrancing place...
"I have heard some beautiful, spontaneous guitar conversations at various times in a lifetime of listening to jazz. The response to these dialogues is a reminder of how entrancing they can be. Wherever this 'here' is, it is a very nice place to be. I am glad to have been there several times and look forward to going again."
Michael Foster, Jazz, Canberra Times

"...intricately fingered and devoutly tonal. These mostly contemplative duets burst into surprising and beautiful blooms. Here artistic harmony and attunement results in music that is congenial and serene."
The Australian Financial Review

"There is no obvious generic frame of reference for these reflective and often wistful guitar duets... these pieces are gorgeous on a moment-by-moment basis...Their lyricism is consistently attractive..."
The Weekend Australian

"wonderful...an uplifting display of artistic harmony - a must for classical guitar fans."
The Sunday Mail

"...set aside composers like Chopin but go ahead and select this... As you lie back in bed, you will put down your novel - or partner - to bathe in the beauty of this music...you play it one morning and find the the pure notes somehow fresh and inspiring."
Michael Day, The West Australian, 16 Sep 00

Purchasing Details

Solidarity

The Solidarity uprisings in Poland provided the uncertain and often chaotic setting that inspired the music of Lem and Czechowicz. Together they performed daily to full houses in Warsaw's Powszechny Theatre. Their audiences comprised people who sought peaceful change in Poland's troubled political landscape.

While with the Powszechny Theatre they won first prize in the 1981 National Theatre Competitions.

Natural Evolution

Their music has evolved from a blend of classical and contemporary styles leading to pure improvisation played in a coherent conversational manner.

From the CD sleeve

Yesterday is a dream, Tomorrow is a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Sanskrit Proverb