The Gohar & Ovanes Andriassian Guitar Festival & Competition just concluded on November 10th and Satik Andriassian, the festival director, is my guest to talk about the Festival and Competition. Joining Satik are some of the judges and staff of the festival. John M. Kennedy, an accomplished rock and jazz bassist, is a professor at Cal State LA. Sevag Derderian, Festival and Competition Director, is an accomplished baritone, pianist, and organist, founder of the Music Education Department of the Association of Armenian Church Choirs of the Western Diocese. Also joining us is Scott Detweiler, one of the Competition judges and established artist and guitarist, and a previous guest on All About Guitar. And Gerrat Padgorsky, one of the contestants will be joining us. It's a night of incredible musicianship, artistry, and great music!!


Link for Gohar & Ovanes Andriassian Guitar Festival and Competition:
http://www.calstatela.edu/al/music/gohar-and-ovanes-andriassian-classical-guitar-competition

Link for John M. Kennedy: http://www.johnmkennedy.net/index.html