BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts - ECPv5.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://scottsdaleperformingarts.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220208T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220208T193000 DTSTAMP:20230602T012017 CREATED:20210913T170037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211021T225426Z UID:11417-1644348600-1644348600@scottsdaleperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Django Jazz Duets DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nAward-winning violin legend Tim Kliphuis (Holland) teams up with America’s rising star on Django jazz guitar Jimmy Grant (Los Angeles) to celebrate the music of famed musical duo Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt.   \nRecreating the 1930s in Paris and drawing inspiration from current classical and folk music\, Kliphuis and Grant alternate moments of dazzling interplay with melancholy and sheer exhilaration in an inspired conversational journey.   \n“Superb . . . a provocative meeting of minds.” — Sunday Times  \nTim Kliphuis is a master of the violin and a wizard of sound. Using classical\, jazz\, and folk\, he has created a unique style that is making waves in concert halls across the globe. His recent successes have led to a Sony Classical recording contract and a performance for the Dutch king and queen.   \nKliphuis has shared the stage with legends Frankie Gavin\, Richard Galliano\, and Les Paul. Additionally\, he has been lauded for his musical genius by Nigel Kennedy. He was awarded the Scottish Jazz Award (International)\, has collaborated with the Richard Strauss Festival\, Netherlands and Tallinn Chamber Orchestras\, and the Cape Town Philharmonic. He curates the Fiddles on Fire Festival in Rotterdam\, The Netherlands.   \nKliphuis is a Pirastro and DPA artist.   \nJimmy Grant grew up with bluegrass\, folk\, Celtic\, and classical. He later gravitated toward the music of Django Reinhardt\, studying with acclaimed jazz guitarists Jim Nichols and Howard Alden. He cites Bach\, Joe Pass\, and Benny Goodman as his main influences.   \nGrant has performed with David Grisman and European musicians Ludovic Beier (accordion) and Paulus Schafer (guitarist)\, as well as the Hot Club of San Francisco. He has performed from coast to coast with Velvet Caravan\, a Savannah-based internationally touring group\, and he currently heads his own quartet.   \nGrant uses Favino guitars.  URL:https://scottsdaleperformingarts.org/event/django-jazz-duets/ LOCATION:Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts | Stage 2\, 7380 E 2nd St\, Scottsdale\, 85251\, United States CATEGORIES:Jazz ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scottsdaleperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/21-22-Django-Jazz-Duets_300x300-01.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR