Guitar4mation is an international guitar quartet with members from Poland, the Czech Republic, Australia, and Austria. Founded in 1993, the group saw its 30th stage anniversary in 2023. The lineup has changed over the years, with two founding members: Michal Nagy (Poland) and Martin Schwarz (Austria) still playing in the group. Petr Saidl (the Czech Republic) joined in 2003, and Campbell Diamond (Australia) completed the ensemble in 2022.Performances throughout Europe have brought Guitar4mation to venues like the Wiener Konzerthaus, or Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio, and international guitar festivals such as Carinthischer Sommer (Austria), Silesian Guitar Autumn in Tychy (Poland), Guitar Festival Mikulov (Czech Republic), and Internationale Gitarrenfestival Saitensprünge in Bad Aibling (Germany). So far, the group has recorded four CDs , available at Gramola, Vienna. The new album “Our Evenings” with music by Janacek, Halffter, Mompou, Rodrigo and Turina, is in the pipeline.Each musician contributes different qualities and strengths to Guitar4mation’s unique, colourful, and intense performances within the concept of democratic music making. The group’s repertoire is their trademark – exclusively consisting of works arranged for four guitars, and performed solely by Guitar4mation. The styles range from romantic and impressionistic works of the 19th century to music of various genres, including commissioned contemporary pieces written for the ensemble (such as “Suite del Dia” by Sérgio Assad), Latin American music, jazz, and pop.A Guitar4mation concert offers the audience a range of experiences, from the serious to the hilarious, from the calm to the exciting. Thus, Guitar4mation ventures onto new paths to explore music previously unheard on the guitar, inviting their listeners to moments of intimate quietness, intense rhythms, and the joy of music.
