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World-Class Talent on Flathead’s Shores
Sixth annual Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop and Festival brings international and national talent to Bigfork
PBY MOLLY PRIDDY OF THE BEACON
LAYING AT THE MONTREAUX Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 2014, Brazilian guitarist Lean-
dro Pellegrino made his guitar sing with sweet runs and easy rhythm.
Montreaux is the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world, a run- ner-up behind Canada’s Montreal Inter- national Jazz Festival. In Switzerland, Pellegrino received acclaim as a jazz gui- tarist, following up his win at the 2013 festival in the electric guitar competition.
Pellegrino is a scholarship student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and is known around the globe for his guitar skills.
His next stop?
Bigfork, at the Sixth Annual Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop and Fes- tival, taking place from Aug. 30 to Sept. 6.
The Crown Festival has grown expo- nentially since its first showing, attract- ing artists from around the world to join in as teachers and students, all while playing public concerts in the evenings and exploring what the Flathead Valley has to offer.
“I was really amazed with the variety and the level of all the performances,” Pellegrino said in an interview with the Beacon last week. “I love the guitar so it’s awesome to be able to check out a wide range of guitarists and also some high- level musicians.”
Artists in residence for the 2015 fes- tival include jazz guitar legend Lee Ritenour; progressive-rock star Dwee- z i l Z a p p a ; t h e G r a m m y - w i n n i n g L o s Angeles Guitar Quartet; wild-child sing- er-songwriter Brett Dennen; acclaimed
Lee Ritenour laughs while introducing John Beasley at the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival on August 27, 2014. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
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jazz singer-songwriter Madeleine Pey- roux; Jon Herington of Steely Dan; cele- brated singer-songwriter David Grissom; and Brazilian legend Romero Lubambo.
While Pellegrino had heard of the C r o w n F e s t i v a l a f t e r c h a t t i n g w i t h Crown of the Continent Guitar Foun- dation chairman and founding director
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And when he saw Lubambo in the art- i s t s - i n - r e s i d e n c e l i n e u p , h e k n e w h e h a d to take part.
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said. “And now I will, in Montana. He’s one of the masters.”
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