The Adelaide Festival Centre has unveiled its 2018 programme, revealing a wide array of events ranging from musicals to festivals, with a host of assorted shows and performances in between that includes prominent international guitarists, pianists and vocalists.

First on the list of 2018 highlights is the Adelaide Guitar Festival in August, curated by Slava Grigoryan. This event will bring to Adelaide such international guitarists as Tommy Emmanuel, Vladimir Gorbach, and Martha Masters, most notably in the Guitar Festival Symphony Gala concert.

Slava Grigoryan

“We’re very excited to be collaborating with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra once again in 2018,” Grigoryan told Limelight. “This concert will feature the Beijing Guitar Duo, one of the most incredible guitar ensembles on the planet! They will be performing Rodrigo’s Madrigal Concerto for two guitars and orchestra, an epic masterpiece that travels through a myriad of Spanish idioms in ten succinct movements, showcasing the full range of dazzling colour and passion that audiences associate with Spanish music.”

This programme will not focus solely on Spanish music, however. “We’re also very proud to be presenting a world premiere by...