The Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre, comprised of four uniquely accomplished musicians bringing a new energy to the concert stage. Formed in 1980 and consistently playing to sold-out houses worldwide, the quartet performs inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks that provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground. The quartet’s diverse discography includes the 2005 Grammy-winning Guitar Heroes, the 2004 Grammy-nominated LAGQ-Latin, and their most recent album from 2022, Opalescent. In addition to solo programs, the LAGQ has toured collaborative works with choirs, orchestras, vocalists, and dancers. Highlights include their program Don Quixote, narrated by actor Philip Proctor (featured during the 2009-10 season of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series), and Shingo Fujii’s work SHIKI: Seasons of Japan, featuring a guitar orchestra. In 2021, the quartet received the Artistic Achievement Award from the Guitar Foundation of America.

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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

For over four decades on the concert stage, the Grammy® Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ)  has continually set the standard for expression and virtuosity among guitar ensembles, while perennially exploring new musical landscapes. The charismatic LAGQ is recognized as one of America’s premier instrumental ensembles and consistently plays to sold-out houses worldwide. Their critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground. Latin, African, Far East, Irish, Folk and American influenced works transport listeners around the world in a single concert experience.

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The Grammy Award-winning LAGQ is one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre. The LAGQ is comprised of four uniquely accomplished musicians bringing a new energy to the concert stage with programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach. They consistently play to sold-out houses world-wide. Their inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground. Programs including Latin, African, Far East, Irish, Folk and American Classics transport listeners around the world in a single concert experience. Their ‘Don Quixote’ collaboration with Firesign Theater veteran, actor Philip Proctor, continues to expand and delight audiences and the work 'SHIKI: Seasons of Japan' written for the LAGQ plus guitar orchestra by composer Shingo Fujii is connecting communities across the nation.

William Kanengiser

Events

Past events

Oct 31, 2026

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Feb 1, 2026

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet · Peoples' Symphony Concerts

Future and recently performed repertoire

Guitar in Pulcinella Suite by Stravinsky

Peoples' Symphony Concerts

Guitar in Danse Negre by Coleridge-Taylor

Peoples' Symphony Concerts

Guitar in Yambe by Rivera

Peoples' Symphony Concerts

Guitar in Llanura by Montes

Peoples' Symphony Concerts

Guitar in Air & Ground by Kanengiser

Peoples' Symphony Concerts

Guitar in Maracasalsa by Lora

Peoples' Symphony Concerts

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