Greg is the child of musical parents (his mom was a pianist and his father a cellist with the New York Philharmonic). In addition to Dalcroze/Eurythmy training as a child he studied the piano until his early teens (with Katerina Rado, Edgar Roberts and Jacqueline Marcault), and credits those early experiences for much of his strong musicianship.
Greg began to play guitar as a youngster,
like so many others of his generation,
inspired by The Beatles and others rock performers (though he began with a
Joan Baez folk music songbook).
He formed his first band in 7th grade
[see Rock Band photos] and played in it throughout much of high school.
In 9th grade Greg became interested in the classical guitar, and began his study of it with the area's leading teacher, the late Luis Garcia-Renart (also a prize-winning cellist & conductor).
Greg studied with Garcia-Renart for 4 years
and then went to Boston's New England Conservatory of Music, from which he received his Bachelors of Music degree with honors in 1980. At NEC he studied with Robert Paul Sullivan and Frank Wallace, formed the Parnassus Guitar Duo, and gave the school's first all-solo graduating guitar recital.
At the start of his career in the 1980s Greg played in masterclasses of several of the world's leading classical guitarists:
Manuel Barrueco [photo at bottom],
Eliot Fisk, Frederic Hand, Sharon Isbin and Christopher Parkening [photo at top].
After returning to Woodstock, N.Y., where he grew up, Greg began teaching the guitar,
and soon was teaching various guitar styles several days a week at Allegro Music in Kingston. In the 1980s he also became the classical guitar instructor at SUNY New Paltz and Bard College and began teaching guitar & other music subjects (music theory & history) at Ulster County Community College in Stone Ridge (now called SUNY Ulster). In the 1990s he began teaching the Classical Guitar Seminar at Bard and Greg is still the classical guitar instructor for their Music Dept. Greg also plays each year in the Faculty Showcase concerts and often presents recitals at these schools [see review, at bottom]
At present Greg teaches private lessons primarily at his home music studio in Woodstock, N.Y., and is also affiliated with Barcone's Music, in Kingston, NY.
Greg has been involved with a large variety of music groups throughout his career, from chamber music ensembles to rock bands
to orchestras. In the 1980s he played in a heavy-metal group called "Uncle Sam"
[Rock Band Photos] as well as in the
blues & originals "Ben Prevo Band."
In the 1990s he played Beatles & Eagles
songs in "The Beagles" and a variety of
guitars in a folk-pop-oldies group called "TimePieces" [Ensembles 2 Photos].
Lately Greg has played guitar & sung in
"Decoy" (2015), the "West Saugerties Boys"
(2016-18), and currently with "Fishbowl" [Rock Band photos].
Two recent musical ventures he's been involved with are: "Frets, Keys & Pipes" - a duo with singer/keyboard player Harvey Boyer (also in Fishbowl), with a repertoire ranging from classical to rock 'n' roll, Tin Pan Alley and jazz; and with the advent of the Coronavirus Pandemic, a quintet of male singers (from Ars Choralis) who've produced "virtual" performances of songs including Greg's re-write of The Beach Boys' "In My Room" titled "In My Zoom" and Greg's arrangement of The Beatles' "This Boy" (available on YouTube)
In the course of his performing career Greg has played electric guitar, steel-string & nylon-string guitars, banjo and mandolin
in a number of musical theater productions including "The Three-Penny Opera"
"Tommy" "Little Shop of Horrors"
[pit-orchestra photo above]
"Footloose" "The Sound of Music" "The Marvelous Wonderettes" "Evita"
"8-Track: The Sounds of the 70s"
and "Honky Tonk Laundry."
As a classical guitarist Greg has been a
member of several chamber music ensembles, including the Arabesque Trio (flute, guitar & bassoon; formerly: Trio Con Brio), the Catskill Mountain Renaissance Consort (recorders,
viola da gamba, guitar & hand percussion),
Cantilena (flute & guitar; formerly: Interlude), and the SAGAD Trio (viola, guitar & cello).
Greg's talents as an arranger -- taking music originally intended for one instrument or ensemble and creatively recasting it in a new setting -- have produced most of the repertoire of these groups. [see Ensembles 1 & 2 photos]
Years ago he published through Music Arts Graphics [see edition, below center]; now his GDG Editions -- music for solo guitar & guitar in ensemble -- are available through this website.
With the Arabesque Trio he has recorded
a CD of music by Debussy, Bach, Faure,
Mozart, Granados, Handel, Joplin, Ligeti,
de Falla, Bartok & Lennon/McCartney
titled "Reverie." Available from this website.
For further information on all these ensembles & bands see the Repertoire, Programs, Wedding Music, Editions and Photos sections of this website
And many people in the Hudson Valley fondly remember his 15+ years providing live
classical guitar music on weekends at
Joshua's Cafe in Woodstock.
Greg has played over the years with many of the best instrumentalists and singers in the Hudson Valley: violinists Carole Cowan
and Akiko Kamigawara, cellists Susan
Seligman, Ling Kwan & Jean Vilkelis, violist Anastasia Solberg, flutists Marcia Gates, Pauline
Mancuso, Lynn Peck, Sarah Plant, Melissa
Sweet and Marisa Trees, oboist Joel Evans,
clarinetists Tony Penz and Kay Sutka,
classical guitarists Terry Champlin & Helen Avakian, David Temple and Richard Udell,
fiddle & guitar duo Jay Ungar & Molly Mason,
and singers Harvey Boyer, Kimberly Kahan, Cecelia Keehn, Jonell Mosser, Anita Shamansky,
and Danielle Woerner, among others.
In the 1990s Greg was a member of the
early music acapella group Woodstock Renaissance, and he has sung (bass)
with Ars Choralis since the 1990s
[With Chorus photos]; he is currently that organization's president too. He frequently accompanies them in music that involves various types of guitars, and has arranged a number of songs for them: several Beatles songs, The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," Springsteen's "American Land," and an ambitious setting of "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" (premiered in 2014). The chorus has gone on tour to Europe several times in the 21st century, always with Greg & his guitar!
Greg also did the instrumental music arrangements for Ars Choralis' "Music in Desperate Times" program which they performed in NYC's Cathedral of St. John the Divine as well as their 2009 tour to Germany [see with Chorus photos].
Greg's also been the curator of
Ars Choralis' "Artist Within" series of
concerts at the Sheeley House in
High Falls, NY, including Valentine's
Day-themed shows [other Shows photos],
a folk "jambouree," the "Just For The
Fun Of It!" show [other Shows photos]
several classical recitals, a Kung Fu
martial arts (Greg's hobby for 35+ years)
demonstration [photo above], and
2017's "A Night In Argentina."
Interested in learning Kung Fu?
Greg teaches the Fu Jow Pai style, as an assistant to his sifu, at Woodstock's Mountainview Studio
on Monday evenings [see Real Life photos].
Greg also programmed & hosted WDST radio's innovative classical music show "Sunrise Concert" for over 25 years starting in the mid-1980s (and winning Hudson Valley Magazine's Best Classical Music show award for 1996); and for a number of years he reviewed classical CD releases for the Kingston Daily Freeman's "Preview" magazine.
More recently Greg helped form the
Mid-Hudson Classical Guitar Society,
presenting their first concert at the Morton Library in Rhinecliff in 2010, and closing
their 8th season in May 2017 with a full recital. He has also curated many of their theme programs (Guitar Music of the Supernatural, Guitar Homage/Tribute, Guitar music of France, ...of America) and arranged special pieces for concerts (like a movement from Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique for 4 guitars).
Greg directs & arranges music for SUNY Ulster's Guitar [see Ensembles 1 photos]
& Mixed Instrument Ensembles,
producing new arrangements of music
ranging from Renaissance pavanes to Haydn piano sonatas, solo guitar pieces expanded,
and a variety of famous songs including:
"Tico Tico," "Miserlou," "Fever," "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Shenandoah,"
"Down On The Corner,"
"Billie Jean," "Everybody Wants To
Rule The World," "Fragile" & several Beatles
medleys, and an original minimalist piece:
"Blip, Blop, Plink, Plunk, Ting & Bong"
Greg became involved with the
Woodstock Chamber Orchestra soon after graduating from NEC and returning to Woodstock (when that orchestra was forming); he played the popular Vivaldi Concerto in D major with them in 1980. Since then he has
performed works for guitar & orchestra
with them several times:
Herbert Haufrecht's "Divertimento" in 1985, Heitor Villa-Lobos' Guitar Concerto in 1993,
the "Fantasia para un Gentilhombre" by Joaquin Rodrigo in 1999 [poster at bottom],
and his famed "Concierto de Aranjuez" in 2004 and again in January of 2018. In the fall
of 2018 the orchestra became the
Woodstock Symphony Orchestra.
Greg has served as president of the WCO
since 1995, seeing the orchestra through several Conductor Searches, and he's organized & played in numerous fundraising concerts for the WCO over the years.
Greg also played with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic in their "New Wave" concerts in the 1990s, backing Sterling Morrison of The Velvet Underground, and providing support for singer Natalie Merchant. One of his toughest musical challenges was negotiating the guitar part for Frank Zappa's "Alien Orifice" with the HVP when no other guitarist around could do it! Greg also played solo guitar as the
"opening act" for that concert. He's also opened for Leon Redbone and "3" (Emerson, Palmer & Berry) at The Chance in Poughkeepsie.
Greg has also played with other top
Hudson Valley music organizations
including Cappella Festiva,
the Mendelssohn Club,
the Gilbert & Sullivan Musical Theater
Company, the Pone Ensemble
and the Hudson Valley Recital Project.
[see Credits]
at a masterclass with Manuel Barrueco
(seated lower right) in 1983 at the Hartt
School of Music
one of several guitar transcriptions
Greg published in the 1990s
through Music Arts Graphics
promotional poster for performing
Rodrigo's "Fantasia para un Gentilhombre"
with the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra in 1999
a note of appreciation from SUNY New Paltz president Alice Chandler (1993)
a grateful student's note of thanks
as she heads off to college
appreciative clients of a wedding event
Mike Aiese: bass guitar
Russ Austin: guitar
Helen Avakian: guitar
Stephanie Backofen: voice
John Barath: trumpet, music director
Ed Baxter: mandolin
Denis Bisoglio: drums
Harvey Boyer: voice, sax & keyboards
*Melissa Brown: bassoon
Richard Carr: violin
Paul Chambers, percussion
Terry Champlin: guitar
Tina Ciarlante: voice
Tom Conroy: keyboard, music director
Tony Coretto: voice
Carole Cowan: violin
Lynne Cunningham: flute
Donald Dales: piano
Stan Davis: recorder
Mary Dietrich: voice
Carlo DiRosa: double bass
Paul Duffy: keyboard
Chris Earley, marimba
Chris Eberle: bassoon
John Esposito: jazz piano
Joel Evans: oboe
Diane Fedora: bassoon
Harvey Feldman: bassoon
Luis Garcia-Renart: cello, music director
John Gullo: voice & electric guitar
Philip Hale: keyboard, music director
Ryan Hall: viola
Mike Haller: voice
Sheila Hamilton: flute
Mike Harelick: voice & guitar
Kelvin Hill: bassoon
Barbara Hardgrave: voice
Maggie Hollenbeck: keyboard, music director
Michael Holober: jazz piano
Melody Huffer: bassoon
Bruce Jackson: double bass
Dennis Jones: drums
Kimberly Kahan: voice
Akiko Kamigawara: violin
Cecelia Keehn: voice
Tom Keehn: voice, trombone
John Knight: bassoon
Nanette Koch: cello
Ling Kwan: cello
David Kwiecinski: guitar
Briana Lehman: bassoon
Mary Leonard: recorder
Karen Levine: percussion
Nicole Levine: clarinet
Randy Loder: keyboard, music director
Savia London: voice
Cornelia MacGyver: bassoon
Bryce Mainieri: voice & electric guitar
Laura Majestic: harp
Gilles Malkine: voice
Pauline Mancuso: flute
Molly Mason: guitar
Francis Mejia: bass guitar
Sevan Melikyan: drums
Nicole Minielli: voice
Kitty Montgomery: voice
Jonell Mosser: voice
Rob Murphy: violin
Jack Nelson: voice
Phil Nestor: drums
Jim Noecker: voice & keyboards
Yameil Nunez: vocals
Daniel Palladino: drums
Kenny Palladino: guitar, bass guitar
Dewi Pangaribuan: voice
Randi Parker: trumpet
Lynn Peck: flute
*Tony Penz: clarinet
Barbara Pickhardt: piano, conductor
Erica Pickhardt: cello
Sue Pilla: flute
Mike Ralff: bass guitar
Sarah Restifo: flute
Charlie Robitaille: guitar
Elisabeth Romano: bassoon
Eric Roth: guitar
Barbara Rizek-McGuckin: flute
*Allison Rubin: oboe
Nicole Ryan: voice
Karen Sahulka: viola da gamba
Anita Shamansky: voice
Andrea Shaut: piano
Bob Shaut: saxophone
Susan Seligman: cello
Wayne Simpson: bass guitar
Chuck Snyder: voice
Anastasia Solberg: viola
Cush Solberg: cello
David Spring: keyboard, sax & music director
Eliott Steele: keyboard
Chuck Stevens: drums
Susan Parkyn Strauser: voice
James Sullivan: banjo
Kay Sutka: clarinet
Melissa Sweet: flute
David Temple: guitar
*Marisa Trees: flute
Rob Turner: cello, voice & electric guitar
Kristen Tuttman: piano
Jay Ungar: fiddle
Richard Udell: guitar
Jim Ulrich: voice
Matt Ulrich: voice
Craig Vandewater: bassoon
John Vette: double bass
Jean Vilkelis: cello
Niels Waller: guitar
Fred Mainieri/Waring: drums
Glenn West: bassoon
Jim Wegrzyn: bass guitar
Lori Willoughby: bassoon
Danielle Woerner: voice
Liam Wood: guitar
T. Xiques: drums
* pictured at a Woodstock Chamber Orchestra benefit chamber music concert at Manor Lake (2010)
Allegro Music, Kingston, NY
Barcone's Music Center, Kingston, NY
Music Dept. & Credit-Free Continuing Education Dept. at SUNY Ulster
(aka Ulster County Community College), Stone Ridge, NY
Walkill, Shawangunk & Eastern Correctional Facilities (through U.C.C.C.)
Music Dept. at SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Bard College, Annandale, NY
Musical Institute of Sullivan & Ulster counties (MISU), Ellenville, NY
Ellenville High School (Performing Arts Academy), Ellenville, NY
NRS studios, Catskill, NY -- with Arabesque Trio (2001-2003)
The Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY -- with Ars Choralis (2009)
Utopia studios, Bearsville, NY -- with Ars Choralis (1999)
Daphne Weld Nichols/Synergism (GD & Parnassus Duo), Dion Ogust (GD), Dan Chidester, Bob Haines for Daily Freeman (GD), Michael Gold (GD), Howard Herman (GD & Akiko Kamigawara), Phil Book, Tania Barriklo (Ars Choralis), Santino Rovereto, Cynthia del Ponte (Cantilena), Chris Johnston (Arabesque Trio), Ed Surowitz (TimePieces)
articles:
live music reviews -- Woodstock Times
CD reviews -- "Instant Classics" column for Kingston Daily Freeman's "Preview" Magazine (1991-1994)
Segovia reissued LP review -- Journal of the Association For Recorded Sound Collections (1978)
articles on guitar/lute -- "The Essential Listening Companion to Classical Music" (Third Ear - 2003)
music:
"Theme, Variations and Fugue" by Herbert Haufrecht, fingering by GD, published by Bourne Co.
"Paduana" by Isaias Reusner, transcribed by GD, published by Music Arts Graphics
"Four Mazurkas, Op. 17" by Frederic Chopin, transcribed by GD, published by Music Arts Graphics
concert series:
Lunch ’n’ Listen, Poughkeepsie
Pacem In Terris, Warwick
Shawangunk Chamber Music Series, Pine Bush
"Clifftop Concerts" at Lake Minnewaska
Philipstown Concerts, Cold Spring
Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society
Andes Musical Moments, Andes
Mid-Hudson Classical Guitar Society, Rhinebeck
John Street Jam, Saugerties
“Fascinating Rhythms” Series, Kleinert Arts Center, Woodstock
Cami Hall, New York City
Hudson Valley Classical Guitar Society, New Paltz
“Live at the Library,” Woodstock Library
organizations:
The Pone Ensemble
New Paltz Summer Repertory Theatre
Golden Stone Productions
Shadowland Stages Theater
Mid-Hudson Women’s Chorus
New York Conservatory of the Arts Theater Company
Rhinebeck Theatre Society
Gilbert & Sullivan Musical Theater Company
Ars Choralis
Mid-Hudson Classical Guitar Society
Woodstock Chamber Orchestra
Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra
Cappella Festiva
Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society
Hudson Valley Recital Project
Rondout Valley High School
Cairo-Durham High School
libraries:
Ellenville Public Library
Olive Free Library, West Shokan
Kinderhook Memorial Library, Kinderhook
Woodstock Library
Morton Library, Rhinecliff
churches:
Holy Cross Church, Kingston
Huguenot Church, New Paltz
Holy Trinity Church, Poughkeepsie
Walkill Reformed Church
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Kingston
St. John’s Roman Catholic Church, West Hurley
Old Dutch Church, Kingston
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Red Hook
Reformed Church of Saugerties
Christ Episcopal Church, Greenville
Overlook Methodist Church, Woodstock
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville
St. James Church, Hyde Park
Christ Lutheran Church, Woodstock
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie
St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, Woodstock
Gardiner Reformed Church, Gardiner
St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, Hyde Park
New Paltz Methodist Church, New Paltz
Hyde Park Reformed Church, Hyde Park
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie
Pointe of Praise, Kingston
historic sites:
Roosevelt - Vanderbilt National Historic Site, Hyde Park
S. F. B. Morse State Historic Site, Poughkeepsie
Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site, Liberty
The Senate House Historic Site, Kingston
schools:
Dutchess County Community College (DCCC), Dutchess Hall, Poughkeepsie
Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster counties (MISU), Ellenville
Vassar College, Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie
Bard College: Blum Hall, Bard Hall, Chapel, Olin Hall
SUNY Ulster, Quimby Theater
McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ
SUNY New Paltz: Shepard Recital Hall, Studley Hall, McKenna Theatre, Parker Theatre
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
Perkins School For the Blind, Worcester, MA
other:
Mohonk Mt. House, New Paltz
Barnes & Nobles, Ulster
Stamell String Instruments, Poughkeepsie
Mills Mansion, Staatsburg
Woodstock Artist Association, Woodstock
The Sheeley House B&B, High Falls
Maverick Concert Hall (“Prelude” programs), Woodstock
Pucker-Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA
Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock
The Elmendorff Inn, Red Hook
Byrdcliffe Theatre / Woodstock Guild
The Fountains at Millbrook
Solway House, Saugerties
Katsbaan Art Center, Tivoli
Creative Music Studios, West Hurley
Woodstock-New Paltz Arts & Crafts Fair, New Paltz
Opus 40, Saugerties
Comeau House, Woodstock
The Chance, Poughkeepsie
Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston
Pine Ridge Dude Ranch, Kerhonkson
Arts Society of Kingston (ASK)
The Howland Center, Beacon
Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock
Unison Arts, New Paltz
Mountain View Studio, Woodstock
“Manor Lake,” Kingston
Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights
Onteora Mountain House, Boiceville
clubs, bars & restaurants:
The Bear Cafe, Woodstock
Darby O'Gills, Hyde Park
Enchanted Cafe, Red Hook
High Falls Cafe, High Falls
Ivan's at Rondout Golf Course, Accord
Joshua's, Woodstock
The Joyous Lake, Woodstock
La Puerta Azul, Millbrook
Lydia's, Stone Ridge
Ramada Inn, Newburgh
The Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester
Tinker Street Cafe, Woodstock
Uncle Willy's Lounge, Kingston
“This serious, accomplished artist capped the evening with a superb performance [of Barrios’ La Catedral] that left us satisfied as at the end of a fine meal. Greg Dinger is a young man with tremendous sensitivity and touch on the classical guitar. Don’t miss his playing. You’ll thank yourself for it.”
Allan Duane - Daily Freeman (1981)
“Mr Dinger made the most of [Scarlatti on the guitar], and the performance captured the inventinveness and rhythmic verve of the music very effectively. Clear textures and sustained momentum brought particular vigor to the fast movements. The Bach had exciting, demanding tempos … and the pacing of the Chaconne was well-planned. The Malats encore also received a lively assured performance.”
Lawrence Kramer - Taconic Newspapers (1982)
“…A very effective and worthwhile recital. Manuel Ponce’s Twelve Preludes are engaging little pieces, covering a wide ranger of styles from quasi-Bach to Mexican folklore. [Dinger’s] playing ha lovely tone (the guitar sounded particularly good in the church), good rhythmic impulse, and some very beautiful phrasing. [Albeniz’ Asturias] was exciting and dazzling in its outer sections with good lyrical contrast in the center. The Bach [Lute Suite No. 3] was respectful of Baroque conventions, yet outgoing and expressive. Giuliani’s Variations on a Theme by Handel …was colorful, with a great deal of rapid, accurate playing and hardly a dropped note. …The music of Leo Brouwer, a Cuban guitarist who writes some of the most advanced music being composed for this instrument … brought out the most assuredly virtuosic playing of the recital. Elogio de la Danza and Canticum were played with very strong projection, and then La Espiral Eterna had me on the edge of my seat, although I know the piece well. ”
Leslie Gerber - Woodstock Times (1980)
“GUITAR RENDERS A POETIC TOUCH
…[DINGER] plays with introspection and marked poetic touch. …his phrasing is sure and he can extract surprisingly effective color contrasts from his instrument. He tossed [Turina’s Fandanguillo] off with complete confidence. This reviewer has heard [these Barrios waltzes] performed by artists of international renown and it is a pleasure to report that Dinger’s rendition of these gems did not suffer at all in comparison.”
Nathan Scheib - Daily Freeman (1981)
“In Bach’s 4th Lute Suite the playing was full of character. …It’s a pleasure to hear Greg play Baroque music with embellished repeats, a most satisfying performance practice rarely observed today. …[Barrios’] Estudio de Concierto is a virtuoso treat, and it received a virtuoso performance. Even more exciting is the Dance Maxixe … his playing was almost as dazzling as that of John Williams in a notable recording. I was impressed with the artistry of this recital and pleased with the performers artistic growth as it continues.”
Leslie Gerber - Woodstock Times (1985)
“Dinger’s musical ability was visibly clear throughout the performance …the passion and emotion he expressed was evident and enchanting. It truly was something special to watch the dedication and emotion with which he played.”
Jacob Rothberger - The Oracle (1991)
“STRUMMING TO PERFECTION
Gregory Dinger’s acoustic guitar playing kept the packed audience at Studley Theater on Tues. Feb. 26 in awe. There was no singing and no elaborate light, just Dinger sitting on a stool with his guitar playing every note with style and grace. His inspiring love for these composers was evident throughout the three-page handout on their history that was given to the audience along with the program as they walked in. He showcased these composers enduring vision with his own creative style and played each song as if he were telling a story. The fast intricate pickings were playful and powerful; they invigorated and brought joy to the audience. The serene slow notes wailing sorrowfully brought a whole wave of hating emotions to everyone. Dinger sitting with his handmade instrument in hand displayed the effortless beauty that can be created through a guitar.”
Maritza Norr - The Oracle (2002)
praise for The Arabesque Trio:
"[I celebrate the] musicianship, virtuosity and voicing of each player...in what just might become
the next traditional ‘classic’ combo. A musically fastidious performance.”
Kitty Montgomery - Kingston Freeman (1992)
“...A wide and varied dynamic range, virtuosity and musical expressiveness. ...[Dinger's] arrangements display intelligent, musical decisions... The individuals blend into a single organism. They are three terrific instrumentalists.”
Howard Vogel - Woodstock Times (1999)
“…[Dinger’s] playing was first-rate [in the Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto]. He fulfilled every technical challenge this piece offered and shaped the music with rhythmic elasticity and dynamic variation. Conductor [Luis Garcia-Renart], soloist, and orchestra were in tune with each other’s feeling and made of this work, written for Andres Segovia in 1951, a tour de force of expressive playing.”
Howard Vogel - Woodstock Times (1993)
“[In Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez] Dinger’s transparent articulations, evocative without rambling discursive from the ensemble …let profound emotion wake among us as our own, with the orchestra achieving fusions surpassing timed synchronization.”
Kitty Montgomery - Daily Freeman (2004)
“Gregory Dinger cast his own kind of spell in his guitar solo with the orchestra, Fantasia para un Gentilhombre by Joaquin Rodrigo. Dinger evoked the mood of each of the four parts of the work, with the orchestra under Garcia-Renaat also flawless and compelling in their roles. Whether the mood was stately, or flaring in a dance patter, Dinger and the orchestra transported the audience to the Spain of everyone’s imagination — and perhaps reality. This was a perfect match between soloist and orchestra.”
Marianne Darrow - Ulster County Townsman (1999)
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