Anisa Angarola is one of twelve guitar soloists selected nationwide to perform in the historic 1980 master class given by

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. She is also founder of the renowned

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, recording and touring with the group for ten years to international acclaim. Performances included the

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, Teatro Nacional María Guerrero in

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, Zurich Tonhalle, the

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, international radio-television broadcasts including ZDF Mainz, Germany. Anisa has also concertized with maestro Angel Romero and with the Romeros Quartet. In 1991, Anisa founded the Angarola Guitar Quartet combining a group of international guitarists to commission new repertoire for guitar ensemble. Urban Toys by Lloyd Rogers and Quartet in C by minimalist Michael Bayer have been premiered by her quartet, which was critically acclaimed for its precision and virtuosic performances by the

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and by the European press. A long-time fan of

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's musical tradition, Anisa's Irish Airs and Dances was on the ballot of the

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. With ten-time All-Ireland Champion, fiddler Seamus Connolly, she recorded in

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for Radio Telefís Éireann, that performance now part of the RTÉ archives. Anisa has recorded and performed numerous times with Mr. Connolly, most recently on her CD Birdwatcher Hill.

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