MN Guitar Society Monthly FREE Concert - TrioAmigos - Guitar Collaboration Extraordinaire!

Overview

TrioAmigos is a fusion of flamenco, bossa nova and hot club jazz that was put together through the friendship of three local twin city guitarists; Ben Abrahamson, Daniel Volovets and Ryan Picone. This collaboration brings together several musical worlds to create a sound that cannot be described with words, but can only be experienced.

Ryan Picone is a teacher, composer, performer and writer with twenty years of professional experience. He has performed professionally at many venues, including Town Hall-New York, Dakota Jazz Club - Minnesota, and South by Southwest-Texas. In 2023 he released his debut album titled "I - Awake", composed in the style of the guitarist - Django Reinhardt. In 2024 he then released his own guitar method "The Compass Guitar Method". Currently, he is a Professor of Music at College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University.

Daniel Volovets is a guitarist, composer, and arranger specializing in classical, flamenco, Latin-American, and jazz music. Daniel's mastery of many genres and aesthetics is evident in the breadth of his repertoire, which spans numerous countries and eras. He balances dual careers in music and medicine, practicing as a psychiatrist at Hennepin County Medical Center.

Ben Abrahamson at age 11, found his path set ablaze by guitar heroes Paco de Lucía, Leo Kottke, Ralph Towner, and his first guitar teacher Gary Lee Joyner. Ben has studied with flamenco guitarists Juan Ramón Caro at Taller de Músics in Barcelona, Pedro Cortés, Jr., and Michael Hauser. Ben has shared the stage with gospel artists Billy Steele and Tonia Hughes Kendrick, fingerstylist Tim Sparks, and Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre. Ben is a faculty member at MacPhail Center for Music.