Pavel Jany and Dean Harrington

Oct 13 Program – Jany & Harrington

Pavel Jany’s classical guitar and compositional background spans many musical genres. His style is influenced by the East European Gypsy music of his native Czechoslovakia as well as the works of jazz fusion guitarists. Pavel has founded several international jazz projects in the Twin Cities including the well-known ensemble “Ticket to Brazil” and instrumental Gypsy jazz trio “Talking Strings”.

Dean Harrington has been playing and teaching guitar for more than 25 years. With a Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance from the University of Minnesota and a first-place winner in the Schubert Club scholarship competition, he still plays classical guitar but these days mostly performs jazz with many Twin City ensembles.

Pavel and Dean frequently collaborate throughout the Twin Cities, playing together in such venues as MetroNOME Brewery in Fingal’s Cave, St. Paul, the Loring Pasta Bar and Carbone’s in Minneapolis.