The onstage chemistry of these two guitarists, from Germany and Belarus respectively, has wowed audiences over the past 2 years. At its core is Gypsy swing but add influences from North Africa, and India, then folk, jazz, bossa nova, baroque and romanticism – you have a fascinating evening of music !
Two wonderful world class guitarists well deserving of keen interest from a music loving public. This musical ‘pairing’ is definitely a cut above. Together, as the saying goes, they make beautiful music.
Lulo Reinhardt, is the grand nephew of Django Reinhardt and has toured in the UK several times in the past 10 or so years. While Lulo has a repertoire of gypsy swing as you might expect, he has extended and developed beyond that with music from North Africa and India influencing his playing and now with Yuliya he moves towards classical music.
Yuliya Lonskaya was born in 1980 in Belarus and began her guitar journey at the local music college. She gained a diploma at the Belarus Academy of Music in Minsk and continued her studies with Prof. Andreas von Wangenheim at the Karlsruhe Musik Hochschule. Finally she took masterclasses with Costas Cotsiolis, David Russell, Carlo Marchione and Abel Carlevaro. Since then, Yuliya has won several international guitar competitions in Poland, England, America, Serbia and Montenegro. In 2002, in a duo with Russian guitarist, Dimitrii Illarionov, she won the prestigious GFA guitar competition (Guitar Foundation of America). In 2006, she made her debut in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow as soloist with the Symphonic Orchestra Novaya Rossiya. With her eclectic repertoire of folk, jazz, bossa nova, baroque, classical and romantic music, Yuliya is a very welcome performer in many European and American concert halls, playing solo concerts and appearing with orchestras.
Licensed bar helps support WemsFest – As always, we’ll have our licensed bar serving delicious beers from Langham Brewery 
as well as wines, local cider, nonalcoholic beers, and soft drinks. All profits from bar and ticket sales are reinvested in the local community.
Tickets available now at Bookends and Harbour Records and online here
Doors open 7.30 for an 8pm start
If you require special assistance or have mobility difficulties, please contact us in advance and we will do our very best to accommodate you so that you are comfortable.
The Barleycorn Tavern, which is a stone’s throw from the Village Hall, are very kindly offering ticket holders 2 for 1 meals before the concert. You’ll need to call them and book at least 3 days before the event, and will need to show either your ticket or your WeGotTickets.com email.