Guido Piccard hommel(flemish
dulcimer),cittern, mandolin
"A multi-instrumentalist like Guido Piccard has nothing more to prove" Goe
Vollek
Philip Masure guitar,
vocals
" Philip proves again his superior guitar and bouzouki playing" Goe
Vollek
Guido was born in Spalbeek, Belgium. He spent 15 years
working as a doctor in general practice and started out his musical career as
a guitar and bass player in local folk and blues bands. In 1983 he joined the
Flemish folk band, Slemp. During the mid to late eighties he was involved in
fieldwork with traditional Flemish singers and dulcimer players in Limburg and
taught at many dulcimer workshops in Flanders, Wallonie and Holland.
As a member of Limburgs Dansorkest (LIDO) he performed in numerous concerts
and festivals in Belgium, France and Germany, including St. Chartier,
Ris-Orangis and Leipzig. Between 1990 and 1997 Guido had many of his compositions
published, and he recorded a number of CDs and audio cassettes, including, Schudden
aan de notenboom, a book of 180 tunes, Vingerspel en voetenwerk
with Limburgs Dansorkest, De wentelsteen with Michel Terlinck (Flemish
dulcimer) and Cooperation, a double CD of Belgian folk music, directed
by Hubert Boone for Anvidis, Paris.
Kadril, Compagnie d'Anvers and Ashels are amongst bands who have recorded
Guido's tunes. Guido is also a member of the Irish band éishtlinn
(as is Philip), the flemish quartet Iduna,
and has a folkdance ensemble called Papaver..
(You can read about Philip on his own homepage.)
Guido en Philip met on a recordings-session they did for Poescafé, a couple of years ago. Since that day they have been playing together in different bands (Peper, Llyr, éishtlinn). In 1999 they were both teaching in Denmark on ROD, a school for young musicians, and there they decided to form a duo and make a CD before the end of the year. This CD 'Webbesnaren', was recorded in December of the same year and was received very well by the international folk press. This year they played on festivals like Gooik, Winterfolk and Odense (Denmark), .....
To be continued .................