A PORTRAIT
“A magic moment of music. Two fine musicians – Christian Fergo and Raoul Morat – played Schubert on two guitars.”
One of the most exceptional classical guitar duos to emerge in recent years.
Ever since their debut, Duo Morat-Fergo has made a name through their ground breaking arrangements and interpretations of 19th Century piano music. Musical intimacy and precision are some of the duo's hallmarks, defined by their ability to make the sound of their guitars melt together and appear as one instrument.
Christian Fergo and Raoul Morat met while studying with Echo prize winner Frank Bungarten. A mutual love for Schubert's music sparked the beginning of the duo. One of their goals is to use the extraordinary abilities of the romantic Viennese guitars in their arrangements of the piano music of among others Mozart, Schubert and Chopin.
Christian Fergo
Raoul Morat
TESTIMONIALS
'Recently I experienced a magic moment of music. Two fine musicians – Christian Fergo and Raoul Morat – played Schubert on two guitars. I felt transformed back to the time of Schubert and thought I heard pianos from his Epoche. A moment full of magical sounds.'
- Elisabeth Leonskaja, pianist
‘Among the best albums of 2019. Danish-Swiss duo offer powerful and shimmering two-guitar readings of Schubert solo piano works.’
- Classical Guitar Magazine
‘Enchanting.’
- Tagesspiegel
‘Sensational success’
- Gitarre und Laute
‘With lavish nuances of color they illuminate the intimate side of this music extremely delicately and incredibly touching.’
- Neue Luzerner Zeitung
‘…no allowances need really be made for the talented musicianship on offer here’
- Dominy Clement, musicWeb International
'The Schubert-Arrangements by this excellent guitar duo, Morat-Fergo, are a true discovery: rarely was the intimacy and charm of this music more beautifully illuminated.'
- Michael Endres, pianist
'Such crescendos I've never heard from a plucked duo. That and Duo Morat-Fergo's perfect timing let the melodies sing for real. I'm looking forward to their new cd.'
- Jan Tulacek, luthier
NEWS
NEW ALBUM RELEASE IN OCTOBER
Mozart’s best loved piano sonatas for guitar duo. For the first time, four Mozart piano sonatas are presented in an arrangement for Viennese guitars.
DEBUT ALBUM ‘A Sentimental Moment’ IS AMONG TOP-TEN ALBUMs OF 2019
We are thrilled that one of the most important guitar magazines Classical Guitar has chosen our album ‘A Sentimental Moment’ as one of the best guitar albums of 2019. The CD features famous piano music by Franz Schubert in our arrangements for two Viennese guitars. Click here to read the article.
WINTERREISE
PUBLISHED
After a long time of preparation we are proud to announce that our arrangement of Schubert's Winterreise for tenor and guitar duo has been published by Viennese publisher Doblinger Verlag, famous for its editions of amongst others Schubert's music.
Latest Video
From our up-coming album:
MOZART SONATAS FOR VIENNESE GUITAR DUO
DATES
2017
January 28 - Chamber Recital - Fribourg, Switzerland; René Perler, bass - Sebastian Diezig, cello - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
February 21-25 - Irish Tour - Maynooth, Castletown, Ireland
May 13 - Chamber Recital - Ronco, Switzerland; Mattia Zappa, cello - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
December 1 - 8:00 pm - Chamber Recital - Benefiz Concert - Neuchatel, Switzerland; Mattia Zappa, cello - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
December 2 - 7:30 pm - Chamber Recital - Marianischer Saal - Lucerne, Switzerland; Mattia Zappa, cello - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
December 3 - 11:00 am - Chamber Recital - Helferei - Zurich, Switzerland; Mattia Zappa, cello - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars Kulturhaus Helferei
2018
January 21 - 5:00 pm - Duo Recital - Ono - Bern, Switzerland; Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
January 28 - 5:00 pm - Duo Recital - Marianischer Saal - Lucerne, Switzerland; Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
February 10-14 - CD-Recording - Detmold, Germany
February 11 - Duo Recital - Marienmunster, Germany; Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
February 16 - Duo Recital - Tschiertschen, Switzerland; Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
April 15 - Duo Recital - Linz, Austria - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
September 16 - 5:00 pm - Duo Recital - Vienna, Austria - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars - Kunst rund um Schubert
November 9 - 8:00 pm - Duo Recital - Neuchatel, Switzerland - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars - more info here
November 10 - 5:00 pm - CD Release Event ‘A Sentimental Moment’ - Lucerne - Switzerland - Atalier Karl Koch
November 17 - 7:00 pm - Duo Recital - Hauskonzert Feldberg, Germany; Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars - www.hauskonzert-feldberg.de
November 25 - 5:00 pm - Duo Recital - Uster, Switzerland; Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars - more info here
2019
February 22 - 7:00 pm - Winterreise - Lied Recital - Aarau, Switzerland; Georg Poplutz, Tenor - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
February 23 - 7:30 pm - Winterreise - Lied Recital - Basel, Switzerland; Georg Poplutz, Tenor - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars - www.bauartbasel.com
February 24 - 5:00 pm - Winterreise - Lied Recital - Luzern, Switzerland; Georg Poplutz, Tenor - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
March 3 - 5:30 pm - Chamber Concert - Eglise de Vaulruz - Vaulruz, Switzerland, Rene Perler, bariton - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
October 19 - Duo Recital - Aux Losanges - Tschiertschen, Switzerland - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
December 01 - 5:00 pm - Christmas Song Recital (House Concert) - Kaltbrunn - Switzerland - Rene Perler, Bass - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
2020
January 17 - 7:30 pm - Duo Recital - Willisau, Switzerland - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars - www.musikinstrumentensammlung.ch
June 9-11 - Duo Recital and Master Class - Lucca, Italy - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
September 25 - Chamber Recital - Private Concert - Rene Perler, bass bariton - Sebastian Diezig, Cello - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars - Fribourg, Switzerland
October 5-9 - CD Recording - Marienmünster, Germany
2021
February - (date & time to be announced) - Duo Recital - Odense, Denmark - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
November 6th - (time to be announced) - CD-Release Recital - Lucerne, Switzerland - Duo Morat-Fergo, guitars
MEDIA
OUR PROJECTS
MOZART ALLA GUITAR
Mozart’s best loved piano sonatas arranged for Viennese Guitars
A SENTIMENTAL MOMENT
Schubert's piano music for Romantic Viennese Guitars
NEW MUSIC FOR GUITAR DUO
Schubertreise by Irish composer Martin O'Leary
booking and more information
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