{"id":5,"date":"2011-12-25T22:39:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T22:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:42:16","slug":"quotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201c\u2026 a blissful performance, which included perfect Piazzolla that elicited repeated under-the-breath &#8216;wows&#8217; from the audience members around me.\u201d \u2013 <em>Piedmont Post <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is what people mean by musical playing\u2014a truly superior performance.\u201d<br> &#8211; Alan Fletcher, Composer and President of the Aspen Music Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGarc\u00eda\u2019s stage presence is riveting, but at the same time he can take the audience into his confidence like a trusted friend. The audience was spellbound as he performed the music of Villa-Lobos, Barrios, Dyens, and Piazzolla.\u201d &#8211;&nbsp;<em>Piedmont Post<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUn fiel int\u00e9rprete del arte musical de Mangor\u00e9\u2026\u201d<br>\n&#8211; Alirio D\u00edaz, Concert Guitarist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGarc\u00eda is conscientious, intelligent, musical and technically impeccable.\u201d<br>\n&#8211; Eliot Fisk, Concert Guitarist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGuitarist Leo Garc\u00eda and master violinist Ian Swensen produced some extraordinary music in the Centennial Concert Saturday afternoon&#8230;\u201d<br> &#8211; <em>Piedmont Post<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cropped-header_LeoGarcia1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cropped-header_LeoGarcia1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57\" style=\"width:551px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cropped-header_LeoGarcia1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cropped-header_LeoGarcia1-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c\u2026 a blissful performance, which included perfect Piazzolla that elicited repeated under-the-breath &#8216;wows&#8217; from the audience members around me.\u201d \u2013 Piedmont Post \u201cThis is what people mean by musical playing\u2014a truly superior performance.\u201d &#8211; Alan Fletcher, Composer and President of the Aspen Music Festival \u201cGarc\u00eda\u2019s stage presence is riveting, but at the same time he &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/?page_id=5\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/188"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardogarcia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}