When not performing solo, Maria can be heard with any configuration of the following musicians and dancers: Sten Isachsen, guitar; Monica Roach, cello; Stephen Orsini, bass; Mote Matson, percussion; Brian Melick, percussion; Tony Dumas, percussion; Martha Gallagher, harp; La Nina, Spanish & flamenco dancer; Lisa Martinez, Spanish & flamenco dancer; The Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet; The Wister String Quartet.
Maria's ensemble, "Alegria!" is the premier music ensemble of its style in New York's Capital Region. Put your cursor over the photos to get more information.
Influences
Wow! Everything. Everywhere. But how could I not mention Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Patti Smith (that's right!), Harvey Reid, Paco de Lucia, Paco Pena, Sabicas, Mario Escudero, Enrique Vargas, Dennis Koster, Stephen Funk Pearson, Strunz & Farah, The Assads (all of them), The LA Guitar Quartet, Ojos de Brujos.....just off the top of my head!
Sounds Like
"Happy Driving Music!"....."More than one guitar playing!".....or as one reviewer wrote: "She gets better everytime we hear her. One of these days, she's just going to make our heads explode!" (Metroland)
Thank you METROLAND for voting Maria Zemantauski the "Best Acoustic Guitarist" in the Capital Region!
VOTED BEST ACOUSTIC GUITARIST IN NEW YORK'S CAPITAL REGION by Metroland Newsweekly:
"She may play a nylon-string guitar rather than the more common steel-string flat-top, but don't be fooled -- classical/flamenco ace Maria Zemantauski doesn't pussyfoot around on those six strings and twenty-odd frets. She can set bass notes rumbling like an avalanche and treble passages flying like sparks off a blowtorch if she's so inclined. Around here, she is unmatched for both chops and the power to telegraph emotion that all art aspires to."
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