The Sandomirsky-Bledsoe Duo was formed in 1998 with the intention of creating and recording new repertoire for the unique combination of guitar and violin. Although common in many folkloric cultures such as South America and Eastern Europe, the duo of guitar and violin rarely perform on the concert stage. Since the release of their CD "Café Sarce", the Sandomirsky-Bledsoe Duo has received much critical acclaim as well as successful concert tours internationally. Most recently, they performed at the Oldenburg Chamber Music festival in Germany as well as successful dates in and around Paris, France. They have both been given faculty positions at the Adriatic Chamber music festival in Bonefro, Italy. Their next CD, planned for release in 2003, will be the music of Franz Schubert and J.S. Bach.

Gregory Sandomirsky:
 A violinist who brings the Russian violin tradition to international music, Gregory Sandomirsky started his violin education in the USSR at Krivoy Rog Lysenko Music School where he graduated with honors. He received his Masters in Violin from the Odessa Conservatory in 1971. He began his teaching career at this conservatory as an assistant to Professor Mordkovich, and later taught violin and chamber music at Kirovograd and Krivoy Rog Colleges of Music.
Mr. Sandomirsky has performed with consistant critical acclaim as an orchestra member, concertmaster and soloist with the symphonies all over the world. Currently he is associate concertmaster of the Kansas City Symphony.
In addition to his work with symphonic and chamber orchestras, Mr. Sandomirsky has joined his artistic talent with other distinguished musicians such as the Odessa Trio, pianist Bair Shagdaron and pianist Stanislav Ioudenitch.

Beau Bledsoe:

Since completing his Masters in Music at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music in 1997, Beau has studied flamenco with Pedro Cortez and Luis Heredia in New York City. His interest in exploring new repertoire, cultures and programming ideas has lead to the creation of a large body of arrangements, transcriptions and compositions for the solo guitar and guitar chamber music. In addition to many engagements as a soloist, Beau has also worked extensively both domestically and internationally with the Guthrie Theater, operatic tenor Nathan Granner, Argentine Tango group, Tango Lorca and with flamenco dancers Miel Castagana , Ray Duran and Antonio Vargas. He has served as music faculty at both Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas and Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri. Most recently, he has co-founded the record label Tzigane and the flamenco music and dance school Manos Rojas .