Saffire

Saffire or Saffire: The Australian Guitar Quartet were an Australian classical music group, which formed in 2002.It consisted of four guitarists Anthony Field, Slava Grigoryan, Gareth Koch and Karin Schaupp.Leonard Grigoryan, Slava's younger brother, replaced Field in 2005.The members also worked as solo performers and in other ensembles.Their debut album, Saffire: The Australian Guitar Quartet, was released in June 2003, which peaked at No. 46 on the ARIA Albums Chart and No. 1 on the related ARIA Classical Chart.At the ARIA Music Awards of 2003 it won the Best Classical Album category.They released two more albums, Nostálgica (October 2004) and Renaissance (September 2006) before disbanding in 2007.