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
ARIA Music Awards of 2003
ARIA Music Awards of 2003
Saffire (music)