| Credits: Lesley Garret says of him: ‘Thrilling guitar playing’ and Tommy Emmanuel says: 'Fantastic Compositions'. This Australian guitarist has toured the world, performed and recorded with some of the top guitar players in the world. Style: Classical Guitar, Spanish Classical, Standard Repertoire, Own Compositions, Contemporary arrangements, Blues & Jazz. Biography: Teachers: Greg Pikler, Gilbert Biberian, Carlos Bonell. Studied at the NSW Conservatorium of Music, he made his Sydney Opera House debut in 1988. |  From 1979 to 1996 he lived and worked in Sydney as a performer and composer. During that time he worked extensively as a Wedding/Function Guitarist both as a soloist and in a Flute/Guitar/Cello Trio.
He is currently recording for an Acoustic/Blues Band with Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull) and with a Classical Guitar Trio. He has recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra, Mike Lindup (Level 42), Lesley Garrett, Steve Vai, Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull) and performed with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tommy Emmanuel.Thank you Letters : "I meant to write to tell you that (CH-01) was really great. He was perfect for our event and he played some blues with my husband on harmonica so Ian was really thrilled. Please let him know that we will certainly have him again and that Jack our eldest son has been listening to his CD ever since." (Frances Livingstone, Family Party, July 2006) Performance Highlights: Tours: Italian Tours (‘89, ‘90), Mexico (‘89), UK (‘89, ‘90), USA (‘97), Australia (2001). Sydney Opera House - Debut - 1988. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – 2000 English Chamber Orchestra Britten Sinfonia – 2000 Mike Lindup - Level 42 - 2001 Boston Symphony Orchestra - 2002 'Australian Invasion' project - Tommy Emmanuel 2001 and 2002. Television and Radio: 2MBSFM Sydney and the ABCs’ Radio National. Australian Television - Channel 7, Channel 10 and Channel 9. BBC: Radio 5 Live, Radio 3’s In Tune Program, BBC Southern Counties, BBC Radio Merseyside and LBC. Repertoire: | Cavatina, Recuedos de la Alhambra, Black Orpheus (Luis Bonfa), If, Killing Me Softly, Memory from Cats, Moon River, Send in the Clowns, Asturias, Spanish Ballad, Classical Gas, Mood for a Day, Rain Song (Jimmy Page), | El Noy de la Mare, Romance (Paganini), Suite Espanol (Caspar Sanz), Bach Selections, 5 Sor Minuets, Variations on a Theme by Mozart (Sor), Capricho Arabe (Tarrega), 5 Preludes (Villa Lobos), Two Lauro Waltzes, Ave Maria, Sunflower (Mancini) Feelings, Signe (Eric Clapton), | Plus many more... | | |
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