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Who's Who Wednesday Categories Who's Who Wednesday Year Two Who’s Who Wednesday Categories Royalty John Williams Julian Bream Christopher Parkening Pepe Romero Master Teachers and Top Performers Oscar Ghiglia Manual Barruecco (Peabody Conservatory-Baltimore, Maryland) Sergio & Adair Assad Sharon Isbin (Julliard School of Music-New York, NY) David Russell Elliot Fisk (Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria) Roland Dyens (Conservatory of Music in Paris, France) Paul Galbraith The University of Southern California Pepe Romero Andrew York William Kanengiser Scott Tenant Martha Masters Brian Head Dusan Bogdanovic Christopher Parkening Top Composers Leo Brouwer Brian Head (University of Southern California) Dusan Bogdanovic (San Francisco Conservatory) Andrew York (University of Southern California) Top University Teachers Aaron Shearer (Duquesne University-Pittsburgh, PA) Andrew York (University of Southern California) William Kanengiser (University of Southern California) Scott Tennant (University of Southern California) Brian Head (University of Southern California) Martha Masters (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA) Bruce Holzman (Florida State University) Adam Holzman (University of Texas, Austin, TX) Tom Patterson (University of Arizona-Tucson, AZ) Mike Christiansen (Utah State University-Logan,UT) Page 1 Who's Who Wednesday Year Two Frank Koonce (Arizona State University-Tempe,AZ) Michael Chapdelaine (University of New Mexico-Albuquerque,NM) Robert Guthrie (Southern Methodist University-Dallas,TX) David Tannenbaum (San Francisco Conservatory of Music) Stanley Yates (Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN) Benjamin Verdery (Yale University – New Haven, CT) Jason Vieaux (Cleveland Institute of Music-Cleveland,OH) Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) Winners Michael Chapdelaine-1982 Adam Holzman-1983 Jason Vieaux-1992 Martha Masters-2000 Jerome Ducharme-2005 Outstanding Young Performers (Under age 40) Martha Masters Jason Vieaux Ana Vidovic Jerome Ducharme Page 2 Who's Who Wednesday Year Two John Williams Websites: www.wikipedia.org www.plum.cream.org Date of Birth: April 24, 1941 Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia Schools Attended: Royal Academy of Music in London Teachers: father, Andre Segovia University Currently Teaching: Visiting Pro- fessor at the Royal Academy of Music in Lon- don Won the following Competitions: Mentions Andre Segovia? Yes How many recordings? 153 Currently touring? Yes Grammy Award Winner? Yes, 1973 Outstanding Achievements: Born in Melbourne, Australia to an English father (Len Williams) and an Australian- Chinese mother, Williams was taught initially by his father. At the age of twelve he went to Italy to study under "The Maestro", Andrés Segovia. Later, he attended the Royal College of Music in London. He is visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Williams made his professional debut at the Wigmore Hall in Lon- don on 6th November 1958, five months shy of his 18th birthday and completing his formal musical education. Williams studied piano and music theory. He didn't study guitar simply because, like most other musical colleges and conservatoires at that time, the RCM didn't provide a Guitar curriculum! Shortly after his graduation, how- ever, he was invited to run the newly-created Guitar department. The College was evidently getting prepared for the onslaught of musicians who'd want to emulate their recent alumnus! He remained in the post until 1973, when his place was taken by his former student Carlos Bonnell. Williams has maintained a relationship with the College throughout the years and remains a Visiting Professor, including to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. John Williams was one of several high-profile young classical solosists trying to make careers during the sixties, very much against the counter-culture norm for their peers. John Williams has always spent a considerable amount of energy on expanding his repertoire beyond what Segovia had established. Page 3 Who's Who Wednesday Year Two Julian Bream Websites: Date of Birth: July 15, 1933 Place of Birth: London, England Schools Attended: Royal College of Music Teachers: father University Currently Teaching: Won the following Competitions: Mentions Andre Segovia? Yes How many recordings? Over 70 Currently Touring? Grammy Award Winner? Yes, 1973 Outstanding Achievements: Order of the British Empire, Villa-Lobos Gold Medal Julian Bream, guitarist and lutenist, has delighted audiences since his early recitals as a child prodigy. Following an official debut at Cheltenham on 17 February 1947, at the age of thirteen, he was soon acknowledged as one of the most remarkable artists of the post-war era. By his sixteenth birthday, Julian Bream had taken part in dozens of BBC broadcasts, recitals, and film music, and, furthermore, fascinated by the lute and its culture, had begun researching the Elizabethan repertoire. In No- vember 1951, he made a triumphant debut at the Wigmore Hall, London. Julian Bream was awarded an OBE (1964) for services to music and the CBE (1985). He has received Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Surrey (1968), and Leeds (1984). In 1976 he was personally presented with the Villa-Lobos Gold Medal by the composer's widow. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (1966), and has been honoured with Fellowships of the Royal College of Mu- sic (1981) and the Royal Northern College of Music (1983). In 1988 he became an Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society, and was also presented with the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist's Award in 1996. In 1997, in celebra- tion if the fiftieth anniversary of his debut, he performed a recital at Cheltenham Town Hall. A few weeks later the BBC dedicated a special television tribute This Is Your Life programme to Julian Bream, filmed after a commemorative concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. His engagements in recent years have included a Gala solo performance at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, a Kosovo Aid concert at St. John's Smith Square, London, with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields recit- als at the Snape Proms, Aldeburgh, and at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and a tour of UK National Trust properties in summer and autumn 2000. In November 2001 he gave an anniversary recital at Wigmore Hall, celebrating 50 years since his debut there in 1951. Page 4 Who's Who Wednesday Year Two Christopher Parkening Websites: www.wikipedia.org www.parkening.com Date of Birth: December 14, 1947 Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA Schools Attended: University of Southern Cali- fornia (USC) Teachers: Andre Segovia, James Smith University Currently Teaching: Summer mas- ter classes in Bozeman, MT Won the following Competitions: Mentions Andre Segovia? Yes How many recordings? 21 Currently touring? Yes Grammy Award Winner? Outstanding Achievements: Honorary Doc- torate of Music from Montana State University Parkening is recognized as heir to the legacy of Segovia, who said, "Christopher Parkening is a great artist—-he is one of the most brilliant guitarists in the world." Christopher Parkening lives with his wife, Theresa, and son Luke in Southern Cali- fornia. Each summer he teaches master classes in Bozeman, Montana. Parkening was acknowledged as “Best Classical Guitarist” in the nationwide readers’ poll of Guitar Player Magazine for many consecutive years, he was placed in their Gallery of Greats along with Andrés Segovia and English guitarists John Williams and Julian Bream. Parkening’s commitment to music extends beyond his demanding perform- ance schedule. June 2006 saw the launch of the Parkening International Guitar Competition, honoring Parkening’s lifetime commitment to fostering musical excel- lence in young artists. The Parkening International Guitar Competition features per- formers from around the world and offers the largest prize purse of any guitar com- petition worldwide. The competition will be held every four years at Pepperdine Uni- versity, where Mr. Parkening was recently named a Distinguished Professor of Mu- sic and has chaired the Christopher Parkening Chair in Classical Guitar since the fall of 2002. He also teaches an annual summer master class at Montana State Uni- versity in Bozeman, Montana. He has recorded 20 albums, and earned two Grammy® nominations in the category of “Best Classical Recording.” He recently received the University Musical Society's "Distinguished Artist Award" for 2003 at the Ford Honors Program. He founded the classical guitar department at Pepper- dine University, and holds the Christopher Parkening Chair in Classical Guitar as Distinguished Professor of Music. Page 5 Who's Who Wednesday Year Two Pepe Romero Websites: www.wikipedia.org www.peperomero.com Date of Birth: March 18, 1944 Place of Birth: Malaga, Spain Schools Attended: Teachers: father, Celedonio Romero University Currently Teaching: UCLA guest Won the following Competitions: Mentions Andre Segovia? Yes How many recordings? Over 50 Currently touring? Yes, worldwide Grammy Award Winner? Outstanding Achievements: Has been knighted, received an Honorary Doctorate of Music and the Premio Andalucia de Musica, the highest honor from Spain Since his first recording (at the age of 15) he has recorded over 50 solo albums and 30 albums as part of the famed guitar quartet The Romeros. Pepe Romero is the second son of Celedonio Romero, who was his only guitar teacher. His first profes- sional appearance was in a shared concert with his father when Pepe was only seven years old. In 1957 Celedonio Romero left Franco's Spain
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