Sixty years ago, on Friday 12 June 1964, Julian Bream premièred the Nocturnal after John Dowland for Guitar, Op. 70 by Benjamin Britten at the seventeenth Aldeburgh Festival in the Jubilee Hall, in the seaside town of Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast. Benjamin Britten completed the Nocturnal after John Dowland for Guitar, Op. 70, which was dedicated…
Gilbert Biberian A Memorial Concert in Celebration of his 80th Birthday Saturday 24 February 2024 St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier Street, Cheltenham GL50 1SP, 7pm The Programme features music composed or arranged by Gilbert Biberian Oración, On Harmonics, Romance, March no. 1 and no. 2, Midsummer’s Day, Arie Antiche, Pavane, Pearl, Four Waltzes November Leaves, December…
Friday 14 August 2020 The classical guitarist and lutenist JULIAN BREAM, who celebrated his 87th birthday on 15 July 2020, passed away peacefully at his home last night. © Thérèse Wassily Saba 2020
The classical guitarist and lutenist JULIAN BREAM celebrates his 87th birthday today 15 July 2020 HARDLY a day goes by when we are not reminded of the great contribution Julian Bream has made to the classical guitar repertoire – both to contemporary repertoire and music from earlier centuries – performing on guitar, lute, early guitars and…
The young Japanese guitarist Saki Kato will be premièring the latest commission of The Julian Bream Trust, Streams and Variations by the British composer Edward Cowie on Thursday 21 November 2019 at Wigmore Hall, London. Julian Bream established The Julian Bream Trust in 2008 to continue his legacy of expanding the contemporary classical guitar repertoire by commissioning composers to write…
A NEW WORK FOR SOLO GUITAR, Catalan Peasant with Guitar by the British composer Julian Anderson, will be premièred by Laura Snowden at the annual Julian Bream Trust Concert to be held on Saturday 21 November 2015 at Wigmore Hall, London. Julian Bream is continuing his legacy of expanding the contemporary classical guitar repertoire by commissioning…
International Classical Guitar 