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John Williams is an only child who was born on 24 April 1941 in Melbourne to an English father, Len Williams, who bought John, at age four, his first guitar with a modified neck. [3] Len would later found the Spanish Guitar Centre in London, England. John's mother Melaan ( née Ah Ket) was the daughter of William Ah Ket, the first Australian ...
The first biography of John Williams—Strings Attached: The Life & Music of John Williams, written by William Starling—came out in 2012. It’s a remarkable book, not only for its insights into the Australia-born virtuoso, but also because the opening chapters present thoroughly researched background information on the guitarist’s English ...
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WHAT JOHN WILLIAMS PLAYS [1999]: John Williams owns two guitars built by Australian luthier Greg Smallman: a 1992 and a 1995. His Smallmans feature an extremely thin cedar top reinforced with a unique lattice bracing of carbon fiber strands. An early prototype had a top made of balsa wood.
Dec 27, 2017 · John Williams got his first guitar when he was 4, in his native Australia. He started daily lessons with his father at age 6. Len Williams was a working jazz guitarist who was determined to see ...
I play on two tracks on jazz pianist/composer Kate Williams' album Finding Home featuring vocalist Georgia Mancio, jazz trio and string quartet. The recording won album of the year at the 2020 UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Here is the link to one of them; listen to Kate's arrangement of Victor Jara's Caminando, Caminando. New CD "Vivaldi, Etc ...
Aug 6, 2020 · August 6, 2020. September-October 2020. In the pantheon of classical guitar greats, Australia-born John Williams stands as a most imposing figure. For decades he has been the archetype for recitalists of the post-Segovia era. His singular technical abilities and thoroughgoing approach to the music he plays have set very high standards for those ...
In recent years John Williams has set up his own record label to feature music written by himself and his friends. The latest of these is Concerto including works for guitar and orchestra by Ross Edwards, Horacio Salinas and Academy alumnus Stephen Goss. John Williams is a consultant in the Guitar Department of the Royal Academy of Music.
