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John Christopher Williams AO OBE is an Australian-born classical guitarist renowned for his ensemble playing as well as his interpretation and promotion of the modern classical guitar repertoire. In 1973, he shared a Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music Performance category with fellow guitarist Julian Bream for Together. Guitar historian Graham Wade has said that "John is perhaps the most ...
Bridges is a studio album by Australian classical guitarist John Williams released in 1979. The album contains many original arrangements by Stanley Myers including Cavatina (The Theme From 'The Deer Hunter') and includes covers of Bach compositions. The album topped out at fifth on the UK Albums Chart in 1979, and was in the top ten for four ...
Cavatina (Myers) " Cavatina " is a 1970 classical guitar piece by British composer Stanley Myers based on music originally written for the soundtrack of the film The Walking Stick (1970). After Myers expanded the piece and it was recorded by guitarist John Williams, "Cavatina" was popularized as the theme from the 1978 film The Deer Hunter.
Born and raised in New York, Mr. Williams moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948, where he studied composition with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. After service in the Air Force, he returned to New York to attend the Juilliard School, where he studied piano with Madame Rosina Lhevinne. While in New York, he also worked as a jazz pianist, both ...
The top of Smallman guitars is braced using a "lattice" framework composed of balsa wood and carbon fibre. By contrast, traditional classical guitars use struts made of cedar or spruce arranged in a "fan" shape. The world-renowned classical guitarists John Williams, Miloš Karadaglić, Xuefei Yang and many others use Greg Smallman guitars.
John Williams /Riverside County Philharmonic – Michele Zukovsky, Clarinet – Los Angeles. Komponerad 1991 för Michele Zukovsky, försteklarinettist i LA Philharmonic [ 8] 1993. Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra ( The Five Sacred Trees ) 1995-04-15.
Musician. Instrument (s) Classical guitar. Labels. Capitol, EMI, Angel. Website. www .parkening .com. Christopher William Parkening (born December 14, 1947) is an American classical guitarist. He holds the Chair of Classical Guitar at Pepperdine University under the title Distinguished Professor of Music.
