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Upcoming
highlights.....
Daisy Chute and Simon Thacker
duo:
Sun 2nd August 2009, 7pm, Balquhidder Summer Music
Camerata Ritmata with Daisy
Chute: Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh, Fri 21st August
7.30pm,
part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, info and booking
here
News.....
Simon has been
appointed Honorary Fellow of Music at the University of
Aberdeen, more info soon.
Coming soon:
Simon Thacker and the Nava Rasa Ensemble,
groundbreaking intercultural project
"The guitar is
often underrated as a solo instrument, but Thacker
demonstrated with startling virtuosity just how versatile
and exciting it can be in the right hands."
The Scotsman
"Thacker...is now one of the UK’s leading classical
guitarists – and, as well as having the instrumental mastery
to play demanding pieces with apparent ease, boasts a
disarmingly natural and entertaining presentational style."
Glasgow Herald
"In solo classical guitar music by Ponce, Villa Lobos and
Gnattali, Thacker displayed highly sophisticated playing
that is second to none in its detailed clarity – brilliantly
silvery one moment, muscular and earthy the next."
The Scotsman
Welcome.....
to the website of classical guitarist
Simon Thacker who
has attracted the
highest acclaim wherever he has performed, from Scotland to
Havana, London to Malta. His technical virtuosity and
emotionally charged interpretations have established him as
one of Britain’s most exciting classical performers.
Simon is renowned for his
exciting and innovative projects which showcase the guitar
in new and groundbreaking ways, moving and entertaining
audiences in equal measure, changing perceptions of the
classical guitar.
Ensembles.....
Simon Thacker and
The Nava Rasa Ensemble, nine of the UK's finest Indian and
Western classical musicians, UK tour... details soon
Unique duo and
quintet programmes with the exquisite voice of All Angels'
Daisy Chute.
Acclaimed
voice and guitar duo
ˇCanto vivo!, featuring
the stunning Maltese soprano Claire Debono.
Cross genre
collaboration
Camerata Ritmata,
with three of Scotland's finest jazz musicians.
Reviews.....
ˇCanto vivo! Queens Hall review by
the Scotsman
here
The
Alternative Guitar, Aberdeen University review
here
*****
Scotsman review of
The
Alternative Guitar premiere performance at the
Queens Hall, Edinburgh
here
ˇCanto vivo! Dundee University
review here
Camerata Ritmata reviews by the Herald (here)
and Scotsman (here)
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