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Upcoming highlights.....
Camerata Ritmata with Daisy Chute: Fri 20th Aug 2010,
Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh. Tickets: 0131 665 2240,
online
here,
Programme and
background info from Simon
here
News.....
Simon Thacker and
The Nava Rasa Ensemble, Simon's innovative nine piece
Indian/Western project which garnered rave reviews on it's
recent UK tour, has recorded Shirish Korde and
Nigel Osborne's groundbreaking new concerti, to be released
in late 2010. Join the mailing list for
the latest info.
Hear samples of the new CD on
Myspace, live performances on
YouTube.
Simon Thacker and
The Nava Rasa Ensemble reviews Scotsman
here, Guardian
here, Sound Festival
here and Eden Court
here.
Simon has been
appointed Honorary Fellow in Music at the University of
Aberdeen
"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, redefining the limits of the
classical guitar.
Ensembles.....
Cross genre
collaboration
Camerata Ritmata, with
leading jazz and world musicians.
Simon Thacker and
The Nava Rasa Ensemble, ambitious intercultural
project, 9 of the UK's finest Western/Indian classical
musicians, 2 new concerti
Unique duo and
quintet programmes with the exquisite voice of All Angels'
Daisy Chute.
Celebrated
voice and guitar duo
ˇCanto vivo!, featuring
the stunning Maltese soprano Claire Debono.
Reviews.....
Simon Thacker and
The Nava Rasa Ensemble reviews Scotsman
here, Guardian
here, Sound Festival
here and Eden Court
here.
More here
ˇCanto vivo! Queens Hall review by
the Scotsman
here
The
Alternative Guitar solo tour, Aberdeen University review
here
*****
Scotsman review of
The
Alternative Guitar solo tour 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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