Svara-Kanti four
world premieres by some of the world's greatest composers on
a Creative Scotland supported UK tour.... Full announcement
to come (premiere in April at a major London festival)
Buxton Festival
performances: solo, Svara-Kanti, and Camerata Ritmata in
July
Svara-Kanti
Cheltenham Festival performance July
Solo recital at
Music at Paxton Festival July
many more to
come, watch this space....
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Great review in
Classical Music Magazine (27/08/11 issue) of the Nada-Ananda CD:
"the virtuosity of Thacker is matched by sizzling sounds
from Jyotsna Srikanth's Indian violin and Sarvar Sabri's
tabla playing".
Simon Thacker and
The Nava Rasa Ensemble: the new Nada-Ananda CD is now available
here. Simon's
innovative nine piece Indian/Western project in world
premiere recordings of Shirish Korde and
Nigel Osborne's groundbreaking new works. Released on Slap
The Moon Records.
Svara-Kanti
is a
collaboration with three of the UK's very best Indian
performers to explore Indian classical, folk and film music
merged with contemporary Western classical and jazz sounds.
Info and
links
here
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. He is
Head of Guitar at Edinburgh Napier University and
Honorary Fellow in Music at the University of Aberdeen.
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.
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"Guitarist Simon Thacker transcends the instrument and persuades it to
produce music loaded with subtle nuances and character."
Classical Music Sentinel
"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... as well as having the instrumental mastery
to play demanding pieces with apparent ease, boasts a
disarmingly natural and entertaining presentational style."
The Herald
Ensembles.....
Svara-Kanti,
collaboration
with three of the UK's greatest Indian performers to explore
Indian classical, folk and film music merged with contemporary
Western classical and jazz sounds
Cross genre group
Camerata Ritmata, with
leading jazz and world musicians.
