JUST
RELEASED: Svara-Kanti's debut CD
Rakshasa is now available
here
News.....
Rakshasareview on
NADA BRAHMA, leading Asiatic music review site
here
Rakshasa
featured on BBC Radio 3's World on 3 with Mary Ann
Kennedy, available until 24/05/2013, hear Shava Ghund
Chuk Ke at 44.36
here
The debut
Svara-Kanti album Rakshasa, featuring new works by me, pioneering US legend Terry Riley,
UK intercultural master Nigel Osborne and India's Shirish
Korde, has just been released on Slap The
Moon Records, buy it
here.
Press preview
here and album of the month on Asian
here
Solo performance
confirmed at the Edinburgh Guitar and Music Festival on 27th
May, 7.30pm, details
here
I am working on new solo and Camerata Ritmata
programmes and a new duo with cellist
Justyna Jablonska,
full info to come....
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Svara-Kanti tour reviews on Bachtrack.com
here, the Scotsman
here, Ross-Shire Journal
here, United World Radio
here, Glasgow Herald
here and Roots of the World
here.
Welcome.....
to the website of visionary classical guitarist and composer
Simon Thacker, acclaimed for
his solo and chamber music performances and also as a leader
of and composer for groundbreaking intercultural ensembles.
As passionate about Segovia and jazz as he is about Indian
music and classical contemporary, he has performed in the
USA, Spain, France, Malta, Cuba and Belgium and on BBC Radio
3 and Cuban TV.
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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
Chaconne from Bach’s D minor Partita, written for violin, took on a
gentle gravitas in its guitar version, beautifully yet simply stated
through Thacker’s impeccable precision."
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
"Simon Thacker’s compositions and reworkings demonstrate his skill and
sensitivity in the teeth of what amounts to a considerably complex and
original journey with little precedent. His mastery of the guitar allows
him to pilot through unchartered waters with great conviction."
Edinburgh Guide
"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."
