London-based guitarist Adam
Brown has performed throughout Europe, the United
States and South America. Among his many concert appearances are
recitals at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and the 92nd St.Y-Tisch Center
for the Performing Arts in New York City, and at
London’s
Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre. He
has also performed at such renowned music festivals as Aspen (USA), Spoleto (Italy), Accademia Chigiana (Italy), Amsterdam International Guitar Festival
(The Netherlands), Bath International Guitar Festival (England) and the Musica y Danza Festival (Peru).
Performances
in 2011 included solo recitals at the Purcell Room at London’s
Southbank Centre, the Bath, Bermuda, Bolivar
Hall-London Guitar Festival, and Cheltenham International Guitar Festivals, the
Edinburgh International Fringe Festival and the International Guitar Festival
at Kings Place
in London.
The Rebels Within, Adam Brown’s first
commercial solo album, released in 2009 features works by Benjamin Britten,
Frank Martin, Nuccio D'Angelo and Lennox Berkeley. Gladios, his recently released second album,
showcases works by prominent Latin American composers, including Lauro, Montes,
Chavez, Piazzolla, Brouwer and Barrios.
Adam’s current recording project, Without Limits-An American Century of Music for Guitar,
will highlight the eclectic characteristics of contemporary music in the United States.
Born in Edinburgh, Adam Brown studied
with Carlos Bonell as a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music in London, where he earned
his Bachelor of Music degree with Honours
and received several prestigious awards.
He continued his studies with Sharon Isbin at the Juilliard
School in New York City, completing the Masters of
Music degree and subsequently becoming the first guitarist to obtain Julliard's
distinguished Artist Diploma degree. He
went on to earn a performance-based Doctorate in Musical Arts at the University of Southern
California in Los
Angeles, where he studied with the celebrated
guitarists William Kanengiser and Pepe Romero.
More
information on the artist, including audio and video performances, can be found
at www.adambrownguitar.com.
