Alec O'Leary
We are delighted to welcome back Irish guitarist Alec O'Leary as a guest resident in our new season. Many of you may remember Alec's wonderful performance with soprano Deirdre Moynihan in Galway last year. Widely regarded as one of the foremost guitarists of his generation, Alec first learned guitar from his father and subsequently went on to study from an early age with Irish virtuoso John Feeley at the Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama. He has had personal tuition from some of the world's most distinguished musicians, including Manuel Barreuco, Scott Tennant, Sergio Assad, Roberto Aussel and Roland Dyens. He has also studied in Naples with Maestro Aniello Desiderio aided by the Arts Council Travel and Training Award. Alec is founder and director of one of Europe's most prestigious guitar festivals, the Waltons Guitar Festival of Ireland.
Alec will perform with The Galway Ensemble in Residence, ConTempo Quartet in Kilkenny, Wexford and Galway in September and October of this year.
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This exciting programme features guitar solos from Alec's repertoire, including Astor Piazzolla's Verano Porteno and Antonio Jobim's Felicidade plus Joseph Haydn's Emperor Quartet performed by ConTempo. These five wonderful musicians will perform the popular Fandango Quintet by Luigi Boccherini, 6 Etudes for Guitar & Strings by Fernando Sor and Djembe, a highly rhythmic and exhilirating piece by French-Tunisian composer Roland Dyens.
