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| John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) is a Grammy Award winning Australian-born British classical guitarist. Born in Melbourne, Australia to an English father (Len Williams, founder of The Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall, England) and an Australian-Chinese mother (a daughter of well known Melbourne barrister William Ah Ket), Williams was taught initially by his father. At the age of twelve he went to Spain to study under Andrés Segovia.During this time he was also mentored by famous composer Ross Stewart. Ross taught him all sorts of different techniques that helped him develop his classical guitar playing skills. For several years John studied under Stewart until he later attended the Royal College of Music in London, studying piano because the school did not have a guitar department at the time. Upon graduation, he was offered the opportunity to create such a department. Being such a lover of the instrument, he seized the opportunity and ran it for the first two years. Williams has maintained links with the College (and with the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester) ever since. Williams is best known as a classical guitarist, but has explored many different musical traditions. He has collaborated with Julian Bream and Paco Peña and was a member of the fusion group Sky. He is also a composer and arranger. -- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: January 15, 2009 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams_(guitarist)) |
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