Allan Neave

Allan Neave presently teaches at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama,Glasgow and at the University of St Andrews. To date he has been active in the promotion of new music, with many composers writing works for him; Stephen Dodgson, Nikita Koshkin, Edward McGuire*, Alasdair Nicolson* and Gordon McPherson* producing substantial works for the instrument!
(*featured on his debut CD '...the isle is full of noises...' cat.no.BGSCD101)

He performs regularly at many of the world's leading festivals, recently at the Zory and Tychy Festivals,Poland, the Celebrity Concert Series,Holland, the Scottish Guitar Festival and the Bath International Guitar Festival . His touring schedule has recently taken Allan to the USA,Spain, Ireland,Germany, France in the past few years and in 2000 will take him to Peru for the first time! He has performed for many broadcasting organisations; Polish TV, Radio France, BBC Radio 3, RadioSodre, ABC are amongst many worldwide who use his work.

Highlights of the 1997 season included the launch of his CD of contemporary Scottish guitar music; the world's first live internet guitar gig ; performances of Rodrigo's 'Aranjuez' with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the European premiere of Steve Reich's 'Nagoya Guitars' in duo with the American virtuoso David Tanenbaum. 1998 was no less exciting with performances in the United States and at the first Northern Ireland Guitar Festival in Belfast. 1999 has seen the launch of 2 more recordings reflecting Allan's eclectic tastes, one commissioned for the opening of DCA, a new visual arts centre in Dundee of multi tracked guitars and percussion 'Friends in strange places' by Gordon McPherson and a second in Celtic vein with jazz guitar virtuoso Don Paterson called 'Baldragon'. Allan is also involved in a rare performance of one of the 20th centuries seminal works 'El Cimarron' by Hans Werner Henze in Manchester this October.

'one of the foremost performers among today's classical guitarists'

The Observer

'simple and captivating lyricism'

Belfast Telegraph

'....Scotland's finest classical guitarist of the younger generation....'

Classical Guitar

'...considerable technical dexterity and a finely-honed awareness of the shape and feeling of the music he played...'

The Herald

'Neaves supreme and light fingered technique shone........ Neave is not only a contemporary specialist but also a remarkably sensitive musician, his evocative sound softly resounded in his interpretations'

Bonnner Rundeschau

General Concert Programme 1
Praetorius - Mediaeval Dances
Ponce - Sonatina Meridional
Barrios - Madrigal Gavota,Una limosna por el amour de dios & Vals Op8 no 4
Sojo - 5 Pieces from Venezuela
Paterson - Waltz for Rosa & The Lavender Truck
interval
Lauro - Suite Venezolano
Bonfa - Na Sombra Da Mangueria
Rodrigo - Invocacion et danse
Granados - Villanesca and La Maja de Goya
Maxwell-Davies -Farewell to Stromness

General Concert Programme 2
JSBach: 2nd Lute Suite
Barrios: Madrigal Gavota, La Catedral & Una Limosna por el
Amor de Dios
interval
Sergio Assad: Aquarelle
Gordon McPherson: Brevity can save the Nation
Ralph Towner: The Jugglers Etude

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