Winning the 2024 BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award is Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe, for his Profesión album - of works by South American composers - on the Pentatone label.
Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe marks Canadian debut with Vancouver Recital Society, November 2 — Stir https://t.co/WelJiKiFNA @vanrecital@Vancivictheatre@seanstshibe
Poetic, intimate recital by @seanstshibe & friends at @glasshouseicm / @bbcproms - exquisite miniatures by James Dillon; Cassandra Miller’s Bel Canto’s fragments movingly allude to an operatic life; Pierre Boulez’s Le marteau sans maître’s world conjured with painterly precision
Cassandra Miller transforms the music of Scottish smallpipes player Brighde Chaimbeul in Chanter, a concerto for guitar and strings, written for @seanstshibe and @DunedinConsort. Delicate scoring creates a magical, dreamlike quality to her work. @Fabercomposers#RPSAwards
I've made a new version of my 'O Ecclesia' for @obanfiddle & @seanstshibe – premiere is at Kings Place on Friday, also performances in York and Perth. Will be lovely gigs x https://t.co/Zgzx2AwDZA
“Even as an undergraduate, there were times when I was, like, ‘I’m not sure I really like the guitar as an instrument’,” he says. “The guitar has a lot of drawbacks.”
@seanstshibe on discovering new colours with the electric guitar (thank you, @smh).
https://t.co/Ep1oZ4pLk9
We discovered so much about guitarist Sean Shibe's history and ethos with the guitar, and classical music more generally, in his fascinating interview with 2MBS Fine Music Sydney. 👌👉 https://t.co/zkBdObA3Bn
#ACO24Season#Scotland#AustralianChamberOrchestra
Sean Shibe is in the building! We can't wait to join forces and share 'Scotland Unbound', our program of music inspired by and written in the ancient lands of Scotland, which is where Sean is from.
'Scotland Unbound' tours from tomorrow (Thu 7 Nov): https://t.co/W2HEoH6K93
Guitarist @seanstshibe with the @A_C_O, Musica Alchemica with @MusicaVivaAU, new musicals at @qldtheatre and @MelbTheatreCo and more – here's our selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events in November.
https://t.co/cLuxQHV4Ie
Canadian composer Cassandra Miller enjoys finding space in her music for the instinctive and impromptu.
Hear her music in 'Scotland Unbound', our next national tour.
https://t.co/ozz3ddlbjS
Don't miss the chance to see the brilliant @SeanShibe in his debut Australian tour.
He's joining Richard Tognetti and the Orchestra for 'Scotland Unbound', touring to Wollongong, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, 7-20 Nov: https://t.co/W2HEoH6K93
Discover the fascinating processes and emotional impulses behind Cassandra Miller's 'Chanter', one of the works in our upcoming national concert tour, 'Scotland Unbound', starring guitar sensation Sean Shibe.
https://t.co/d0w68gYzvq