I'll be giving a free recital at the National Portrait Gallery this Friday, 30th March. The concert starts at 6.30pm in room 12 and will be 45mins without an interval.

The programme will include highlights from my new CD, Russian Guitar Music, Ponce's Sonatina Meridional, and as a stunning new composition by Richard Lannoy, Ode in Gratitude

Address
St Martin's Place
London WC2H 0HE

By Underground
The nearest Underground stations to the Gallery are:
Charing Cross 230 metres, Leicester Square 195 metres, and
Embankment 490 metres. Please note these stations do not have a lift.

By rail
Charing Cross station 320 metres from the St Martin's Place entrance.

By car, taxi or Dial-a-Ride
Set down and pick up at the
ramp entrance in Orange Street, which is reached via Haymarket.

It was a real treat to be invited to play at the Cairo Jazz Festival with Eduardo Niebla and his brother Salvador Niebla (drums).

What a warm welcome and an energetic, electric atmostphere! It's amazing to see people coming together and celebrating music in spite of recent difficulties. Jazz is such an all-inclusive, joyful and democratic art form and I can't think of a better soundtrack for modern Egypt than this festival. Local and international, traditional and modern music in a blend that's all the richer for its diversity. Hope it goes from strength to strength!   

I wanted to tell you about some really exciting new guitar pieces that are being written for me at the moment by some outstanding musicians:

Richard Lannoy is writing a Sonatina for solo guitar

Tim Garland is writing a set of Caprices to go alongside his 'Caprice No. 1', which I was honoured to perform as part of Tim's 'Momentum 2010' concert at LSO St Luke's, accompanied by Neil Percy (percussion)

Chris Gander is writing a large cycle of pieces based on times of day

On 10th August 2012, I'll be giving a solo recital at St Lawrence Jewry (next Guildhall), London. It's a lunchtime concert and free of charge so please drop by if you're around.

On 15th March, I'll be performing at Cairo Jazz Festival with Eduardo Niebla and his brother, Salvador Niebla (drums)