John Williams

International Celebrity Recital

Tuesday 20 May

Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1941 and taught the guitar by his father, John Williams can be regarded as a foremost ambassador of the guitar. By the early 1960s he had performed in London, Paris, Madrid, Japan, Russia and the US: he has since toured the world playing both solo and with orchestra and regularly on radio and TV. In 2007 he was presented with an Edison lifetime achievement award.

As part of the Festival's International Celebrity Recital series, John Williams comes to the Corn Exchange to present a programme of popular classical and contemporary repertoire. John Williams will perform works by Albeniz, Domenico Scarlatti, Carlo Domeniconi, Peter Sculthorpe as well as some of his own pieces plus some Venezuelan music.

Corn Exchange, Newbury
7.30pm (finishes approx 9.30pm)
£17.00
Licensed bar

“John Williams is a star - a virtuoso completely at ease with whatever style of music he turns to” The Scotsman