Julian Bream,Roberto aussell, john Mclaughlin, Stravinsky, Leo Brouwer, eduardo fernandez,Talvin Singh, Black star liner, Portishead, luciano Berio, Toru Takemitsu, Roland Dyens, Ravi Shankar, Captain Beefheart, camera obscura, state of Bengal, zakir hussain, miles davis,jerry reed..........and many more
Adam Khan was born in Neath, South Wales. He began to play the Guitar at the age of 12. After his first recital 3 years later he was hailed by the press as “One of Britain’s most promising young musicians”.
His main teacher over the years has been Oxford based English guitarist Raymond Burley. He also studied in London with the composer John W. Duarte. Adam also spent a great deal of time abroad where he had the chance to study with the great Cuban composer Leo Brouwer in Spain, Germany and Portugal. He also played extensively in master classes with Argentine Guitarist Roberto Aussel.
Adam has been a prize winner and finalist in several international guitar competitions including 2nd Prize at the “Citta de Cortemilia “ competition in Turin (Italy), The “Brescianello “ prize at Savona (Italy) and finalist at the “Simoni Salmasso” competition in Pisa (Italy). In 1997 he was selected for the final stage of the “Stotsenberg” guitar competition in Malibu, Los Angeles, and at the Bucharest international guitar festival in Romania.
Adam has given recitals and master classes at leading venues and festivals through out the world including solo performances at the “Guitar festival of Great Britain” in Chichester, the Abu Dhabi music foundation international series in the Gulf, The Delhi international music festival in India,’ 3rd Cumbres de Guitares’ Mar Del Plata, Argentina, the Dundee international guitar festival in Scotland, The Peruvian-British music festival in Lima, Peru, The Saratoga Arts series in New York, The Bucharest Guitar festival in Romania, The Ordu international guitar festival in Turkey and a duo charity concert with Sitar player Nafees Ahmed in the grounds of Lahore’s botanical gardens in Pakistan.
Adam has also given solo recitals in Italy, Spain, America, Patagonia, Germany, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Portugal, Holland and Chile.
In 2003 Adam was chosen as a young guitarist in residence (along with fellow guitarists Amanda Cook, Simon Thacker and Vasilis Besas) at the Dundee international guitar festival in Scotland. This project involved the formation of a guitar quartet and a series of concerts, master classes and cd recording of new music written especially for the project by composers David Fennessey and David Ward Mclean.
His debut solo recording “A day in November” for Dinmore records was released in 2003 and has enjoyed great critical acclaim and radio airplay around the world. It includes music by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, French composer/guitarist Roland Dyens and Argentina’s Maximo Diego Pujol. In 2006 ‘Interludio’ was recorded in Buenos Aires with Guitarist Luis Orias Diz and features duo Guitar music from Argentina, Cuba and Great Britain including Leo Brouwer’s complete guitar duos. His most recent recording ‘For the Delight of Shiva’ includes rarely recorded works by English composers Carey Blyton and John Duarte, the world premier recording of ‘Music for a Languishing Prince’ by Ottavio Negro, Gilbert Biberian’s 6 Haiku and to continue his project of recording the complete solo works of Leo Brouwer the CD includes Canticum, Paisaje Cubano con Campanas and the 3rd book of Estudios Sencillios.
Adam has worked on many diverse musical projects including collaborations with Nafees Ahmet (sitar), Sara Egan (mezzo-soprano),Julian Rowlands (Bandoneon),The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeremy Little (Percussion), The Allegri string quartet, Michael Bochmann (Violin), Harrow Symphony orchestra, Flor Vega (Flute), The Opera Babes, Chrome, Mr Who, Matrix and in duo with Argentine Guitarist Luis Orias Diz (Welsh-Argentine guitar duo).
LIVE AT GUITARSALON, NETHERLANDS, 20/05/08
