Sean Shibe Guitar Recital: Unplugged

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe has proven himself a truly original mind at the frontier of classical guitar. Often praised for his original programming, Sean Shibe creates unique textures on both electric and acoustic guitar with classical, contemporary and folk repertoire, earning prestigious accolades worldwide.

As a former BBC New Generation Artist, Shibe has garnered praise for his one-of-a-kind programming, earning him the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship 2012, Royal Philharmonic Society 2018 Young Artist Award and the 2022 Leonard Bernstein Award. His recordings are also highly acclaimed, winning prestigious prizes including OPUS Klassik (2021 & 2023), the 2019 Gramophone Concept Album of the Year and the 2021 Gramophone Instrumental Award.

In his Hong Kong début, Sean Shibe plays acoustic classical guitar repertoire, with works by Bach, Barrios, Villa-Lobos and Thomas Adès – be prepared to be awed by sounds you have never heard before on a guitar!

Programme

BACH
Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999

BARRIOS
La Catedral

VILLA-LOBOS
Prelude No. 3

VILLA-LOBOS
12 Études for Guitar (No. 1, 5, 11, 8, 10)

BARRIOS
Julia Florida

ADÈS
Forgotten Dances (HK premiere)

Duration: approx. 60 minutes without interval