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YM: Kevin Loh | 26 July 2022
Kevin Loh | Classical Guitarist
Tuesday 26 July | 11amWesley Chapel | HarrogateTickets £14 | Book all four Young Musician Concerts & enjoy a multibuy discount
Please note all bookings are subject to a £1.75 transaction fee.BOOK NOWBorn and raised in Singapore, Kevin Loh is one of the leading classical guitarists of his generation. His extraordinary musicality has won him many international accolades, including the Cambridge University Musical Society Concerto Competition and, in 2020, the London International Guitar Competition. Kevin was talent-scouted by The Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK via his YouTube channel when he was only 12 years old, where he was awarded a grant by The Rolling Stones to study at the prestigious music school as their first Asian guitarist.
Kevin actively performs all over the world, including appearances in the Wigmore Hall in London, the Berlin Konzerthaus and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo. He has been invited to many guitar festivals in London, Hong Kong and Calcutta amongst others as a performing artist, giving masterclasses as well as sharing his knowledge and experience on developing as a musician
Kevin recently finished serving two years of military service in the Singapore Armed Forces, before pursuing his undergraduate degree in Music at Girton College, University of Cambridge as the College Music Scholar as well as a scholar of the Loke Cheng-Kim Foundation.
Programme:
| Andrew York | Sunburst |
| Agustin Barrios Mangore | Vals, Op. 8 No. 4 |
| Isaac Albeniz | Sevilla |
| Astor Piazzolla (arr. Roland Dyens) | Oblivion |
| Paulo Bellinati | Jongo |
| Roland Dyens | Songe Capricorne |
| Jean ‘Toots’ Thielemans (arr. Roland Dyens) | Bluesette |
| Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr. Paulo Bellinati) | Luiza |
| Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr. Paulo Bellinati) | A Felicidade |
| Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr. Paulo Bellinati) | Estrada Branca |
| Quique Sinesi | Cielo Abierto |
| The Beatles (arr. Toru Takemitsu) | Yesterday |
| Harold Arlen (arr. Toru Takemitsu) | Somewhere Over the Rainbow |
| Duke Ellington (arr. Jason Vieaux) | In a Sentimental Mood |
| Bob Thiele & George David Weiss (arr. Jason Vieaux) | What a Wonderful World |
Take a look at our upcoming music events
Young Musician: Kevin Loh | Tuesday 26 July 2022 | 11am
Heathcliff Trio | Wednesday 27 July 2022 | 7:30pm
Festival Finale with The Amici Ensemble | Thursday 28 July 2022 | 7:30pm
