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Albach Classical Guitar Duo with special guest Tom Hodgkinson

  • The Ascension Church Timbercroft Lane London, England, SE18 2SG United Kingdom (map)

David Black and Rebecca Baulch are joined prize-winning student 17 year old Tom Hodgkinson for a concert of classical guitar trios and solos by Bach, Piazzolla and Albeniz.

Rebecca Baulch and David Black are both prize-winning graduates of the Royal College of Music. The Duo have played together at the Houses of Parliament, the Long Room at the Oval, the Orangery at Kew Gardens, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Gallery, and at festivals in the UK, Germany, Denmark and Peru. They launched their album The Raw And The Cooked with a sold out concert at Blackheath Halls. They are joined today by special guest Tom Hodgkinson who is studying with Rebecca at Trinity Laban Junior department. Tom is in his last year of school and is planning to peruse a career as a classical guitarist. He has recently been talent-spotted by the world famous guitarist, John Williams, with whom he now enjoys the occasional lesson via Zoom. Tom has had great success in a number of competitions, including first prize in the Essex Young Musician in 2022, and Gold winner in the New Talent British International Youth Music competition in 2020. He won the prestigious Tony Gill trophy in the Leicester Guitar Competition in 2021, and was awarded the Director’s Prize for Excellence and the Aiden Massey String Prize at Junior Trinity Laban. In the summer of 2022 he played with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at a Prom at the Royal Albert Hall and toured Spain as the leader of the National Youth Guitar Ensemble. In his spare time, Tom is an accomplished jazz guitarist and composer.

Websites: http://rebeccabaulch.co.uk/
http://rebeccabaulch.co.uk/albach-duo/
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