Boyd, Liona Maria Carolynne (11th July 1949-Present)
She is a guitarist, nicknamed "The First Lady of Guitar", who
was born in London, England and moved to Canada with her family when she
was eight years old.She
became interested in learning the guitar after hearing a concert by
Julian
Bream
and her parents bought her one for Christmas that year so she could begin
to learn how to play.She studied with Julian
Bream
and Andrew Segovia, among others, and received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Performance at TorontoUniversity.She won the Canadian National Music
Competition and after studying for two years in Paris
she returned and recorded her first album.She recorded her album Persona
with guest artists that included Yo-Yo Ma, David
Gilmour
and Eric Clapton.She was awarded with the honor of
being made a Member of the Order of
Canada
in 1981 and dated Pierre Trudeau for eight years.
