He is a classical guitarist who was born in Glasgow,
Scotland and moved to
Minorca with his family when he was five.He studied at the Royal Academy of
Music in London, twice winning the
Julian Bream Guitar Prize.He
took part in several competitions and took first prize in the Francisco
Tarrega Competition, the Jose Ramirez Competition and the Andres Segovia
Competition amongst others.He
has made eleven recordings to date for the company Telarc International and
has given performances all over the world.Alongside winning a Grammy Award in
2005 with the CD AireLatino for Best Instrumental
Soloist in Classical Music, he has received many honours
including being made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London,
being presented with the Medal of Honor of the Conservatory of the
Balearics and the Silver Medal of the town of Nigran
in Spain, being made an "adopted son" of the town Es Migjom, the town where he grew up, in Minorca. Outside
of music he has won several amateur golf competitions that have taken place
mainly in Spain
or Scotland.
