Adjudicator Spotlight: Paul Gregory
Paul Gregory started playing guitar at the age of 10. Later he also studied cello and composition in London and is an ARCM. He made further guitar studies with Baltazar Benitez in Holland and Carlos Bonell. He gave his Wigmore Hall debut when 19 to high critical acclaim. Paul won notable student awards being nominated as one of 'Tomorrow's Musicians' and offered a concert at the Fairfield Hall Croydon. As a winner of the Park Lane Awards, he gave a recital…
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Adjudicator Spotlight: Mark Ashford ARAM, GRSM (HONS), LRAM
Born in Northampton, England, Mark began his formal musical training at Chetham’s School of Music with Gordon Crosskey. He then went on to study with Michael Lewin as a scholarship student at the Royal Academy of Music, from where he graduated in 1993 with first class honours and awards from the Principal. During the following few years, Mark completed his studies in Spain with guitarist David Russell, thanks to bursaries awarded to him…
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