Gordon Giltrap returns to the Hinckley ACT

Friday 21st
January 2011
: Special Concert.
A chance for Hinckley
ACT
fans to enjoy a very special evening with one of
the most popular performers ever to appear at the venue. With
special guest Bob Tibbetts. Gordon Giltrap at the Hinckley ACT in Leicestershire

Gordon
Giltrap - a special concert evening at the Hinckley ACT in
Leicestershire

Over the past
forty years, Gordon
Giltrap
has graced the music business with his dedication
to his craft and his affection for his audience. As one of the UK’s
most respected guitarists, he has consistently proved the adage
that respect cannot be bought. It must be earned. Gordon’s music
continues to evade categorisation, influenced as it is by the rock
guitar of Hank Marvin and Pete Townshend, the folk guitar of Bert
Jansch and John Renbourn, and the classical guitar of Julian Bream
and John Williams.

25 studio albums

He has
released 25 original studio albums, plus numerous live albums and
compilations. There is currently no sign of Gordon hanging up his
guitars, and he still performs dozens of concerts a year around the
country, earning the respect of fans and fellow musicians alike.
Gordon has been a keen supporter of arthritis and leukaemia
charities. His contribution was recognised in 2000, when he was
inducted into the oldest showbusiness charity in history, The Grand
Order of Water Rats. His first performance DVD – Live At Huntingdon
Hall – was released in 2003, and reveals the ample skill and charm
of one of this country’s national treasures. In 2005, Gordon staged
a special concert at Birmingham Symphony Hall, performing his own
compositions as a solo artist, with guest musicians from
contrasting disciplines, and with the Sheffield Philharmonic
Orchestra. Other more recent projects include “Three Parts Guitar”
with John Etheridge and Ray Burley, which performed a series of
concerts in 2009. 2010 will see the inclusion of Clive Carroll in
this supergroup and an album is expected in the spring.

Advertisement

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.