|
Jason Carter |
03.03.2003
His style is an eclectic mix of Flamenco, Jazz and Classical Guitar, and this has been demonstrated through the wide range of CDs that Jason has produced for Sony, EMI, ASV and ARC Music. From original solo guitar compositions, to Indian/Arabic Fusion, Classical Chamber Music, Jazz arrangements and Techno/Dance Music with DJs. Jason has also appeared alongside Larry Coryell, Trilok Gurtu and Hapriprasad Chaurasia on the ARC Music Compilation ‘Crossing Borders’, and recorded with artists such as Nick Beggs, Phil Keaggy, Maire Brennan and Hossam Ramzy. Jason performs internationally, mainly as a solo guitarist, but also collaborates with artists from Ireland, China, India, Pakistan, Iraq, Egypt, Lapland and Africa. He has always maintained strong artistic links with the Middle East and was the co-founder of the ‘Bahrain International Guitar Festival’. In 2001 Jason received a Music Award from the Crown Prince of Bahrain alongside 4 Arabic Artists, and more recently went to Pakistan to perform for President Musharaff. In 2000 Jason also performed the famous Guitar ‘Concerto de Aranjuez’ (Joaquin Rodrigo) with Orchestras in Finland, Ireland and the UK. He has also performed with artists such as Nigel Kennedy, Antonio Forcione, Gordon Giltrap, Dominic Miller and Babik Reinhardt. Jason will also be performing a new commission with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, combining Classical Guitar with traditional Chinese Instruments, in Hong Kong in November 2003, plus a performance of Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez, with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra in April this year. Jason is just as comfortable performing to audiences of 20 people as he is to 5000 people. One journalist in the Middle East recently said ‘Jason
claims to be a solo guitarist, but he ‘plays’ with every single member
of the audience…we have been with him the whole way on this incredible
journey this evening.’ Gulf News
|
British
guitarist Jason Carter has been playing guitar since the age of 9. He
is predominantly self-taught but has attended master classes with guitarists
John Wiliams and Paco Peñna at the Royal Academy of Music.
of
concert
past
|
|
sarawakmusicsociety@yahoo.co.uk