David Burgess - Guitarist

David Burgess is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of today's outstanding guitarists.

He has won top honors in many international music competitions including the Ponce

International Competition in Mexico City, the Guitar '81 Competition in Toronto, and the

31st International Music Competition in Munich.

Mr. Burgess began studying guitar at the Estudio de Arte Guitarristico in Mexico

City, with the pre-eminent Argentine guitarist, Manuel Lopez Ramos. He later earned

a Diploma di Merito, while receiving a full scholarship at the Accademia Musicale

Chigiana in Siena, Italy. After earning a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of

Washington, he was appointed guitar instructor at both the University of Washington and

the Cornish Institute of the Arts in Seattle.

In 1984, he was selected as the first recipient of the Andres Segovia Fellowship, after

which he periodically received classes from Maestro Segovia until the Maestro's death in

1987.

Mr. Burgess has performed solo recitals to critical acclaim throughout North and South

America, Europe and the Far East. As an orchestral soloist, he has performed with the

American Chamber Orchestra at Kennedy Center, the St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra, the

Philharmonia Virtuosi and many other prominent orchestras throughout the U.S.

Currently residing in North Carolina, Mr. Burgess has performed in Town Hall, Carnegie

Recital Hall and at Lincoln Center. He has recorded for Musical Heritage Society,

Athena and Camerata Records as well as having recorded Rodrigo's "Concierto de

Aranjuez" with the Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York on the CBS Masterworks

label.