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ROLAND CHADWICK
ROLAND CHADWICK
is a Composer, Guitarist and internationally
acclaimed recording
artist.
Born in Australia, Roland made his Sydney Opera House debut in 1988 and
has since
built a reputation as Australia’s master Guitarist/Composer. Trained as
a classical guitarist he plays "anything with frets" - the Classical
Guitar, Steel String Acoustic Guitar, Dobro Slide Guitar, Mandolin,
Electric Guitar and Synthesiser Guitar.
Roland‘s performance highlights include: Sydney Opera House - Debut
('88). Italian Tours ('89, '90). Australia's representative at Festival
Cervantino in Mexico ('89). Mike Lindup - Level 42. Barriemore Barlow -
Jethro Tull. Lesley Garrett - featured artist with Sir George Martin and
Michel Legrand. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. English Chamber
Orchestra. Britten Sinfonia. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Australian
Invasion with Tommy Emmanuel.
Saurang Orchestra – Surinder Sandhu with Steve Vai, Andy
Sheppard and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,
Current
Performance Projects
- Native Tung
– Roland teams with Barriemore Barlow on drums and Phil Saatchi on Bass.
Modern Guitar Trio
- This is a ground breaking Contemporary Guitar Trio with Roland Gallery
and Vincent Lindsey-Clark.
The Blue Healers
- This is Roland's blues duo with dynamite Harmonica player Graham Pike.
Roland Chadwick & Alan Glen
– Another amazing blues duo with ex-Yardbird Alan Glen.
“Roland
Chadwick is the 'New Acoustic' Star of the acoustic guitar. Not many
musicians know their instrument as well as Roland - the acoustic guitar
in his hands becomes a cathedral of sound and if you want to find out
what that means then catch his next gig wherever and whenever it might
be - he is truly a musicians' musician but by the same token wholly
accessible to the untrained ear - if you love music - any kind of music,
you will love Roland Chadwick...”
Steve Ball - Jazz Explorium - Feb 04
“The
energy of his performance really was a breath of fresh air. Storms of
notes flowed from his fingers creating a barrage of sound, magical in
its intensity. Australian, bearded, with long grey hair, he is perhaps
well dubbed the Wizard of Oz. Not only did he play, he sang. His voice
has a rich folk quality to it that blended perfectly with the screaming
mandolin. I can give no greater compliment than watching him perform was
one of those (sadly) rare occasions when I was transported by the music
being produced. Most of all, watching him command his instrument with
such skill and panache was just pure, unadulterated fun. I urge anyone
with even a slight interest in live music to track him down and see his
genius themselves.” Jon Massey
Discography:
SIZE OF THE EARTH FOR
COMPARISON
– Music
improvised and experimentalised. THE
REVEALING – Original compositions with the English Chamber
Orchestra and the Modern Guitar Trio.
ONE – Contemporary Compositions for Classical Guitar.
KING BISCUIT – MONKEYS TO REMBRANDT.
PPF – EP – with Mike Lindup (Level 42).
BLUE HEALERS – with Graham
Pike
NIK LINNIK
Roland also performs as a duo with amazing 17 year old
Russian guitar prodigy Nik Linnik who is a student at the Centre for
Young Musicians (CYM).
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