Jack Hancher

Mon 10 July 2023

The award-winning classical guitarist and rising star, described as 'a poet and a painter colouring sound out of guitar as if his imagination and the guitar were one'

Programme

J Dowland Praeludium; Fantasia in G Major

B Britten Nocturnal after John Dowland

J Bach Sarabande and Bourrée, from Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002

A José Allegro moderato and Pavana Triste, from Sonata for Guitar

Among Jack Hancher’s numerous awards, last year he became only the third guitarist to win the prestigious Gold medal of the Royal-Over Seas League Competition.

He has given masterclasses at conservatoires around around Europe, including at the Royal College of Music, London, and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.