FLAMENCO, classical and acoustic guitarist David Buckingham plays The Victoria Vaults, in Nunnery Lane, York, tomorrow at 8pm.
Born in Southend-on-Sea, David began learning the classical guitar at the age of seven and added steel-strung and electric guitars to his repertoire.
He won his first guitar competition award at the age of ten and in 1997 enlisted to study jazz and classical music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He studied concurrently with flamenco maestro Robin Kaye and in Seville, the capital of flamenco, with Fran Cortes, Miguel Angel Cortes and Manuel Berraquero.
Now based in London, David combines solo projects with playing guitar on tour in Britain, Europe and the United States in Fame, Sisters Of Soul, Rio Flamenco, Carmen, West Side Story and Zorro The Musical.
In September, he will be performing at Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta’s new production of Don Quixote at the Royal Opera House, London. Acosta will be dancing alongside the Royal Ballet Company as well as directing and choreographing the show.
David has released two albums, The View, featuring mainly his own compositions for classical/flamenco guitar, and Your Song, his arrangement of the likes of Flashdance!...What A Feeling, A Whiter Shade Of Pale and Over The Rainbow.
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