Our next Concert for Colyton will be:
Born in Moscow and brought up in
Australia, Lebedev is currently living in London where he is a post-graduate
student at the Royal Academy of Music, supported by the ABRSM and Julian Bream
Trust. He is the First Prize winner of multiple international competitions
including the 25th Gisborne International Music Competition for Orchestral
Instruments (also recipient of the Bach Prize), the Adelaide International
Guitar Competition (the only Australian winner), the Australian National Fine
Music Young Performers Award (only classical guitarist to ever to win), and the
Sydney Eisteddfod Instrumental Scholarship (the first classical guitarist ever
to win). His engagements for the 2014/15 season include performance as soloist
in Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez with Orchestra Wellington, and solo recitals at
the Wigmore Hall, St Johns Smith Square, Colston Hall, Adelaide International
Guitar Festival, Sydney Classical Guitar Society and Darwin Entertainment
Centre. He has featured with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Canberra
Festival Camerata, and has performed for the Australian Pavilion at World Expo
Shanghai, Melbourne Arts Centre, and City Recital Hall Angel Place.
Lebedev currently a student of Michael
Lewin at the Royal Academy of Music and is assisted by the South Australian
Government through the Carclew Board, the ABRSM, and Julian Bream Trust. He
graduated from the Australian National University School of Music as a student
of Timothy Kain.
Dec 2014
