John Williams - Classical Guitar Virtuoso: Early Years 1958-61John Williams is one of the greatest classical guitarists of the modern era, introducing a previously highly specialist area of repertoire to a wider audience through his virtuoso expertise on the Spanish guitar. Guitar historian Graham Wade has stated that "John is the most technically accomplished guitarist the world has seen." Born in Australia in 1941, his family moved to the UK when he was 11, and having been taught by his guitarist father, he

including the pop Top 10 entry "Dark Moon"

He was a fine interpreter of the repertoire of the Great American Songbook

both in LA and around the world

The various flutes and panflutes

'Hermann of the Cherusci' and the Varus Battle found their way into the German founding myth a long time ago

and original compositions by Slava and Leonard themselves

indelibly associated with his early success

Born in the Bronx in 1939

meant that his influence and legacy has been sadly ignored over the years

And live is really the way to hear him

Beethoven/ Fialova/ Nouzovsky - Humoresque

The Lost Paradise: In The Lost Paradise