West Sussex Guitar Club would like to invite all music enthusiasts to our forthcoming recital by the Eden Stell Guitar Duo. Their debut concert as a duo was at the Wigmore Hall and Southbank centre in 1994 where they were hailed as 'up and coming ' on the guitar scene.
Since then the duo have been invited to perform at venues and music festivals around the world including the Wigmore Hall, London Guitar Festival at Kings Place and at the Guitar Foundation of America to name but a few.
Eden Stell are internationally known and respected for their virtuosity, innovative programmes, and their meticulously closely woven performances accompanied by some good humoured banter.
Their many recordings pay homage to the Spanish and South American masters of guitar compositions but also to British composers such as Michael Ball, Herbert Howell, Peter Maxwell-Davies ,Gary Ryan and the late Stephen Dodgson. The recently released album 'Homage to Ida Presti' pays tribute to a composer whose work elevated the guitar duo as an art form.
Mark and Chris are committed to music education through the Jackdaws Music Education Trust as well as their teaching posts at the Royal College of Music, Birmingham Conservatoire and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Both were elected as Associates of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of their outstanding musical achievements.
The Eden Stell duo first performed for the West Sussex Guitar Club in 1996 and have also joined Mark Ashford and Amanda Cook on the Regis School of Music stage as the internationally acclaimed Vida Quartet. We are delighted that this dynamic and versatile duo will once again be joining us.