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Julian Bream C.B.E. (born July 15, 1933) is an internationally celebrated British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 guitarist
Classical guitar

The classical guitar, also known as the "Spanish guitar", and in more recent times as the "nylon string guitar" ? is a plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones....
 and lute
Lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
nist, widely recognized as one of the most important classical guitarists of the 20th century. He has also been successful in renewing popular interest in the Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
 lute
Lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
.

m was born in London
London

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 and brought up in a very musical environment. His father played jazz guitar
Jazz guitar

The term jazz guitar may refer to either a type of guitar or to the variety of playing styles used in the various genres which are commonly termed "jazz." The guitar has a long history in jazz music, as both an ensemble and solo instrument....
 and the young Bream was impressed by hearing the playing of Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt

Jean-Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt was a Belgian Gypsy jazz guitarist.One of the first prominent European jazz musicians, Reinhardt remains one of the most renowned jazz guitarists due to his innovative and distinctive playing....
.






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Julian Bream C.B.E. (born July 15, 1933) is an internationally celebrated British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 guitarist
Classical guitar

The classical guitar, also known as the "Spanish guitar", and in more recent times as the "nylon string guitar" ? is a plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones....
 and lute
Lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
nist, widely recognized as one of the most important classical guitarists of the 20th century. He has also been successful in renewing popular interest in the Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
 lute
Lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
.

Biography

Bream was born in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 and brought up in a very musical environment. His father played jazz guitar
Jazz guitar

The term jazz guitar may refer to either a type of guitar or to the variety of playing styles used in the various genres which are commonly termed "jazz." The guitar has a long history in jazz music, as both an ensemble and solo instrument....
 and the young Bream was impressed by hearing the playing of Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt

Jean-Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt was a Belgian Gypsy jazz guitarist.One of the first prominent European jazz musicians, Reinhardt remains one of the most renowned jazz guitarists due to his innovative and distinctive playing....
. He was encouraged to play the piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
 but also the guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
 (though using a plectrum
Plectrum

A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a string instrument. For guitars and similar instruments, the plectrum is a separate tool held in the player's hand....
). On his 11th birthday, Bream was given a classical guitar
Classical guitar

The classical guitar, also known as the "Spanish guitar", and in more recent times as the "nylon string guitar" ? is a plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones....
 by his father. He became something of a child prodigy
Child prodigy

A child prodigy is someone who at an early age masters one or more skills at an adult level. One heuristic for classifying prodigies is: a prodigy is a child, typically younger than 13 years old, who is performing at the level of a highly trained adult in a very demanding field of endeavor....
, at 12 winning a junior exhibition award for his piano playing, enabling him to study piano and cello
Cello

The violoncello is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra....
 at the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music is a college or university school of music located in the South Kensington district of London, England, and historically one of the most influential music institutions in Europe....
. He made his debut guitar recital at Cheltenham
Cheltenham

Cheltenham , or Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, England. The town has a population of 110,013 . The people of the town are known as "Cheltonians"....
 in 1947, aged 13.

After national service
National service

National service is a common name for mandatory or voluntary government service programs . National service was common in the 20th century, and many young people spent one or more years in such programs....
 he resumed a busy career playing around the world, including annual tours in the U.S.
United States

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 and Europe
Europe

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 for several years. He played part of a recital
Recital

A recital is a musical performance. It can highlight a single performer, sometimes accompanied by piano, or a performance of the works of a single composer....
 at the Wigmore Hall on the lute in 1952 and since has done much to bring music written for the instrument to light. 1960 saw the formation of the Julian Bream Consort, a period-instrument ensemble with Bream as lutenist. The consort led a great revival of interest in the music of the Elizabethan era
Elizabethan era

The Elizabethan era is associated with Elizabeth I of England's reign and is often considered to be the Golden Age in History of England. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry and English literature....
. His first European tours took place in 1954 and 1955, and were followed by extensive touring in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 (beginning in 1958), the Far East
Far East

The Far East is a term current in English language to refer to the countries of East Asia. The term is often expanded to also include Southeast Asia and South Asia, for economic and cultural reasons, for example because Buddhism is common to East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands

The Pacific Ocean contains an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands . Those islands lying south of the tropic of Cancer but excluding Australia are traditionally grouped into three divisions: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia....
 and other parts of the world.

Bream has recorded extensively for RCA
RCA

RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. Today, the RCA is owned by the France conglomerate Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson....
 and EMI Classics
EMI Classics

EMI Classics is a record label of EMI, formed in 1990 in order to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogs for internationally distributed european classical music releases....
. These recordings have won him several awards, including four Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
s, two for Best Chamber Music Performance
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music ...
 and two for Best Classical Performance. RCA also released The Ultimate Guitar Collection, a multi-CD set commemorating his birthday in 1993.

In 1984 Bream’s arm was seriously injured in a car accident. It cost him great effort to regain his previous technical ability.

Bream's recitals are wide-ranging, including transcriptions from the 17th century, many pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organ whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque music period and brought it to its ultimate maturity....
 arranged for guitar, popular Spanish
Music of Spain

The Music of Spain has a vibrant and long history which has had an important impact on music in Western culture. Although the music of Spain is often associated with traditions like flamenco and the spanish guitar, Spanish music is in fact incredibly diverse from region to region....
 pieces, and contemporary music, much for which he was the inspiration. He has stated that he has been influenced by the styles of Andrés Segovia
Andrés Segovia

Andr?s Torres Segovia, 1st Marquess of Salobre?a was a Spain classical guitarist born in Linares, Ja?n, Spain. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the classical guitar in the beginning and mid 20th century....
 and Francisco Tárrega
Francisco Tárrega

Francisco de As?s T?rrega y Eixea, was an influential Spanish composer and classical guitar....
.

Many composers have worked with Bream, and among those who dedicated pieces to him are Malcolm Arnold
Malcolm Arnold

Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, Order of the British Empire was an England composer and Symphony.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, by age thirty his life was devoted to composition....
, Richard Rodney Bennett
Richard Rodney Bennett

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE is an England composer renowned for his film scores and his jazz performance as much as for his challenging concert works....
, Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, Order of Merit Order of the Companions of Honour was an England composer, conducting, viola and pianist....
, Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer

Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida in Havana, is a Cuban composer, classical guitar and conducting....
, Peter Racine Fricker
Peter Racine Fricker

Peter Racine Fricker was an England composer who lived in the United States of America for the last thirty years of his life.Fricker was born in London, and studied with R....
, Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze

Hans Werner Henze is a German composing well known for his left-wing political convictions. He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his politics and homosexuality....
, Humphrey Searle
Humphrey Searle

Humphrey Searle was a United Kingdom composer. He was born in Oxford where he was a classics scholar before studying ? somewhat hesitantly ? with John Ireland at the Royal College of Music in London, after which he went to Vienna on a six month scholarship to become a private pupil of Anton Webern, which became decisive in his composition ca...
, Toru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu

was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Though largely self-taught, Takemitsu is recognised for his skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre, drawing from a wide range of influences, including jazz, popular music, avant-garde procedures and traditional Japanese music, in a harmonic idiom la...
, Michael Tippett
Michael Tippett

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett Order of Merit Order of the Companions of Honour Order of the British Empire was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century....
 and William Walton
William Walton

Sir William Turner Walton Order of Merit was a United Kingdom composer and Conductor .His style was influenced by the works of Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev as well as jazz music, and is characterized by rhythmic vitality, bittersweet harmony, sweeping Romantic music melody and brilliant orchestration....
. Britten's Nocturnal is one of the most famous pieces in the classical guitar repertoire and was written with Bream specifically in mind. It is an unusual set of variations on John Dowland
John Dowland

John Dowland was an England composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholia songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" , "Come Again ", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and has been a source of repertoire for classical guitarists...
's Come Heavy Sleep (which is played in its original form at the close of the piece).

Bream has also taken part in many collaborations, including work with Peter Pears
Peter Pears

Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears was an England tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten.He was educated at Lancing College and went on to study music at Keble College, Oxford, serving as organist at Hertford College, Oxford, but left without taking his degree....
 on Elizabethan music for lute and voice, and three records of guitar duets with John Williams
John Williams (guitarist)

John Christopher Williams is a Grammy Award winning Australian-born British classical guitarist....
.

Bream's playing can be characterized as virtuosic and highly expressive, with an eye for details, and with strong use of contrasting timbre
Timbre

In music, timbre is the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices or musical instruments....
s.

The above, along with his many radio and television appearances, have made Bream an important ambassador for the classical guitar. Despite his importance, many of his RCA Records
RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1983 and a partner from 1983 to 1986....
 recordings (including the series of 20th century guitar music) are out of print.

The 2003 DVD video profile Julian Bream: My Life In Music contains three hours of interview and performance. It has been declared by Graham Wade "the finest film contribution ever to the classic guitar." His series Guitarra! was made for British television and charts a journey across Spain.

Bream has stated that even though he had some 'sessions' with Segovia, he never really studied with him — Bream also does not exclusively hold his right-hand fingers at right angles to the strings, but has stated that he uses a less rigid hand position for reasons of tonal variety.

Bream has for over 40 years lived in a Georgian farmhouse at Semley in Wiltshire .

Pieces written for Julian Bream (in chronological order)

  • Reginald Smith Brindle
    Reginald Smith Brindle

    Reginald Smith Brindle was a United Kingdom composer and writer.Smith Brindle began learning the piano at the age of six, and later took up the clarinet, saxophone and guitar ....
     Nocturne for Guitar Solo (1946)
  • Reginald Smith Brindle
    Reginald Smith Brindle

    Reginald Smith Brindle was a United Kingdom composer and writer.Smith Brindle began learning the piano at the age of six, and later took up the clarinet, saxophone and guitar ....
     El Polifemo de Oro (1956)
  • Lennox Berkeley
    Lennox Berkeley

    Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley was an England composer....
     Sonatina, op. 52, no. 1 (1957)
  • Tristram Cary
    Tristram Cary

    Tristram Ogilvie Cary Order of Australia was a pioneering English people composer....
     Sonata (1959)
  • Malcolm Arnold
    Malcolm Arnold

    Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, Order of the British Empire was an England composer and Symphony.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, by age thirty his life was devoted to composition....
     Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra, op. 67 (1959)
  • Benjamin Britten
    Benjamin Britten

    Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, Order of Merit Order of the Companions of Honour was an England composer, conducting, viola and pianist....
     Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70 (1963)
  • Richard Rodney Bennett
    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE is an England composer renowned for his film scores and his jazz performance as much as for his challenging concert works....
     Impromptus (1968)
  • Tom Eastwood
    Tom Eastwood

    Tom Eastwood was an England composer....
     Ballade-Phantasy (1968)
  • Peter Racine Fricker
    Peter Racine Fricker

    Peter Racine Fricker was an England composer who lived in the United States of America for the last thirty years of his life.Fricker was born in London, and studied with R....
     Paseo (1969)
  • Reginald Smith Brindle
    Reginald Smith Brindle

    Reginald Smith Brindle was a United Kingdom composer and writer.Smith Brindle began learning the piano at the age of six, and later took up the clarinet, saxophone and guitar ....
     Variants on two themes of J. S. Bach (1970)
  • Richard Rodney Bennett
    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE is an England composer renowned for his film scores and his jazz performance as much as for his challenging concert works....
     Guitar Concerto (1970)
  • Malcolm Arnold
    Malcolm Arnold

    Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, Order of the British Empire was an England composer and Symphony.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, by age thirty his life was devoted to composition....
     Fantasy, op. 107 (1971)
  • Alan Rawsthorne
    Alan Rawsthorne

    Alan Rawsthorne was a United Kingdom composer....
     Elegy (1971)
  • William Walton
    William Walton

    Sir William Turner Walton Order of Merit was a United Kingdom composer and Conductor .His style was influenced by the works of Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev as well as jazz music, and is characterized by rhythmic vitality, bittersweet harmony, sweeping Romantic music melody and brilliant orchestration....
     Five Bagatelles (1972)
  • Humphrey Searle
    Humphrey Searle

    Humphrey Searle was a United Kingdom composer. He was born in Oxford where he was a classics scholar before studying ? somewhat hesitantly ? with John Ireland at the Royal College of Music in London, after which he went to Vienna on a six month scholarship to become a private pupil of Anton Webern, which became decisive in his composition ca...
     Five (1974)
  • Lennox Berkeley
    Lennox Berkeley

    Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley was an England composer....
     Guitar Concerto, Op. 88 (1974)
  • Hans Werner Henze
    Hans Werner Henze

    Hans Werner Henze is a German composing well known for his left-wing political convictions. He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his politics and homosexuality....
     Royal Winter Music
    Royal Winter Music

    Royal Winter Music is the name given to two solo works for classical guitar by the Germans composer Hans Werner Henze.Both works are inspired by characters from Shakespeare....
     (first sonata, 1976)
  • Giles Swayne
    Giles Swayne

    Giles Oliver Cairnes Swayne is a United Kingdom composer....
     Suite (1976)
  • Peter Maxwell Davies
    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Order of the British Empire , is an English composer and Conductor and is currently Master of the Queen's Music....
     Hill Runes (1981)
  • Michael Berkeley
    Michael Berkeley

    Michael Berkeley is a United Kingdom composer and broadcaster on music....
     Sonata in One Movement (1982)
  • Richard Rodney Bennett
    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE is an England composer renowned for his film scores and his jazz performance as much as for his challenging concert works....
     Sonata (1983)
  • Michael Tippett
    Michael Tippett

    Sir Michael Kemp Tippett Order of Merit Order of the Companions of Honour Order of the British Empire was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century....
     The Blue Guitar (1984)
  • Leo Brouwer
    Leo Brouwer

    Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida in Havana, is a Cuban composer, classical guitar and conducting....
     Concerto elegiaco (Guitar Concerto No. 3) (1986)
  • Toru Takemitsu
    Toru Takemitsu

    was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Though largely self-taught, Takemitsu is recognised for his skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre, drawing from a wide range of influences, including jazz, popular music, avant-garde procedures and traditional Japanese music, in a harmonic idiom la...
     All in Twilight (1987)
  • Leo Brouwer
    Leo Brouwer

    Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida in Havana, is a Cuban composer, classical guitar and conducting....
     Sonata (1990)


Awards and Recognitions (incomplete)

  • 1964: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
    Order of the British Empire

    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
  • 1964: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
    Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

    The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music ...
     at the Grammy Awards of 1964
    Grammy Awards of 1964

    The 6th Grammy Awards were held in 1964. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1963....
     for Evening of Elizabethan Music performed by the Julian Bream Consort
  • 1966: Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music
    Royal Academy of Music

    The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a college or university school of music, Britian's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999....
  • 1967: Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) at the Grammy Awards of 1967
    Grammy Awards of 1967

    The 9th Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1967. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1966. The 9th Grammy Awards is notable for not presenting the Grammy Award for Best New Artist....
     for Baroque Guitar (Works of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, etc.)
  • 1968: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Surrey
    University of Surrey

    The University of Surrey is a university located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey in the South East England of England. It received its Royal Charter on 9 September 1966, and was previously situated near Battersea Park in south-west London....
  • 1972: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
    Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

    The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance has been awarded since 1959. From 1967 to 1971 and in 1987 the award was combined with the award for Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance and awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists ....
     at the Grammy Awards of 1972
    Grammy Awards of 1972

    The 14th Grammy Awards were held March 15, 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States by American Broadcasting Company; the following year, they would move the telecasts to CBS, where they remain to this date....
     for André Previn
    André Previn

    Andr? Previn Order of the British Empire is a German-born American Academy Award and Grammy Award winning pianist, conducting, and composer. He first came to prominence by arranging and composing Hollywood film scores in 1948....
     (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra
    London Symphony Orchestra

    The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Arts Centre....
     for Villa-Lobos
    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer of all time....
    : Concerto for Guitar
  • 1973: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
    Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

    The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music ...
     at the Grammy Awards of 1973
    Grammy Awards of 1973

    The 15th Grammy Awards were held on March 3, 1973, and were the first to be broadcast live on CBS, after the first two ceremonies were on American Broadcasting Company....
     for Julian Bream & John Williams
    John Williams (guitarist)

    John Christopher Williams is a Grammy Award winning Australian-born British classical guitarist....
     for Julian and John (Works by Lawes
    Henry Lawes

    Henry Lawes was an England musician and composer.He was born at Dinton in Wiltshire, and received his musical education from John Cooper, better known under his Italian language pseudonym Giovanni Coperario, a famous composer of the day....
    , Carulli
    Ferdinando Carulli

    Ferdinando Maria Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario Carulli was one of the most famous composers for classical guitar and the author of the first complete classical guitar method, which continues to be used today....
    , Albéniz
    Isaac Albéniz

    Isaac Manuel Francisco Alb?niz i Pascual was a Spain Catalonia pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music.=Life=...
    , Granados
    Enrique Granados

    Pantal?on Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campi?a was a Spain Catalonia pianist and composer of european classical music. His music is in a uniquely Spanish style and, as such, representative of musical nationalism....
    )
  • 1981: Fellowship of the Royal College of Music
    Royal College of Music

    The Royal College of Music is a college or university school of music located in the South Kensington district of London, England, and historically one of the most influential music institutions in Europe....
  • 1983: Fellowship of the Royal Northern College of Music
    Royal Northern College of Music

    The Royal Northern College of Music or RNCM is a music school in Manchester, England. It is located on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre, and is at the western edge of the campus of the University of Manchester....
  • 1984: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Leeds
    University of Leeds

    The University of Leeds is a major teaching and research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire and, with over 33,000 full-time students, one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom....
  • 1985: Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • 1988: Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society
    Royal Philharmonic Society

    The Royal Philharmonic Society is a Great Britain European classical music society, formed in 1813. It was originally formed in London to promote performances of instrumental music there....
  • 1996: Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist's Award


Partial discography


LP

  • 20th Century Guitar, RCA LSC-2964
  • 70's, RCA ARL 0049
  • Dedication, RCA ARL 5034
  • A Bach Recital for the Guitar, Westminster CLP 1929
  • Baroque Guitar (1966), RCA
  • Collection of the Greatest Performances of Julian Bream, Vol. II, Westminster
  • Concertos for Lute and Orchestra, RCA ARL1-1180
  • Dances of Dowland, RCA LSC-2987
  • Elizabethan Lute Songs, RCA LSC-3131
  • Elizabethan Music by The Julian Bream Consort, RCA LSC-3195
  • The Golden Age of English Lute Music, RCA LSC-3196
  • Julian & John, RCA
  • Julian Breams Greatest Hits, Westminster
  • Julian Breams Greatest Hits Volume Two, Westminster 9008-8185
  • Lute Music of John Dowland, RCA ARL1-1491
  • Music for Voice and Guitar with Peter Pears
    Peter Pears

    Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears was an England tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten.He was educated at Lancing College and went on to study music at Keble College, Oxford, serving as organist at Hertford College, Oxford, but left without taking his degree....
    , RCA LSC-2718
  • Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar, RCA
  • Rodrigo: Concerto De Aranjuez, Berkeley Guitar Concerto (1975), RCA
  • Sonatas for Lute and Harpsichord—Bach, Vivaldi with George Malcolm
    George Malcolm

    George John Huntley Malcolm was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Manitoba Liberal Party from 1909 to 1922, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C....
    , RCA LSC-3100
  • Villa-Lobos, Twelve Etudes for Guitar, Suite populaire bresillienne (1978), RCA
  • The Woods So Wild, RCA LSC-3331


CD

  • Fret Works (1990), MCA
  • Guitarra: The Guitar in Spain (1990), RCA
  • Joaquin Rodrigo: Concerto Elegiaco/Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre (1990), RCA
  • Julian Bream plays Bach (1990), RCA
  • Julian Bream Plays Granados & Albéniz (Music of Spain, Volume Five) (1990), RCA
  • Music of Spain, Vol. 7 (1990), RCA
  • Two Loves with Peggy Ashcroft
    Peggy Ashcroft

    Dame Peggy Ashcroft Order of the British Empire was an English actress....
     (1990), RCA
  • Baroque Guitar (1991), RCA
  • La Guitarra Romantica (1991), RCA
  • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Preludes (1991), RCA
  • Romantic Guitar (1991), RCA
  • Baroque Guitar (1993), RCA
  • A Celebration Of Andrés Segovia—Bream (1993), RCA
  • Highlights from the Julian Bream Edition (1993), RCA
  • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre No1-5 (1993), RCA
  • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream with Simon Rattle
    Simon Rattle

    Sir Simon Denis Rattle, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society of Arts, is an England Conducting. He rose to prominence as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and is currently principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic ....
     and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England....
     (1993), Capitol
  • Together/Julian Bream & John Williams (1993), RCA
  • Together Again/ Julian Bream & John Williams (1993), RCA
  • Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto; Preludes; Etudes with André Previn
    André Previn

    Andr? Previn Order of the British Empire is a German-born American Academy Award and Grammy Award winning pianist, conducting, and composer. He first came to prominence by arranging and composing Hollywood film scores in 1948....
     and the London Symphony Orchestra
    London Symphony Orchestra

    The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Arts Centre....
     (1993), BMG International
  • Bach Guitar Recital (1994), EMI Classics
  • Bach: Lute Suites, Trio Sonatas (1994), RCA
  • Guitar Concertos (1994), RCA
  • Julian Bream Consort, Vol. 6 (1994), RCA
  • Music of Spain (1994), RCA
  • Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar (1994), RCA
  • Romantic Guitar (1994), RCA
  • Sonata (1995), Angel
  • 20th Century Guitar I (1996), RCA
  • The Golden Age of English Lute Music (1996), RCA
  • Music for Voice & Guitar (1996), RCA
  • Music of Spain: Milán, Narváez (1996), RCA
  • Popular Classics for the Spanish Guitar (1997), RCA
  • Julian Bream Edition, Volume 1: The Golden Age of English Lute Music (28 CDs) (1998), RCA
  • The Romantic Hours (1998), RCA
  • Spain—Sor, Vol. 24 (1998), BMG Classics
  • Guitar Concertos (1999), RCA
  • Guitar Music by Albeniz, Vivaldi, Rodrigo & Grandos (2 CDs) (1999), RCA Classics/BMG
  • Woods So Wild (1999), RCA
  • Nocturnal: Martin, Britten, Brouwer, Lutoslavski (2000), EMI
  • The Ultimate Guitar Collection (2 CDs) (2000), RCA
  • Duos de Guitares with John Williams
    John Williams (guitarist)

    John Christopher Williams is a Grammy Award winning Australian-born British classical guitarist....
     (2001), RCA
  • Spanish Guitar Music (remastered) (2001), Deutsche Grammophon
  • Spanish Guitar Recital (2001), RCA
  • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Tres piezas espanolas; invocacion y danza (remastered) (2004), RCA
  • Spanish Guitar Recital (2004),
  • Guitar Recital: Bach, Sor, Turina, Tippet, Schubert (2005), Testament
  • Music of Spain (2005), RCA
  • Elizabethan Lute Songs, Decca
  • Julian Bream & Friends, Musical Heritage Society
  • Lute Music from the Royal Courts of Europe, BMG Classics
  • Music of Spain: The Classical Heritage, RCA


External links

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  • (Oviatt Library Digital Collections)