Biography

Adam Khan began to play the Guitar at the age of 12. After his first recital 3 years later he was hailed by the press as “One of Britain’s most promising young musicians”.

His main teacher over the years has been Oxford based English guitarist Raymond Burley. He also studied in London with the composer John W. Duarte. Adam also spent a great deal of time abroad where he had the chance to study with the great Cuban composer Leo Brouwer in Spain, Germany and Portugal. He also played extensively in master classes with Argentine Guitarist Roberto Aussel.

Adam has been a prize winner and finalist in several international guitar competitions including 2nd Prize at the “Citta de Cortemilia “  competition in Turin (Italy), The “Brescianello “ prize at Savona (Italy) and finalist at the “Simoni Salmasso” competition in Pisa (Italy). In 1997 he was selected for the final stage of the “Stotsenberg” guitar competition in Malibu, Los Angeles, and at the Bucharest international guitar festival in Romania.

Adam has given recitals at leading venues and festivals through out the world including solo performances at the “Guitar festival of Great Britain” in Chichester, the Abu Dhabi music foundation international series in the Gulf, the Delhi international music festival in India,’ 3rd Cumbres de Guitares’ Mar Del Plata, Argentina, the Dundee international guitar festival Scotland, Bucharest Guitar festival in Romania  and a duo charity concert with Sitar player Nafees Ahmed in the grounds of Lahore’s botanical gardens in Pakistan.
Adam has also given solo recitals in Italy, Spain, Patagonia, Germany, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Portugal, and Wales.

In 2003 Adam was chosen as a young guitarist in residence (along with fellow guitarists Amanda Cook, Simon Thacker and Vasilis Besas) at the Dundee international guitar festival in Scotland. This project involved the formation of a guitar quartet and a series of concerts and cd recording of new music written especially for the project by composers David Fennessey and David Ward Mclean.

His debut solo recording “A day in November” for Dinmore records was released in 2003 and has enjoyed great critical acclaim and radio airplay around the world. It includes music by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, French composer/guitarist Roland Dyens and Argentina’s Maximo Diego Pujol.

Adam has worked on many diverse musical projects including collaborations with Nafees Ahmet (sitar), Sara Egan (mezzo-soprano),The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,  The Allegri string quartet, Harrow Symphony orchestra (performances of Rodrigo’s concerto Andaluz), The Opera Babes, Chrome, Mr Who, Matrix and in duo with Argentine Guitarist Luis Orias Diz (Welsh-Argentine guitarduo).

Welsh-Argentine guitarduo

His most recent cd ‘INTERLUDIO’ was recorded in Buenos Aires with Guitarist Luis Orias Diz and features music from Argentina, Cuba and Great Britain including Leo Brouwer’s complete guitar duos.