Graham
Anthony Devine was born in Liverpool and began his musical studies
at Chetham's School of Music, Manchester with Gordon Crosskey.
He moved to Br azil when he was nineteen and became an established
teacher and performer there, giving many recitals and masterclasses
throughout South America. Graham
has been a laureate of many International competitions, including: Mottola
International Guitar Competition, Italy Certamen Francisco Tarrega,
Benicasim, Spain Certamen Julian Arcas, Almeria, Spain Alessandria
International Guitar Competition, Italy and Stotsenberg International
Guitar Competition, USA.
In
April 2002 Graham was the first prize winner at one of the guitar's
most prestigious international competitions, the Alhambra International
Guitar Competition held in Alcoy, Spain. He was to repeat this
success one month later by winning the first prize at the Emilio
Pujol International Guitar Competition, Italy.
Having already performed in more than twenty countries, Graham's growing reputation as one of today's very best young guitarists is being justly rewarded with an ever increasing world-wide concert and masterclass schedule. |