Stanley Yates

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About Stanley Yates

Internationally recognized classical guitar performer, teacher, editor, and scholar. Featured in 'The Classical Guitar: It's Evolution, Players and Personalities' and 'Instrumental Influences: Reflections on the Classical Guitar from the Instrument's Most Influential Performers and Pedagogues.'Broad performance experience as recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist appearing throughout North America and Europe, as well as in Asia, South America and Australia. First performer and dedicatee of numerous new works for the guitar (Rak, Gilardino, Duarte, Ourkouzounov, Delpriora, Piorkowski, Houghton, Vercoe, Wells, Wood, Hudson) along with important rediscovered historical works (Mompou, Regondi, Lhoyer, Sychra, Villa-Lobos, concertos by Shand, Viotti, Doisy, Vidal).7 CD and 4 DVD recordingsA series of critically-acclaimed editions, arrangements and pedagogical works in the 'Stanley Yates Series' with Mel Bay Publications, along with further editions with Chanterelle Verlag and Classical Guitar Study Editions.Numerous articles and essays published in journals and books in ten languages.Served as Artistic Advisory Board member of the Guitar Foundation of America, Editorial Board member of the European Guitar Teachers Association and Guitar Forum Editor of the American String Teachers Association.Specialties: classical guitar performance, solo recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, arranger, editor, writer, pedagogy.