B r y a n K. B u r n s
Classical Guitarist / Musicologist / D.M.A.
Bryan is an award-winning classical guitarist, renowned for his powerful performances and unique talent for teaching. As an expert in guitar pedagogy, he has already written two books on the topic. Bryan is highly respected for his expertise in early music performance and scholarship. His recent dissertation on Musical Rhetoric in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has garnered much praise.
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As a teacher and career mentor, Bryan has successfully prepared and placed students in music conservatories and university programs, both in the United States and abroad. These students are frequent scholarship and competition winners. His teaching activities at the high school and college levels are steadily impacting the future of the classical guitar world.
“His musical sensibility and elegance reflect a delicate soul and rare brilliance. He is, without a doubt, the most gifted and intelligent teacher I have ever met.”
-Paolo Schianchi, Artististic Director, PerCorsi Tra i Borghi – Parma, Italy
“Bryan is one of the rare musicians whose music-making is balanced between the intuitive and the intellectual. His teaching concepts are clear, direct, helpful, and always contribute to the expression and understanding of the music whatever the style may be. Bryan’s playing is characterized by excellent technique, a strong and impressive tone, high energy, and conviction of interpretation. In a word, beautiful.”
– Professor Robert Guthrie – SMU
“I have greatly enjoyed the playing of Bryan Burns, a young guitarist of taste, refinement, creativity, and a uniquely gorgeous and personal sound. I wish this fine colleague the great success that he so richly deserves.”
– Eliot Fisk www.eliotfisk.com
New England Conservatory and Mozarteum – Salburg, Austria