Alec O'Leary (M.Mus., B.Mus., Dip. Inst. Teaching) is the director and founder of the

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Festival of

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and is widely regarded as one of the foremost guitarists of his generation. He has spent many years studying guitar with

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at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin, and has had tuition from many distinguished players, such as Manuel Barreuco,

Roland Dyens Roland Dyens () (19 October 1955 – 29 October 2016) was a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger. Life and career Dyens was born in Tunisia and lived most of his life in Paris. He studied with Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Po ...

Scott Tennant Scott Tennant is an American classical guitarist. He is a member of the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Born in Detroit, Michigan in March 1962, he began his musical and guitar studies at the age of six. He attended Cass Techn ...

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, Elena Papandreou and Fabio Zannon. O'Leary plays regularly both as a soloist and in ensemble and has performed many times on both national radio and television. He plays guitars made for him by renowned Irish

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Michael J. O'Leary.

Debut album

Alec released his debut album ''Milonga'' in the Summer of 2008, on GFI Masters Records. It is a solo album inspired by the music of Latin American composers and features the music of

Antonio Lauro Antonio Lauro (August 3, 1917 – April 18, 1986) was a Venezuelan musician, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers for the guitar in the 20th century. Biography Antonio Lauro was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. Hi ...

Ástor Piazzolla Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed ''nuevo tango'', incorporating elements from ...

Jorge Morel Jorge Scibona (9 May 1931 – 10 February 2021), known professionally as Jorge Morel, was a classical guitarist and composer from Argentina. Biography Morel was born in Buenos Aires. His father taught him the rudiments of classical guitar from a ...

Jorge Cardoso Jorge Cardoso ull name: Jorge Ruben Cardoso Krieger(born 26 January 1949) is a classical guitarist, composer, researcher, medical doctor ( National University of Cordoba, Argentina) and teacher (Madrid Royal Conservatory). He has performed in Europ ...

and

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Discography

*2008: ''Milonga - inspiration from Latin America''

References

External links

* http://www.alecoleary.com * https://web.archive.org/web/20080830080957/http://www.guitarireland.net/ * http://www.gfi.ie * https://web.archive.org/web/20090307135535/http://www.clearnotemusic.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Oleary, Alec Irish classical guitarists Living people Year of birth missing (living people)