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Welcome to the offical website of English guitarist, composer and teacher Sam Cave. Here you will find information about Sam’s future and past concerts, details of his work as a composer and teacher, as well as repertoire lists, biographies and multimedia. Upcoming concerts and events are below and recent concert highlights can be found on the ‘guitarist’ page.
Select a page on the right to begin browsing the site…….or scroll down for upcoming concerts……
Latest News
Great review of Winterreise in The Independent on Sunday.
Another lovely review of Winterreise at the Tristan Bates Theatre with David Owen Norris and Thomas Guthrie.
Sam is now featured on the players page of luthier Jeroen Hilhorst’s website.
New Recordings
Sam’s 2010 piano work Easter Music was premièred on the 16th October 2011 by Satoko Hayami (solo piano). Click here for a live recording at Arts Collinwood, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
New Videos
Now on the Multimedia page are links to videos of some of Sam’s performances in the SoundSCAPE 2010 contemporary music festival in Italy…more are to follow soon….
International Composers Collective Review
The Inaugural concert of the Collective at the Forge in London on May 25th was give a very warm review in The Strad magazine – read the review here
Winter in Covent Garden – London, UK – 12-14/12/2011
Sam performs alongside pianist David Owen-Norris and baritone Thomas Guthrie in a spell-binding new staging of Schubert’s masterpiece Winterreise, which features puppetry and animation. Tristan Bates theatre 7:30pm, £12/£10 tickets and more information here.
Return to The National Gallery – London, UK – 27-29/12/2011
Sam will perform three nights in the Sainsbury Wing featuring music by Gaspar Sanz and Alonso Mudarra. National Gallery, Trafalgar Sqaure 6pm, free entry
Park Lane Group Young Artists Series – London, UK – 13/01/2012
Sam makes his Southbank Centre debut as part of this prestigious series, performing Poul Ruder’s Psalmodies Suite. Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, 13th January 6:15pm- Tickets £12/9/7.50. Booking and more information.
Quadrophony play ‘The Blue Stage’ – London, UK – 19/01/2012
Quadrophony (Sam Cave, Alastair Putt, Tom Ellis, Matthew Robinson) headline the first night of the brand new ‘Edge Music London’ concert series at the Wenlock and Essex, Islington. Music by J Greenstein, G. Prokofiev, S. Cave. 7:30pm, £4 on the door. More information here or at www.edgemusic.co.uk
Tango in Notting Hill – London, UK – 03/02/2012
It Takes Two To…, the fifth movement of Sam’s Seven Moments (2007-9) for flute and guitar, will be performed by Audrey Milheres (flute) and Nils Klofver (guitar). The program also includes other dance inspired musics by Piazzolla and Bartok. Bickersteth House, Notting Hill – tickets £15, SOLD OUT
ACE play ‘The Red Stage’ – London, UK – 16/02/2012
An ACE (avant-garde composers ensemble) duet performance, Sam performs alongside ACE director Hossein Hadisi as they headline the second night of the brand new ‘Edge Music London’ concert series at the Wenlock and Essex, Islington. Music by H. Hadisi and S.Cave. 7:30pm, £4 on the door. More information www.edgemusic.co.uk
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