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Joaquin Turina - Sevillana Fantasia Maestropartington 43 views Michael Partington performing live in Milwaukee, WI, March 14, 2008 on a Kenny Hill 2007 Signature guitar.
Fernando Sor - Gran Solo Maestropartington 51 views Michael Partington performing live in Milwaukee, WI, March 14, 2008 on a Kenny Hill 2007 Signature guitar.
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata K209. Maestropartington 122 views Michael Partington performing live in Bellingham, November 8, 2011 for the Northwest Guitar Society on a 2010 Kenny Hill Signature guitar.
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata K208. Maestropartington 58 views Michael Partington performing live in Bellingham, November 8, 2011 for the Northwest Guitar Society on a 2010 Kenny Hill Signature guitar.
Bryan Johanson - Preludes 7, 8, 13 & 14. Maestropartington 33 views Michael Partington performing live in Bellingham, November 8, 2011 for the Northwest Guitar Society on a 2010 Kenny Hill Signature guitar.
Bryan Johanson - Preludes 1, 2, 3 & 4 Maestropartington 35 views Michael Partington performing live in Bellingham, November 8, 2011 for the Northwest Guitar Society on a 2010 Kenny Hill Signature guitar.
Mauro Giuliani - Variations Op 102. Maestropartington 96 views Michael Partington performing live in Bellingham, November 8, 2011 for the Northwest Guitar Society on a 2010 Kenny Hill Signature guitar.
Rodrigo - Passacaglia Maestropartington 13,855 views Michael Partington live in Montana From Rodrigo's Tres Piezas Espanolas
Piazzolla - Verano Porteno Maestropartington 59,564 views Michael Partington live in Montana. Sergio Assad's transcription from Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas.
Goss - Sonata, Adagio sostenuto Maestropartington 4,306 views Third movement of Stephen Goss's 3 movement Sonata, written for Michael Partington in 2006. For more about Stephen visit http://www.stephengoss.net/

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Michael Partington is one of the most engaging of the new generation of concert players. Praised by Classical Guitar Magazine for his "lyricism, intensity and clear technical command," this award-winning British guitarist has performed internationally as a soloist and with ensemble to unanimous critical praise. Audiences are put at ease by his charming stage manner and captivated by his musical interpretations. His innate rhythmic understanding and sense for tonal colour combine to form some of the most memorable phrasing to be heard on the guitar.

He began playing guitar at age 6 while growing up in Wales, gave his first public performance at age 7 and won his first competition at age 9. He has trained with many of the world's greatest guitarists, including Oscar Ghiglia, Eliot Fisk, Eduardo Fernandez, Manuel Barrueco and David Russell, who commented on his "exquisite good taste and fluid perfection."

Mr. Partington has appeared throughout the USA, UK, Canada, Russia and Scandanavia in solo recital, with orchestra and in chamber ensembles. His North American appearances include the first solo guitar recital in Seattle's Benaroya Hall, as well as Town Hall and Meany Theater in Seattle, Austin, Los Angeles, New Haven, Phoenix, Portland, Reno, San Francisco, Vancouver and many others. Concerts in England and Wales have included Blackheath Halls, the Royal College of Music, St. Martin-in-the-Fields and St. James', Piccadilly in London; the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff; St. Mary in the Castle, Hastings; Bristol Music Club; Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth; Brewery Arts Centre, Kendall; Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells; Nottingham; Carlisle; Derby; and others. He has performed live on BBC Radio 3's In Tune, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Wales and Great Western Radio in the UK, as well as St. Paul Sunday on National Public Radio in the US, KUOW, KING FM, KZAZ, and KAOS in Washington, JPR in Oregon, KUT in Texas, and cable television in California, Montana and Washington.

An advocate of new music, he has commissioned and premiered works by Stephen Goss, Bryan Johanson, Toshio Hosokawa, Angelo Gilardino, Tom Baker, Kevin Callahan and others. He is a frequent performer and teacher at festivals, including the Guitar Foundation of America Festival, Llantilio Crossenny Festival, Portland Guitar Festival, Northwest Guitar Festival, Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Cascadia Festival and Chelan Bach Fest. He has also performed with Orchestra Seattle, Seattle Chamber Players, Seattle Creative Orchestra, Wenatchee Valley Symphony, Rainier Symphony, Portland State University Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Choral Company, and flutist Paul Taub in the duo Dinamici. Mr. Partington is frequently invited to adjudicate or sit on the jury for local, national and international competitions in the US and Canada, including the Guitar Foundation of America competition, the National finals for the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals, the Music Teachers of North America national finals and the Portland Guitar Competition. His recordings are available on the Rosewood Recordings, Present Sounds and Cadenza Music labels. He currently lives in Seattle where he is director of the Guitar Program at the University of Washington.

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