Arnaud Dumond

French classical guitarist, lute player, composer and educator Arnaud Dumond is one of the most fascinating musical guitarists on the French and international scene. He has taken the classical guitar to an unexpected dimension. He has recorded some of the most beautiful versions of the acoustic guitar repertoire. His original compositions for guitar parallel those of the masters and now form part of guitar students’ repertoire. His virtuosity ranges from the Renaissance to contemporary music. He was first French guitarist to win 1st prize in the Paris-Radio-France Guitar Competition. He studied classical guitar at the Music Conservatory in Paris and under guitar Masters Alberto Ponce, Narciso Yepes, Emilio Pujol, John Williams and Joseph Urshalmi. He has performed with prestigious musicians such as Jaco Pastorius, Claude Bolling, Georges Alirol, William Parrot and Michèle Delfosse and under the conductors John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Nahon, Cyril Diederich and Leo Brouwer. Dumond has created several classical guitar & flamenco guitar duos with Jean-Baptiste Marino, Vincent Le Gall, Samuelito and Pedro Sierra. He has written hundred works for the guitar, but also works for choir and various ensembles. He is the author of several guitar concertos. He has a committed approach to contemporary music. He created the S.P.A.G. guitar festival in Paris in the 1990s. He continues his work as “professor emeritus” in Paris and he teaches master classes around the world.