Bryan Johanson
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Bryan Johanson is an American classical guitar
ist & composer.
He was born in Portland, Oregon
and is recognized as a composer of modern works.
Johanson has performed, recorded and published works internationally. Johanson's works have won major awards from the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival and School
, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
, UCLA and The Esztergom International Guitar Festival. Johanson studied composition with Charles Jones
and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom
. Johanson's compositions feature three symphonies, concertos for violin, cello and piano, numerous chamber works, song cycles and choral works, as well as compositions for solo instruments including the classical guitar
.
Johanson is a prominent guitarist and recording artist who has studied with the likes of Christopher Parkening
, Alirio Diaz
, and Michael Lorimer. He has performed with orchestras, chamber music groups, choirs, and in solo recitals throughout the United States and Canada.
Mr. Johanson is also a player of Jeff Elliott guitars.
Johanson is a member of the Oregon Guitar Quartet, a group for which he has created numerous original compositions and arrangements.
He currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Victoria and daughter Molly.
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist & composer.
He was born in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
and is recognized as a composer of modern works.
Johanson has performed, recorded and published works internationally. Johanson's works have won major awards from the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival and School
Aspen Music Festival and School
The Aspen Music Festival and School, founded in 1949, is an internationally renowned classical music festival that presents music in an intimate, small-town setting...
, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C...
, UCLA and The Esztergom International Guitar Festival. Johanson studied composition with Charles Jones
Charles Jones
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and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom
William Bolcom
William Elden Bolcom is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, two Grammy Awards, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bolcom taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973–2008...
. Johanson's compositions feature three symphonies, concertos for violin, cello and piano, numerous chamber works, song cycles and choral works, as well as compositions for solo instruments including the classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
.
Johanson is a prominent guitarist and recording artist who has studied with the likes of Christopher Parkening
Christopher Parkening
Christopher Parkening is an American classical guitarist.Parkening was born in Los Angeles, California, and pursued music in part because of his cousin Jack Marshall, a studio musician in the 1960s. Marshall first introduced Parkening to the recordings of Andrés Segovia when he was 11, and...
, Alirio Diaz
Alirio Diaz
Alirio Díaz is a Venezuelan classical guitarist.The eighth of eleven children, Díaz was born in Caserio La Candelaria, a small village near Carora in western Venezuela. From childhood he showed a great interest in music. At age 16 he ran away from home to Carora, where he sought better schooling...
, and Michael Lorimer. He has performed with orchestras, chamber music groups, choirs, and in solo recitals throughout the United States and Canada.
Mr. Johanson is also a player of Jeff Elliott guitars.
Johanson is a member of the Oregon Guitar Quartet, a group for which he has created numerous original compositions and arrangements.
He currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Victoria and daughter Molly.
External links
- Profile - Portland State University
- Bryan Johanson Biography
- Art of the States: Bryan Johanson Open Up Your Ears (1997) for guitar
- www.oregonguitarquartet.com/about/bryan-johanson/
- Jeffrey R. Elliott Guitars