Guiting Music Festival
Guiting Power
Cheltenham
GL54 5TX
Soloists' Recital
Interval
Serbian Trad Ajde Jano
Trad Scarborough Fair
Brahms Hungarian Dances, nos 1, 2 & 5
Bartók Romanian Folk Dances
Burt Bacharach I Say a Little Prayer
Bob Marley Redemption Song
Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon
Dvořák Song to the Moon
António Carlos Jobim The Girl from Ipanema
Piazzolla Libertango
Stevie Wonder I Wish
Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers Good Times
With arrangements by Harry Baker
Fantasia returns to Guiting with three start soloists to present a specially curated evening of music spanning centuries, countries and genres. For over fifty years the Guiting Music Festival has been bringing an exciting variety of highly talented performances of Classical, Jazz and Blues music by artists from around the world. The festival is held in the beautiful and unspoilt Cotswold setting of Guiting Power, near Stow-on-the-Wold, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Braimah Kanneh-Mason is a dynamic and versatile young violinist. He has performed throughout the UK, Europe, USA and the Australia.
Braimah has an episode in the BBC series, ‘In the Studio’, has co-presented a radio programme for Classic fm and recorded as a soloist for BBC Radio 3. He's a passionate advocate for equal opportunity and diversity in music education and is a Cultural Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda and a Junior Ambassador for Music in Secondary Schools Trust. He has been a mentor at Sistema England and Junior Music Works.
After winning the BBC Young Musician competition in 2016, Sheku has become one of the most celebrated cellists of his generation.
Sheku’s career and performances span the globe! Whether performing for children in a school hall, at an underground club or in theworld’s leading concert venues, Sheku’s mission is to make music accessible to all. After winning the BBC Young Musician competition in 2016, Sheku’s performance at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018 was watched by two billion people worldwide.
Born and raised in São Paulo, Plínio Fernandes fuses the tradition of classical guitar with Brazilian folk music.
Plínio released his debut album Saudade in 2022, which hit Number One on the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums Chart. Plínio was named on Forbes Brazil’s Under 30 list and a Rising Star by Classic FM. A passionate advocate for music education, Plínio was invited to join London Music Masters as an ambassador, and is involved with performing, teaching and guiding young musicians in schools.
Harry Baker is an award-winning British pianist and composer.
As a jazz musician, Harry has worked with top jazz performers at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and the Royal Festival Hall. As a classical pianist, collaborations with artists including singers Fatma Said and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
Tom is Fantasia's Conductor & Artistic Director.
Tom Fetherstonhaugh is Artistic Director of Fantasia Orchestra, which he founded in 2016.
This year, Tom returns to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Ulster Orchestra, and Orchestra of Opera North, and makes his debuts with the BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata.
Guiting Music Festival
Guiting Power
Cheltenham
GL54 5TX