Alan Grundy

Alan is one of Ireland’s most renowned guitar teachers and he has now been teaching guitar professionally for over 30 years. He has given many recitals throughout Ireland – most notably performances being – Ireland’s Tribute to Segovia – a concert held at the Hugh Lane Gallery to mark the centenary of the maestro’s birth. At this concert Alan performed the world premiere of ‘Homage to Segovia’ a sonata written by Donal Hurley and dedicated to Alan. Reviewing the concert for the Irish Times, Douglas Sealy wrote ”…Alan Grundy played with extraordinary precision and coolness” – and Lindsay Sedgwick (Irish Press) “…. The audience cheered loudly which is hardly behaviour expected of a classical audience”. European premieres of this work followed with performances by Alan in – Rome, Paris, and Budapest. Alan also performed the 20th century premiere of several 19th century works which he found in the archives of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. These compositions by Eulenstein, Hortesky, Nuske, Pratten and Hudelston had been lost to the guitar repertoire for over 120 years. The performance was once again at the Hugh Lane Gallery and also marked the launch of Alan’s CD -Premiere Recordings from the19th and 20th Centuries. Representing Ireland at the Budapest Spring Festival and A Sense of Ireland Festival in Istanbul, Alan performed these works together with his own compositions The Old Guitarist and The Millennium Mirror also featured on the CD.

Alan gave recitals for five consecutive years in the Dublin Guitar Week hosted by Instituto Cervantes. Ex-director Javier Odriozola wrote – “He recreates Spanish music for guitar with verve and passion. His mastery of the guitar and his communication skills make a great impact on the audience”.

Alan has broadcast on R.T.E. radio and television and hosted two programmes on the life of Segovia for lyric FM. He has also performed concerti, in particular with the R.T.E. Concert Orchestra at the National Concert Hall, his performance being broadcast live nation-wide on radio.

Alan received a publishing contract with Lathkill Music Publishers, Chesterfield, England and his work Baroque Partita was published in 2006. To date Alan has composed/arranged over 150 works.

C.D. releases:

1. Premiere Recordings from the 19th and 20th Centuries
2. Dedications

Research: Thesis – Rediscovered Works from the 19th Century Guitar Works (Found in archives of the Royal Irish Academy of Music)