William Jenks and Ian O'Sullivan Set to Perform November 15
After two very successful virtual concerts under our belt for Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux and legendary guitarist Eliot Fisk with his lovely wife Zaira Meneses, it seems that we are cracking the code of virtual events and our final concert of the 2019-2020 U.S. International Guitar Series grand finale presented by U.S. Classic Guitar will be brought to you aloha style from the Big Island of Hawaii on Sunday, November 15 at 4 PM (Pacific Time) where U.S. Classic Guitar President William Jenks will perform with Hawaii based guitarist Ian O’Sullivan.
William Jenks is a rare talent from a new generation of classical guitarists best known for his rich musicality and emotionally evocative performances. Jenks has had an extensive performance career which has brought him around the world performing concerts, teaching master classes, and serving on the jury for many important international guitar festivals. In April and May of 2019, Jenks performed solo concerts, taught master classes, and served on the jury for several international guitar festivals in Europe including the 17th International Guitar Festival in Peniscola, Spain, the 17th International Guitar Festival in Hondarribia, Spain, the Rust, Austria International Guitar Festival, and the Skopje, Macedonia International Guitar Festival. In July of 2018 he performed at the International Guitar Festival in Mottola, Italy and he returned to perform at the Fiuggi, Italy International Guitar Festival where he received an award on his previous trip for his promotion of guitar music.
Ian O’Sullivan is a classically-trained guitarist and composer from the North Shore of O’ahu. Well-versed in Hawaiian music and the ‘ukulele, in addition to the western classical repertoire, Ian has performed with guitar luminaries such as Benjamin Verdery, Andrew York, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Scott Tennant and Martha Masters just to name a few. He has performed internationally as well as throughout the United States including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. In 2013 Ian released his first solo album “Born and Raised,” featuring his original compositions alongside music of fellow Hawaii composers. In 2016 he released his second album “Songs for the North Shore”- a set of original compositions written for specific places and stories from the North Shore of O‘ahu.