This will be Sean’s first appearance at the Amersham Festival of Music, and follows recent solo performances at venues including Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie de Paris, Konzerthaus Wien, Southbank Centre, Konzerthaus Dortmund, and Alte Oper Frankfurt.  Shibe has also appeared at 92NY, Musashino City Hall, Herbst Theatre, The Phillips Collection, and regularly at Wigmore Hall.  He has played at numerous festivals such as the La Jolla SummerFest, Aldeburgh Festival, BBC Proms, Heidelberger Frühling, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mozartfest Würzburg and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.

An ardent supporter of contemporary classical music, Shibe has worked with a number of composers to experiment with and expand the guitar repertoire.  Among the many premieres he has performed are works by Thomas Adès, Oliver Leith, Cassandra Miller, Shiva Feshareki, Julia Wolfe, Freya Waley-Cohen, Mark Simpson and Tyshawn Sorey.  He remains similarly committed to the classical canon, including his project pairing bold new pieces with his own transcriptions of JS Bach, as he does in this unmissable performance in the beautiful King’s Chapel.

This performance lasts approximately 2 hours, including an interval.