​I will be heading to England at the end of January to record a new solo CD which will be released later this year, again through Cala Records. This will be my third solo CD and my fifth in total. I will again record with the wonderfully talented producer and engineer John Taylor, with whom I have recorded all my other CDs. I will be recording in the beautiful St. Andrew's Church in Toddington, a venue with a fantastically rich and full acoustic and one that I've not recorded in since 2004 when I recorded my first solo CD (and first ever CD) Stélé, as a young 22 year old.

This new CD will celebrate the most well-loved works for classical guitar. This repertoire, by composers such as Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, Augustín Barrios, Astor Piazzolla, Heitor Villa-Lobos (amongst others), is the music I listened to as a child. It's the music I first fell in love with, and the reason I not only started learning guitar, but the reason I pursued classical guitar as a career. 

As the days get longer and 2016 slowly starts to get under way and shake off the celebrations of the holiday season, I again find myself reflecting on the year that was and on the year that will be. This year, for the first time in several, I was able to spend the New Year at home in Barcelona, enjoying the festive lights, the comparatively warm weather and the company of good friends over great food and wine.

2015 was again a year filled with travel (to 16 countries) and wonderful music making in a variety of settings. Highlights included performing Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Guitar Concerto in D major three times in Texas, performing on the 175th Anniversary Trans-Atlantic crossing on the regal and enchanting Queen Mary 2, a return to Beijing with Zoco Duo as part of the String-139 festival, listening to my solo CD Blackwattle Caprices on a Delta flight and developing and performing the beautifully rich and profound prose of Juan Ramon Jimenez's Platero and I, set to music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, with my brother Gideon. 

Below are some fun facts from my busy 2015