Redmond O'Toole playing the 'Brahms guitar'

Redmond O'Toole is an Irish classical guitarist. He is amongst a handful of musicians performing on a Brahms guitar. Commonly referred to as the 'Cello-Guitar' the Brahms guitar was invented in 1994 by classical guitarist Paul Galbraith in conjunction with the recently deceased luthier David His former teachers include Oscar Ghiglia, Paul Galbraith, Graham Devine and John Feeley. Oscar Ghiglia (born 13 August 1938) is an Italian classical guitarist. Paul Galbraith (born March 1964 is a Scottish -born Classical guitarist known for his unique style of playing John Feeley is a classical guitarist and teacher from Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. He studied at the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. Dublin Institute of Technology ( DIT) ( Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Atha Cliath) was established officially in 1992 under the Dublin Institute The Accademia Musicale Chigiana ( English: Chigiana Musical Academy is a music institute in Siena, Italy. Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Siena.

O'Tooles performs extensively as a soloist or with Orchestra and is praised for his interpretations of J.S. Bach. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" He was a founder member of the Dublin Guitar Quartet and has worked with musicians such as Cora Venus Lunny and Elizabeth Cooney. The Dublin Guitar Quartet is an Irish music group that specialises in the performance of contemporary classical music particularly music associated with Minimalist composers Cora Venus Lunny is an Irish Musician. Her father is the musician Dónal Lunny. He has also toured Europe with traditional Irish group 'The Chieftains'.

Discography

Baroque - 2008, Bornheim Klassik (BKCD6878)

Movements - 2006, Bornheim Klassik (BKCD6877)

Deleted pieces (Dublin Guitar Quartet) - 2006, Greyslate Records

Sources

http://www.classicallinks.ie/profile.asp?ID=30

http://www.rte.ie/tv/theview/archive/20070116.html

http://www.rte.ie/radio/mooneygoeswild/fp2007/january17.html

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/1129/theeleventhhour.html

External links

• Official Homepage