Liona Boyd in Concert: Nanaimo

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Sunday, March 9th, 2014
7:30 PM

Canada's First Lady of the Guitar is a five-times Juno award-winner for Instrumental Artist of the Year, and renowned around the world as a classical guitar virtuoso and composer. Her most recent CD, called The Return...to Canada with Love, features songs inspired by Canada, with special guest appearances by various distinguished Canadian artists. Liona is accompanied by guitarist Michael Savona. This show is part of her Return to Canada Tour.

When she was thirteen she asked her parents for a guitar as a Christmas present and it changed her life. Five-time Juno award-winner for Instrumental Artist of the Year, Liona Boyd became known around the world as a classical guitar virtuoso and composer, and has now added singing and songwriting to her illustrious career. Since 1975, when she made her Carnegie Hall debut, Liona has been called "The First Lady of the Guitar�. Through her concerts, television specials, and twenty-two recordings, many of which attained Gold and Platinum status, Liona introduced millions of people around the world to the art of classical guitar. The Canberra Times in Australia wrote "breathtakingly beautiful playing, the most musically accomplished and technically flawless playing that I have heard from any guitarist."

Liona is about to release a new CD called The Return...to Canada with Love in the fall of 2013.This project features instrumentals and songs inspired by Canada, with special guest appearances by fellow Canadian artists Serena Ryder, Jann Arden, Randy Bachman, Chris Hadfield, Michel B�rub�, Robert Pilon, Divine Brown, Dan Hill, John McDermott, Daniel Lavoie, Richard Margison, Mark Masri, Michael Savona and CBC personality, Ron Maclean amongst others.

http://www.lionaboyd.com/