Sean Shibe
Sean Shibe was born in Edinburgh in 1992, and is currently studying for masters in guitar performance at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Graz, under Paolo Pegoraro. Having entered the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as the youngest ever musician to study there, he graduated in July 2012 with a First Class Honours degree. He is in regular demand as a soloist from music festivals and venues around the United Kingdom. In 2009, he was invited by West Dean International Classical Guitar Festival to perform the first movement of the Brouwer Sonata to the maestro himself. In addition to these invitations, Sean Shibe has performed recitals and as a concerto soloist to critical acclaim in the United Kingdom, China, Holland, Germany, Italy, Hungary and Liechtenstein and has featured on the BBC and European television and radio.
In 2008 Bert Kwakkel made a concert guitar type Merula Special with spruce top for Sean Shibe.