LionaBoyd/Albniz*Barrios*Sor*Satie*Debussy*Trrega*Payet*Barnes*The First Lady Of The Guitar

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Liona Boyd was born in London but grew up in Toronto.[1]Her father grew up inBilbao, Spain, and her mother inStoke-on-Trent, England. Her grandmother was fromLinares, Spain, the birthplace of the “king of the classical guitar”,Andrs Segovia. During her family’s ocean voyage to Canada, she performed her first concert in a talent show on the ship. She played “Bluebells of Scotland” on a treble recorder.

When she was thirteen, she was given her first guitar, a Christmas present which her parents bought in Spain seven years earlier.[2]She took lessons fromEli Kassner,Narciso Yepes,Alexandre Lagoya,Julian Bream, and Segovia.

Boyd graduated from the University of Toronto in 1972 with a degree in music

n 1974, Boyd released her debut album, “The Guitar”. It was produced by Eleanor Koldofsky[6]and was released onBoot Records. In 1976, Boyd joined SOCAN, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, and established her own publishing company, Mid-Continental Music. As at the end of 2016, she had 27 studio albums, live recordings and compilation recordings to her credit and a new album of original songs was planned for release in 2017.[7]

During her career, Boyd has recorded withChet Atkins,Eric Clapton,Al Di Meola,Rik Emmett,David Gilmour,Alex Lifeson,Steve Morse,Canadian Brass,Andr Gagnon,Yo Yo Ma,Frank Mills,Strunz & Farah,Roger Whittaker, andGheorghe Zamfir

Label:Columbia Masterworks M 35137Format:Vinyl, LPCountry:CanadaReleased:1978Genre:ClassicalStyle:Classical

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