Fingerstyle Virtuoso Michael
Chapdelaine plays his
arrangement of Come Together.
Amazing solo guitar work.

Please note that the person
who uploaded this video is NOT
Michael Chapdelaine. I don't
know where people are getting
that idea.

http://michaelchapdelaine.com/

Michael Chapdelaine is the
only guitarist ever
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Fingerstyle Virtuoso Michael
Chapdelaine plays his
arrangement of Come Together.
Amazing solo guitar work.

Please note that the person
who uploaded this video is NOT
Michael Chapdelaine. I don't
know where people are getting
that idea.

http://michaelchapdelaine.com/

Michael Chapdelaine is the
only guitarist ever to win
First Prize in the world's top
competitions in both the
Classical and Fingerstyle
genres; the Guitar Foundation
of America International
Classical Guitar Competition
and the National Fingerstyle
Championships at the Walnut
Valley Bluegrass Festival in
Winfield , Kansas. From New
York's Lincoln Center to the
Cactus Cafe in Austin, from
Milano to Bangkok, Michael
continues to enchant, dazzle
and surprise audiences and
critics alike as he redefines
the modern acoustic guitar
with his amazing technique,
'soulful' expressiveness, and
versatility as a performer,
composer and
arranger/producer. His
performances, played on both
steel string and classical
guitars, include musical
styles ranging from blues to
Bach to country to rhythm n'
blues as he wins his audiences
hearts with breath taking
technique and the poetic magic
of his original musical
portraits and landscapes.

In the 80's and 90's Michael
proved himself to be one of
the world's finest classical
guitarists; twice winning the
coveted National Endowment for
the Arts Solo Recitalist
Grant, and taking First Prize
in both the Guitar Foundation
of America's and the Music
Teachers National
Association's Guitar
Competitions. He also won the
Silver Medal in Venezuela's
VIII Concurso International de
Guitarra 'Alirio Diaz'. He has
toured four continents while
giving hundreds of
performances for Affiliate
Artists Inc., and various arts
promotion organizations.

In 1992 he recorded the Sonata
Romantica CD, (now re-released
as 'Mexico'), which many
critics and connoisseurs of
classical guitar consider to
be one of the definitive
recordings for the instrument.
Acoustic Guitar magazine wrote
'... if I were marooned on a
desert island with a limited
selection of recordings, this
one would be among my
choices...I have seldom heard
a more beautiful album. Other
young guitarists have
excellent technique, but few
have such style and
musicality, and Chapdelaine's
beautiful tone is the nearest
to Segovia's that I can
recall.' In 1994 Michael
turned his attention to pop
music, in arranging, producing
and recording Time-Life
Music's beautiful Guitar by
Moonlight collection (also
released as 'with love'),
which sold 250,000 copies in
it's first two years in the
stores. In 1998, he once
again, expanded his musical
range and gained instant
notoriety and credibility in
the 'acoustic music' world as
a 'fingerstyle' guitarist and
composer, by winning the
National Fingerpicking
Championships at Winfield.

Michael is Professor of Music
and head of guitar studies at
the University of New Mexico,
and has previously been on the
faculties of the University of
Colorado at Denver and
Metropolitan State University.
He has given master classes
throughout the world
including, China, Thailand,
Malaysia, Peru, Venezuela,
Taiwan, Indonesia and at
institutions such as,
University of Miami, Mannes
School of Music, University of
Texas, and California State
University. His teachers
included the great Spanish
maestro Andres Segovia.

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