The Jefferson Classical Guitar Society will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a solo guitar concert by the Swedish guitarist and composer, Johannes Möller. Möller has captivated audiences throughout the world with charismatic and soulful performances. The concert will take place on Tuesday, November 1st, at 7:30 pm at the beautiful tasting room of Paschal Winery, 1122 Suncrest Road, in Talent. Doors open at 6:30 pm as part of the JCGS' monthly first Tuesday meeting and festivities at the winery.

Tickets for the concert are $20 general, $15 for seniors, $5 for students. Children under 12 are admitted for free. Tickets will be available at the door. For further information call, 541-482-2826.

After playing his first public concerts at the age of 13, Johannes Möller's performances now total over 500 and span Europe, Asia, South and North America. In 2010 he was awarded first prize in the GFA Concert Artist Competition, considered by many to be the most prestigious guitar competition in the world, resulting in his current 63-concert tour and a recording contract with the Naxos label.

To see Johannes play the famous guitar piece "Asturias (Leyenda)", click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTrQi1Bnr64. To see a video of one of his recording sessions for Naxos, click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIjxaXrXL6A.

As a performer, Johannes's artistry has reached well beyond the usual guitar circles. This was confirmed in 2008 when he won the Dutch Vriendenkrans Concours where he was competing against performers in all instrumental categories. As a part of this award his name has been engraved on a metal plate that can be seen in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Critics have also noted his special qualities, writing of his playing "Guitarist Johannes Möller achieved miracles with his lucid, spacious playing" (London Evening Standard).

"Johannes Möller is a gifted player, and will go on to great things." - Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar (UK), reviewing a concert at the Latin Quarter, London

"The highlight of the evening was the young guitarist Johannes Möller... With a brilliant sense of colours and a flashy technique he easily takes the audience through the work..." - Marcus Österlund, Folkbladet (Sweden), in a review of a performance of the Aranjuez concerto

Artist Biography: Johannes Möller

The Swedish guitarist and composer Johannes Möller has captivated audiences throughout the world with charismatic and soulful performances. After playing his first public concerts at the age of 13, his performances now total over 500 and span Europe, Asia, South and North America. In 2010 he was awarded first prize in the GFA Concert Artist Competition, considered by many to be the most prestigious guitar competition in the world, resulting in a 50-concert tour and a recording with the Naxos label.

As a performer, Johannes's artistry has reached well beyond the usual guitar circles. This was confirmed in 2008 when he won the Dutch Vriendenkrans Concours where he was competing against performers in all instrumental categories. As a part of this award his name has been engraved on a metal plate that can be seen in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Critics have also noted his special qualities, writing of his playing "Guitarist Johannes Möller achieved miracles with his lucid, spacious playing" (London Evening Standard).

At the age of 12 as a self-taught composer Johannes experienced an outburst of creativity that resulted in a large quantity of pieces that were performed and recorded with great critical acclaim. A selection of these works was recorded on a CD with some of the top instrumentalists in Sweden when he was 14 years old. In his later teenage years, Johannes continued composing, experimenting with various compositional styles and techniques. Doberman-Yppan has published a number of his works and his pieces are now being performed by such groups as the Eden-Stell Duo.

Johannes has earned a Bachelor's of Music with Honors from the Royal College of Music in London where he studied guitar with Gary Ryan and Carlos Bonell and composition with William Mival. He has received a master's degree from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague where he studied with Zoran Dukic. He also received a scholarship from the Royal Conservatoire that allowed him to study privately with Pavel Steidl in the Czech Republic as well as composition lessons with Dusan Bogdanovic in the USA. He completed a second Masters degree at the Conservatoire in Amsterdam where he studied guitar with Lex Eisenhardt and composition with Richard Ayers.

Johannes plays Gregory Byers guitars fitted with D'Addario strings.