British-Japanese man with a serious expression posing with a guitar.

SEAN SHIBE, guitar

Sunday, November 2, 2025
3:00 pm
Vancouver Playhouse
600 Hamilton St., Vancouver, BC V6B 5N6

CANADIAN DEBUT

Post-performance Talk Back

This brilliant young guitarist has already proven himself to be a truly original mind at the frontier of contemporary classical music. Sean is a former BBC New Generation Artist, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship winner, a Royal Philharmonic Society 2018 Young Artist Award winner, and a recipient of the 2022 Leonard Bernstein Award. His last season included a coveted residency at Wigmore Hall in London. Be there when this charismatic young star makes his Canadian debut.

FRANK MARTIN: Quatre Pièces Brèves
J. S. BACH: Suite No. 1 for Cello Solo in G major, BWV 1007, arr. for guitar
THOMAS ADÈS: Forgotten Dances
SASHA SCOTT: Rush
TYSHAWN SOREY: New Work
STEVE REICH: Electric Counterpoint

The most interesting voice on the guitar for a generation.

— Gramophone Magazine

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