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Welcome to ClassicalGuitar.com - The official website of Liona Boyd!

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Internationally known as "The First Lady of the Guitar", Liona Boyd has held a unique position in the world of the classical guitar, through her arranging, her composing, and her twenty one albums, many of which attained gold and platinum status. After studying in Paris Liona burst on the music scene in the mid-seventies gathering raves for her virtuoso playing. She made her debut at Carnegie recital hall, played 100 concerts opening for Gordon Lightfoot, toured internationally as a soloist and guest of symphony orchestras, commissioned composers to write new repertoire for her, appeared on dozens of TV shows, hosted several TV specials, for eight years dated Canada's Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, won five Juno Awards and became one of the world's leading classical guitarists. She has composed many original pieces in a wide range of styles from Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, to Contemporary Pop and Nuevo Latino.

On her 2009 milestone CD, "LIONA BOYD SINGS SONGS OF LOVE", as well as playing guitar, Liona sings for the first time. She is accompanied on vocal harmonies and guitar by Srdjan Givoje from Dubrovnik, Croatia. They interpret such well loved international hits as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Caruso", made famous by Lucio Dalla, Pavarotti and Bocelli, now sung for the first time in English with a new lyric written by Liona. One hour and five minutes of music ( 17 songs), the result is a hauntingly and uplifting collection of unique duos for two voices and two guitars.To read more about this release and also to finally learn the secret of why Liona has been absent from the stage for a few years click here.

Her latest CD, in collaboration with Peter Bond, "Seven Journeys, Music For The Soul and The Imagination", was released by Universal Music Canada in late 2009.

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