Introducing Antony Hadjion

Antony has been performing and teaching Flamenco and Classical Guitar for over 45 years. He studied Classical guitar with Jochen Schubert in Melbourne and then with Alexandre Lagoya in France. His first Flamenco guitar teacher was Joaquín Gomez in Melbourne with whom He had a few lessons. Joaquín was the real author of the famous Flamenco Guitar Method by Ivor Mairants from the 1950's.

Later he studied extensively in Spain on three separate trips from 1975 - 1995 ( in 1990 receiving a grant from the West Australian Dept. for the Arts) with teachers such as Juan Maya "Marote", Paco Pena, Antonio Sanchez (father of Paco de Lucia), Pedro del Valle, El Entri, and others.

Antony has performed with Spanish Dance Companies in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth as well as performing overseas in India, Greece, Japan and New Caledonia. He has arranged music for theatre productions, performed at various festivals and has played with "Her Majesty's Theatre Orchestra" as well as with the "West Australian Symphony Orchestra".

He has written a simple book in tab with a cd covering the basics of Flamenco Guitar and a few pieces.

For intermediate and advanced players he has arranged and transcribed many flamenco pieces in both music and tab.