Alan Thomas is a British-based guitarist who performs on both classical and electric guitar. A classical guitar, also called a Spanish guitar, is a musical instrument from the family of musical instruments called chordophones. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ...

He was born in Liverpool and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts as well as the University of California at San Diego, where his teachers included Scott Tennant and the composer Brian Ferneyhough. The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD) is a public, coeducational university located in La Jolla, California. ... Scott Tennant is an American classical guitarist. ... // Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (born 16 January 1943 in Coventry) is an English composer. ...

Thomas is particularly dedicated to performing contemporary music, and he has premiered many new works by composers including Laurence Crane, Paul Davies, Gerardo Dirié, Gabriel Erkoreka, Michael Finnissy, Christopher Fox, Bryn Harrison, Petros Ovsepyan, Alwynne Pritchard, Joby Talbot and Ian Willcock. According to his website, his repertoire also includes pieces by Louis Andriessen, Cornelius Cardew, Aldo Clementi, James Dillon, Richard Emsley, Brian Ferneyhough, Graham Fitkin, Betsy Jolas, György Kurtág, Tod Machover, Tristan Murail, Per Nørgård, Roger Reynolds, Giacinto Scelsi and Howard Skempton, alongside more familiar pieces by Benjamin Britten, Elliott Carter, Hans Werner Henze, Steve Reich and Toru Takemitsu. Gabriel Erkoreka is a Spanish composer born in Bilbao in 1969. ... Michael Finnissy is an English composer and pianist born in Tulse Hill, London in 1946. ... Christopher Fox (born 1955 in York) is a British composer. ... Alwynne Pritchard (born 1968 in Glasgow) is a British composer and broadcaster. ... Joby Talbot (born 1971) is a British composer. ... Louis Andriessen (born June 6, 1939) is a Dutch composer, son of the composer Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981) and brother of composer Jurriaan Andriessen (1925-1996). ... Cornelius Cardew (May 7, 1936 – London, December 13, 1981) was an English avant-garde composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble. ... Aldo Clementi (born 1925 in Catania) is an Italian composer. ... James Dillon (born 1950 in Glasgow) is a British composer often regarded as belonging to the New Complexity school. ... Richard Emsley (born December 1951 in Goole, Yorkshire) is a British composer, sometimes associated with the New Complexity school. ... // Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (born 16 January 1943 in Coventry) is an English composer. ... Graham Fitkin (born 1963) is a British composer. ... Betsy Jolas (born August 5, 1926) is a French composer. ... György Kurtág (born February 19, 1926) is a Hungarian composer of contemporary music. ... Tod Machover (1953 –) is the son of a pianist and a computer scientist. ... Tristan Murail (b. ... Per NørgÃ¥rd (b. ... American composer and teacher at the University of California at San Diego Roger Reynolds was born July 18, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. ... It has been suggested that List of works by Giacinto Scelsi be merged into this article or section. ... Howard Skempton (b. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. ... Hans Werner Henze (born July 1, 1926 in Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany) is a composer well known for his left-wing political beliefs. ... Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. ... Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹 Takemitsu Tōru, October 8, 1930 - February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer of music, who explored the compositional principles of Western classical music and his native Japanese tradition both in isolation and in combination. ...