John Feeley

Who is John Feeley?

John Feeley is a classical guitarist and teacher from Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. He has been described by The Washington Post as 'Ireland's leading classical guitarist' and by Michael Dervan in The Irish Times as 'a trailblazer...when it comes to the guitar and guitar-playing in Ireland'.

Feeley is internationally renowned as a performer and teacher and he is regularly found performing and teaching around the world with appearances at such festivals as the Guitar Festival of Ireland, Bath International Guitar Festival, the Dundee International Guitar Festival, and the Wirral International Guitar Festival.

Feeley has won numerous awards including the Special Award for interpretation in the 1984 Mauro Giuliani competition, Italy. He has appeared as a soloist with The American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Contempo Quartet. He performs regularly in duet with the flautist William Dowdall.

Feeley is a particular champion of Contemporary Irish Music and in this capacity he has commissioned most of Ireland's leading composers including Seoirse Bodley, John Buckley Jerome de Bromhead, Jane O¹Leary, Brent Parker and Eric Sweeney.