Alec O'Leary is the Director and founder of the Guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 Festival of Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 and is widely regarded as one of the foremost guitarists of his generation. He has spent many years studying guitar with John Feeley

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...

 at Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama and has had tuition from many distinguished players, such as Manuel Barreuco, Roland Dyens

Roland Dyens

Roland Dyens is a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.Dyens studied guitar with the Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Ponce and analysis with Désiré Dondeyne. He has won several prizes in competitions for classical guitar performance as well as for composition...

, Scott Tennant

Scott Tennant

Scott Tennant is a Grammy Award-winning American classical guitarist. He is a member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and is the author of the Pumping Nylon series of instructional books, repertoire supplements, and DVD....

, Sergio Assad

Sergio Assad

Sérgio Assad is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as Assad Brothers or Duo Assad.-Biography:...

, Elena Papandreou and Fabio Zannon. O'Leary plays regularly both as a soloist and in ensemble and has performed many times on both national radio and television. He plays guitars made for him by renowned Irish luthier

Luthier

A luthier is someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments. In the United States, the term is used interchangeably with a term for the specialty of each maker, such as violinmaker, guitar maker, lute maker, etc...

 Michael J. O'Leary.

Debut Album

Alec released his debut album 'Milonga' in the Summer of 2008, on GFI Masters Records. It is a solo album inspired by the music of Latin American composers and features the music of Roland Dyens

Roland Dyens

Roland Dyens is a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.Dyens studied guitar with the Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Ponce and analysis with Désiré Dondeyne. He has won several prizes in competitions for classical guitar performance as well as for composition...

, Antonio Lauro

Antonio Lauro

Antonio Lauro was a Venezuelan musician, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers for the Guitar in the 20th century.- Biography :Antonio Lauro was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela...

, Ástor Piazzolla

Ástor Piazzolla

Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...

, Jorge Morel

Jorge Morel

Jorge Morel is a classical guitarist and composer from Argentina. He is now living and working in New York City.-Biography:...

, Jorge Cardoso

Jorge Cardoso

Jorge Cardoso is a composer and medical doctor born in Posadas, Argentina in 1949.He completed his music studies at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid and in 1973 - his medicine studies at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.He has made numerous recordings and published works such...

 and Antonio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...

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External links

• http://www.alecoleary.com
• http://www.guitarireland.net
• http://www.gfi.ie
• http://www.clearnotemusic.com