Fiery Spanish Instrumental Guitar That Will Make Your Event The One Your Guests Will Rave About!
An award winning instrumental guitarist available to play a beautiful blend of fiery rumba flamenco, pop classics, and Latin jazz. From the Gipsy Kings to Carlos Santana.
The perfect fit for your next corporate reception, wedding or private party!
"Thanks John, for an absolutely wonderful performance! People are still raving about it, and that makes us look good!"
Phillis Stenson - The Harrison Festival Society
"From our earliest days the West Fine Art Show has presented John Gilliat on guitar.
Art show guests are always enthralled and artists adore him.
John’s Flamenco Jazz and Latin Rumba blend passionately and soothingly into the broad canvas of our showscape and as a result he has truly become one of our most popular featured artists.
Brian Croft - Organizer, West Fine Art Show
JOHN'S BIO...
John has dedicated himself to a fiery, world beat fusion of Rumba Flamenco and Latin Jazz.This Westcoast Music Award Nominee has toured throughout North America and Japan. Performance highlights include representing Canada at Japan's 2005 Expo, performing at Canada's 2010 Winter Olympics and performing for Canada's former Prime Minister Jean Chretien. John's recordings have been used for radio, documentaries, TV and film in North America, Japan, Ireland and the UK.
In 1995, John won "Best Acoustic Guitar Performance" in the Music West Star Frets Competition. He won Vancouver's Unplugged Competition in 1996, in 1997 he became a finalist in Vancouver's Global Star Quest and in 2009 competed at the Montreal Jazz Festival winning the Grand Prize at the BOSS Loop Station 2009 Championship National Finals.
As an electric and acoustic 'guitarist for hire', John performed with the Vancouver Playhouse, Hinder, Jimmy D.Lane, Ben Woods, Tomas Michaud, Itamar Erez, Radio Europe, Alyssa Nielsen, Gypsalero and opened for such notable artists as Cirque du Soleil, Mae Moore, and acoustic guitar masters Strunz and Farah.
"John Gilliat doesn't hail from sunny Spain but he plays a mean flamenco guitar"
Janice Foster - The Langley Times
“The style is called "nouveau flamenco" and Langley acoustic guitarist John Gilliat is blazingly good at it. Light a candle, pour some camomile and don't wonder how he moves his hands so fast or you'll just stress.
John P. McLaughlin - The Vancouver Province
“I help people to feel good by performing great popular songs as a Fiery Instrumental Guitarist and would love to perform at your next big event as a one man band, duo, trio or quartet!” - John Gilliat