William Carter BMus, MMus

Biography

William Carter was born in Florida and earned both his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees as a classical guitarist with Bruce Holzman from Florida State University. William worked for several years in North Carolina’s Artist-in-Residence programme and then accepted the post of Professor of Guitar at Pennsylvania State University. He left America in 1989 to study the lute as a Fulbright Scholar in London where he now lives and performs frequently as a member of The Palladian Ensemble, The Academy of Ancient Music and The English Concert.

Concert tours and festival appearances followed throughout Europe, Asia and North and South America both as an orchestral player and as a chamber musician and soloist with his own group, The Palladian Ensemble. William has an extensive discography and has featured on numerous recordings of The Academy of Ancient Music and The English Concert, for both of which he acts as the Principal Lutenist.

2005 saw a new development in his career as his exploration of the world of the Baroque guitar led to the release of his first solo album which has been widely praised and named in the Gramophone Critic's Choice list for 2005. This was followed by a recording for Baroque guitar.

Future plans include recordings on the 19th century guitar as well as the complete lute works of Vivaldi.