Declan Hickey – Guitar
Declan Hickey is a classical guitarist based in London. Active as a soloist, chamber musician and arranger, his approach to the guitar reflects the instrument’s dynamic history.
As a soloist, Declan has performed across the UK and abroad, including a recital at the Lidköping Festival in Sweden. He has won prizes from the Worshipful Company of Musicians, Leicester MusicFest, and the Cardiff Guitar Festival, and grants from Help Musicians and the Tom Acton Memorial Trust. His specialism in British music of the last hundred years includes the complete guitar works of Lennox Berkeley and Michael Tippett. Other recent solo programmes have included works by Roberto Gerhard, Leo Brouwer, Tōru Takemitsu and J.S. Bach.