Sean Shibe
Associate Artist
Sean Shibe – the first guitarist to be admitted to the prestigious BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme and the only solo guitarist to have received a Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship.
In 2009 Sean won first prize in the Ivor Mairants Guitar Award of the Worshipful Company of Musicians and in 2011 he became only the second guitarist ever to win the Royal Over-Seas League first prize and gold medal.
He was nominated for a BBC Music Magazine Award for his recent album Dreams and Fancies, which debuted at No.3 on the Classical Album Chart. In 2018 he received the RPS ‘Young Artists Prize’.