TOMMY EMMANUEL, CGP – LIVING IN THE LIGHT TOUR
The INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL is celebrating its 30th anniversary!
To mark this special occasion, we’re bringing you a concert by a world-renowned guitar legend—TOMMY EMMANUEL (AU)
One of the greatest acoustic guitarists of all time andholder of the prestigious “Certified Guitar Player”title is returning to Košice with his electrifying live show , full of energy, virtuosity, and emotion.
Experience an unforgettable evening as part of the anniversary edition of the INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL. This concert will be one of the highlights of the entire festival!
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see the guitar wizard live!
Tommy Emmanuel, whom NPR’s World Cafe has called “one of the best acoustic guitarists in the world,” began playing at the age of six, touring his native Australia with his family band. As a teenager, he earned a reputation as a sought-after session and studio musician, and by the age of twenty, Emmanuel was playing chart-topping hits and performing with bands such as Air Supply and Men at Work. Emmanuel, partly inspired by his hero Chet Atkins (who later became his friend, mentor, and collaborator), struck out on his own as a solo artist in 1979 and released the first in a series of acclaimed instrumental albums that made him an unexpected celebrity both in his home country and abroad. In the decades that followed, he headlined venues ranging from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall; toured with legends such as Eric Clapton and John Denver; won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement; performed before a television audience of more than two billion people at the Sydney Olympics; and collaborated with numerous guitar greats, including Les Paul, Mark Knopfler, Joe Walsh, Richard Thompson, Jason Isbell, and Billy Strings.
Emmanuel’s latest album, *Living In The Light*, recorded in just four days, represents the boldest—and most rewarding—collection in this globetrotting fingerpicker’s remarkable catalog, blending his influences from pop, jazz, classical, and roots music into a virtuoso masterpiece that is both exhilarating and intimate.