Randall Avers

RANDALL AVERS, biography

American guitarist Randall Avers was born in 1974. He began studying guitar at age six and gave his first solo recital at the Gazzetta Recital Hall in Akron, Ohio at age 13. While attending high school at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Avers was selected to compete in the 1991 GFA International Competition and placed second becoming the youngest finalist to date. That same year he was also a finalist for the “Presidential Scholar in the Arts.”

Avers has performed in festivals and music series throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, France, Norway, and Sweden. By invitation of the United States Information Service he toured North Africa and Egypt as an Artistic Ambassador.

He has received awards from numerous international competitions that include the Yamaha Music France Competition and the Concours Internationale de Guitare Rene Bartoli. Over the past several year, he has been a juror for the GFA, Aaron Brock Competition, (Canada), Culiacan Competition in Mexico, and a number of regional/national competitions. He is a frequent performing artist/educator at the Classical Minds Festival in Houston.

Currently, Avers resides in Norway and teaches guitar at the Røyken Videregående Stienerskole. He performs in the duo “les Frères Méduses” with French guitarist Benoît Albert. “les Frères” released their first recording this year entitled “Ten Years After…” Avers has released two solo guitar recordings: Vistas (North and South American music) and Puerto Viejo (Music of Spain).