John Zaradin was
born in the UK, studied the Schillinger System of Musical Composition
with Albert Kay and completed his formal studies on the guitar with
Alexander Lagoya in Paris.He made his London début concert, in 1968,
at the Purcell Room. He made, at this time, the guitar recordings
for the television series “The Strauss family” with the London Symphony
Orchestra. His work in London theatre began at the Royal Court Theatre
with Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” (director Jane Howells), evolved
onto the West End stage at the Piccadilly Theatre with “Man of La
Mancha” and continued into touring with the companies Glyndebourne
Opera, Ballet Rambert and London Contemporary Dance.
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In 1972 he made his first solo recording: “Concierto de Aranjuez” by J. Rodrigo (EMI/CFP). In the same year he joined Peter Brook and the Royal Shakespeare Company for the world tour of Brook’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream”. During this time he found a musical resonance in the music of Brasil and, when the tour ended, he continued to travel in Latin America and began to create his own catalogue of compositions. Returning to Europe, he toured with Brasilian companies, recorded a second album “Zaradin’s Guitar” for EMI (1976) and presented his own group Images of Brasil at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. He continues to write, record and perform across the same wide spectrum of music.
