About Julian Gray

Julian Gray is recognized as one of the outstanding guitarists on the current music scene, performing in recital and as a chamber musician and concerto soloist. He has appeared at many of the most prestigious guitar gatherings, including the Second American Guitar Congress and the Guitar Foundation of America Festival, as well as concert series and festivals in London, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, and on tour throughout the United States and Canada. His recording of music for guitar and strings by Paganini with the Diaz Trio was hailed by Stradivarius Magazine as the finest example of that genre on record. Recordings with former duo partner, Ronald Pearl, including The Magic Circle, Baroque Inventions, Homages, and Evocations and Scarlatti 15 for Dorian, have received enthusiastic accolades from critics and music-lovers alike.

Gray is a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award of the Johns Hopkins University. He is the Chair of the Guitar Department at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University where he teaches guitar, guitar history, and literature and coaches chamber music. His students and chamber ensembles are frequent top prize winners at major national and international solo guitar and ensemble competitions. Students from Gray’s studio have received every performance and academic honor awarded by the Conservatory and the Johns Hopkins University offered to the Peabody students.