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Devine studied with Gordon Crosskey at Chetham's School Of Music in Manchester . He emigrated to Brazil when he was nineteen, becoming known there as a teacher and performer. Devine has been a laureate of many international competitions, including the Mottola International Guitar Competition in Italy , the Certamen Francisco Tárrega in Benicasim , Spain , and the Stotsenberg International Guitar Competition in the USA . He won first prize at the 2002 Alhambra International Guitar Competition in Alcoy , Spain, and again at the Emilio Pujol Guitar Competition in Italy. He has recorded three CDs for Naxos Records , featuring music by Leo Brouwer , Antonio Carlos Jobim , Alan Rawsthorne , Heitor Villa-Lobos and William Walton , among others. His other recordings for Granary-Guitars include music by Johann Sebastian Bach , Enrique Granados , Manuel Ponce , Joaquín Rodrigo and Domenico Scarlatti and the first recording of Federico Moreno Torroba 's Sonata-Fantasia. Graham Anthony Devine is known for his varied use of tone colour on the guitar, a skill which many have compared with that of Julian Bream , whom Devine has called "the greatest guitarist of the 20th century." He is currently a guitar tutor at Trinity College Of Music in London . EXTERNAL LINKS DISCOGRAPHY
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