“... a multi-instrumental dream. If you are looking for meaning, hope, or even some time to reflect on yourself and everything that has happened during these trying times, catch Gary Albert’s magical performance, close your eyes and let him take you on a journey to another world entirely
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ABOUT GARY ALBERT
Gary Albert, aka 'The Music Alchemist’, comes from humble working-class East London roots. Born in the early 1980s on a deprived Walthamstow council estate, he discovered the flute and piano aged 11 after a local initiative to get kids in schools learning instruments free of charge.
He began his journey of learning music and became obsessed. Would find him in the music practice room before, school during break times and after school - he had found his gift.
By the age of 16, he had earned himself a full scholarship to the prestigious Purcell School of Music, a private school for young gifted classical musicians. Years later he won two further full scholarships to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music.
The composer and performer’s captivating music and live concert experiences blur the boundaries between contemporary, poetic, neoclassical and impressionistic sounds infused with an evocative electronic undertone and a spine-tingling, cinematic flair. Critics have called his work “a multi-instrumental dream”, “a one-man cosmic symphony” and “beautiful with unforgettable music”.
The multi-award-winning artist has taken audiences on transportive sonic voyages with headline appearances at venues such as Wilderness Festival and Wonderment Festival two years in a row, as well as his double bill of sold-out Central London concerts, earning him four 5-star press reviews and four awards including “Best Performance Music Video", “Best Sound Design”, “Best Live Performance” and “Best Live Performance On Film”.
Other career highlights over the last 20 years include performing solo alongside Brian May and Kerry Ellis at Royal Albert Hall, composing the score for and starring in E4's hit series ‘Playing It Straight', taking to the stage alongside Judi Dench for Stephen Sondheim's 80th Birthday Prom, and performing as part of sensational orchestral pop collective The Irrepressibles as their flautist.
Harmonising a timeless sense of organic musicality with his fluttering flutes, pulsing pianos and velvet vocals, Gary Albert intricately weaves masterful loops, hypnotic layers and a tapestry of dreamlike FX for a transportive musical journey to remember.
