Twelve years old Kevin Loh(12) started his musical journey on the violin but it was short-lived as his instructor told him that he was not ready. Seeing the potential in him, his father introduced him the classical guitar at age five using the Suzuki Method and he has not looked back since. At age eleven (11) 2009, he achieved his Associated Board of Royal School of Music (ABRSM) Grade 8 in classical guitar an achievement unheard of in the classical guitar scene.

Kevin is now a seasoned performer, given his first solo performance at five. At age nine (9), he was the youngest principle ensemble player at the defunct TPGC Niborii Guitar Orchestra under the baton of Mr Alex Abisheganaden (Cultural Medallion Winner & Pioneer of Singapore Classical Guitar Movement). At nine years old (9), he was the youngest participant of the 3rd Singapore International Classical Guitar Competition 2007 and not only did he compete in the Open Category but was the youngest player to have made the Semi Finals.

At age ten(10), he was featured as one of Singapores Bright Young Thing during Singapores Mosaic Music Festival 2008, and was also featured at ChildAid 2008 a major fund raising concert showcasing some of Singapores most talented young artist. On the invitation of Mr Judicael Perroy from National Academy of Aulnay-sous-Bois, France, Kevin went on study trips in year 2008 & 2009 to study with some of the top classical guitar students in France.

He has played in numerous master classes for international players such as Judicael Perroy, Manuel Barrueco, Jeremy Jouve, Andrea Dieci, Flavio Cucchi, Thibault Cauvin, Shinichi Fukuda, Oscar Ghiglia, Fabio Zanon, Yang XueFei.

He enjoys performimg, volunteering to help raise funds and frequently performs for public events such as ChildAid, The Business Times Budding Artist Funds,etc..

Kevin is currently a Primary 6 student at St Joseph Institution Junior. He is also a member of the guitar ensemble group Guitar Synergy. In year 2009, he taught himself to play the ukulele and made history by giving Singapore’s first classical ukulele concert. He has also taught himself to play finger style guitar.

YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/Optichero

Orianthi Panagaris (born January 22, 1985), commonly known as Orianthi, is an Australian guitarist. Orianthi is most known for being Michael Jackson’s guitarist for his comeback tour This Is It.

Orianthi was Michael Jackson’s lead guitarist and was present on all rehearsals for his This Is It tour before his death. In regards to being handpicked by Jackson, she stated:

She played and sang at Jackson’s memorial, globally televised live on July 7, 2009. She appears in the film Michael Jackson’s This Is It, which chronicles the rehearsals for the tour. Her song “According to You”, from the album Believe, was the Single of the Week on iTunes on October 27, 2009

Liitle bit of her BIOGRAPHY

Orianthi was born in Adelaide, Australia, of half Greek descent. She learned to play the acoustic guitar at six because of her father, started electric when she was eleven and left school at 15 to focus on writing songs and performing. She has been playing in different friends’ bands since she was 14 in England and in France. Her first support show was for Steve Vai aged 15. Orianthi had the opportunity to meet and jam with Carlos Santana when she was 18. He invited Orianthi to get up and jam with him at soundcheck then later asked if she would join him on stage that night to jam. She is signed with Geffen Records in late 2006, and in 2008 struck a management deal with 19 Entertainment and currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Orianthi has played with Prince, made a video clip for Panasonic HD, had a song on the Bratz movie, played at the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival, appeared in The New York Times business section promoting Eco-friendly acoustic guitars, and was named in the 12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists. She also appeared at the 51st annual Grammy Awards as Carrie Underwood’s lead guitarist, with Underwood inviting Orianthi to become a member of her band.

Note: Info from wikipedia; This post is purely to share with my friends.

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/orianthi