The guitarist with whom he formed the closest association is Julian Bream, a fellow student of Segovia. He says that most of these teachers were too "authoritarian" in their approach, not excluding Segovia who, he says, had a tendency to expect his pupils to adopt his interpretive "mannerisms," and would get quite angry when they didn't. However, Williams does not give Segovia or his other official teachers a large share of the credit for his technique. Williams made his official debut at London's Wigmore Hall in 1958, and received reviews that noted a strong, clean tone and a polished though undemonstrative technique. John accepted and became a student of the pioneering guitar soloist from 1957 to 1959. John performed at Conway Hall in London in 1955, making enough of an impression that the famous guitarist Andr s Segovia invited John to study at his courses at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy. To afford the trip, Len Williams took an additional job as a hippo-keeper at the Melbourne Zoo. As he taught John to play guitar, it soon became apparent that the boy was a gifted guitarist, and the family planned to move back to London so that he could pursue further studies. John's father Leonard (Len) Williams was an accomplished guitarist who emigrated from Britain to Australia, married a Melbourne woman of Chinese-British descent, and was best known there for his jazz playing. John Williams, classical guitar virtuoso, is known for his wide-ranging approach to repertory, which includes appearances playing electric rock guitar and international music.
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