Ahmed Dickinson

Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas

Ahmed was born in Havana, Cuba. He graduated from the Superior Institute of Art (Havana) in Guitar and graduated a year early with a first-class honours degree. He went on to study at the Royal College of Music with Carlos Bonell and Chris Stell. In 2006, supported by the Kramer-Chappell Scholarship and the Mad Hatters Club, he commenced studies with Professor Robert Brightmore at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

In the UK he has performed in prestigious venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Barbican Centre, the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), St James’ Church Piccadilly, Southwark Cathedral and the Bolivar Hall among others. Recent festivals include The London Guitar Festival, Bolivar Hall International Guitar Festival, Ards Guitar Festival (Northern Ireland), Hispano-American Guitar Festival (Mexico); Dublin Guitar Week (Ireland), Discovering Latin American, Chester Summer Festival and Ilkley and Halesworth Festivals.