Shon Boublil is a Canadian guitarist from Montreal who won the Grand Prize of

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Biography

In 2008 Shon Boublil was a finalist at the Canadian Music Competition winning the regional, provincial national. In 2009 Boublil was a finalist at the Schwob Guitar Competition in Atlanta and the Grand Prix de Guitare de Montreal. The same year he won 1st place at the Montreal International Classical Guitar Competition. In 2010 Boublil received the Grand Prize at the Six String Theory Competition in Santa Monica. His prize was a solo recording on the Six String Theory CD along with

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. Shon Boublil played two caprices by 19th Century Italian guitarist/ composer Luigi Legnani. In 2011 Boublil was a semi-finalist at the Barrios WorldWideWeb Competition. Shon Boublil is currently (2022) completing his Ph.D. in theoretical physics and education at the University of Western Australia under professor David Blair. Shon is also a member of the Ozgrav (Australian Gravitation Waves Discovery) team.

Discography

*Six String Theory *Shon Boublil Experiment Vol.1

References

External links

Official website
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