Christopher Parkening

Christopher Parkening ( born December 14, 1947 in Los Angeles ) is an American guitarist.

Parkenings penchant for music based in good part to the influence of his cousin Jack Marshall, who worked in the 1960s as a studio musician. Marshall made ​​the then eleven year old Christopher acquainted with the recordings of Andrés Segovia and encouraged the boy is to take lessons in classical guitar.

At the age of 19 years Parkening had already won several competitions, played some recordings and concert appearances completed.

In 1998, Parkening, together with the successful American composer John Williams (Star Wars, Schindler's List, Harry Potter 1-3), the score for side by side on.

Parkening was twice nominated for a Grammy Award. There are a large number of recordings Parkenings the label Angel / EMI Classics.