Hugh Burns is a guitarist and a composer with an international reputation for excellence. He has played on many pop and rock recordings including George Michael's Faith and Careless Whisper, Paul McCartney's and Michael Jackson's Pipes of Peace and Scott Walker's Drift. As a studio guitarist, he has also played on many film soundtracks including The Full Monty, Die Another Day, Don Quixote, Tristen and Isolda and An Unfinished Life. He has written music for television documentaries and films and published two guitar instruction books. Hugh has released six solo albums, the most recent being 'Synchromatic'.

Hugh is an inspirational teacher and has given workshops for the ACM and GIT guitar schools as well as Strathclyde, Thames Valley and Ulster universities. He has held teaching clinics for leading guitar manufacturers Ibanez and Larrivee and performed master classes at guitar festivals such as Dundee, Inverness and Ullapool.  In 2004, Hugh was commissioned to write the Isle Martin Suite for a guitar trio and in 2005, the East West Suite for a guitar orchestra. Both compositions were successfully performed and received to critical acclaim.