born in Kingston-on-Thames, England, 13 September 1947, studied with John Williams at the Royal College of Music, London. In 1968 he attended the Santiago de Compostela Summer School in Spain, performing for Andrés Segovia. After graduating from the Royal College of Music in 1969, John played concerts throughout Britain and performed in Julian Bream’s master-classes at the University of Warwick. His first recording, John Mills: Five Centuries of the Classical Guitar, was issued in 1972, and he made his international debut in Canada. He soon became a regular visitor to the USA, Canada, Holland, Scandinavia, the Far East and Australia. In the mid-1980s John and his wife, Cobie, lived in New Zealand where they gave many recitals and taught at the Nelson School of Music. On their return to England in 1989, John Milis was appointed Professor of Guitar at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and later Head of Guitar at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.