Heike Matthiesen plays Morel
Heike Matthiesen plays Jorge Morel’s Danza Brasileira via Heike Matthiesen on YouTube.
Bradford Werner
Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.
Unlock Your Potential – An interview with Jean-François Desrosby
Earlier this year I wrote a review of this book over at Classical Guitar Canada. Jean-François Desrosby is an excellent guitarist and has put out a great little handbook to outline a few of the ideas and info regarding his…
Review: Ioana Gandrabur – Guitar Masterpieces
Ioana Gandrabur – Guitar MasterpiecesGuitar Masterpieces From Bach to Barrios [Originally reviewed on Classical Guitar Canada in 2012] Buy or listen to samples:Ioana Gandrabur Guitar Masterpieces via Amazon Release Date: 2010Copyright: 2010 Ioana GandraburTotal Length: 1:06:16 Repertoire:J.S. Bach – Suite BWV 997Gulio Regondi…
Five Short Studies by Giuseppe Torrisi
This is a Guest Post by Dario Bitetti These five studies were in danger of never being heard and of remaining locked in a drawer. The Sicilian musician, Giuseppe Torrisi, conceived his project Five Short Studies (Cinque Studi Brevi) for guitar, twenty years…
Giulio Tampalini playing Podera
Giulio Tampalini playing Giovanni Podera’s Contrasti (Omaggio a Frank Martin). I like this for a few reasons. I’ve always loved Martin’s musical language, the mix of serialism with strong tonal centers mixed in to keep the listener centred and grounded.…
Brasil Guitar Duo play Doce de Coco
The Brasil Guitar Duo (João Luiz and Douglas Lora) perform this popular South American work written by Jacob do Bandolim. Source: YouTube
Gaëlle Solal plays Fuego by Jose Ma Gallardo del Rey
“Fuego” by Jose Ma Gallardo del Rey performed by the excellent Gaëlle Solal. She has such a great mix of flowing legato and aggressive accents. Cool piece too, you can check out his scores and bio here. July 1, 2011 – Legacy…
Kaori Muraji plays Saudade No.3 by Roland Dyens
Super clean and crisp technique and sound to match. Also a cool venue. Kaori Muraji plays Roland Dyens Saudade No.3. Source: Youtube
Giulio Tampalini plays “Cinque Studi Brevi” by Giuseppe Torrisi
Awesome. Great to hear new material (new to me anyway). Very effective piece with an equally effective performance by the great Giulio Tampalini. Check out his youtube channel as he’s posted the first four or five of these studies.I particularly like…
Sharon Isbin Interview & Lesson
A nice interview and series of lessons with Julliard teacher and performer Sharon Isbin. She covers: some basic biography of herself, technique in right and left hand, ornamentation, phrasing, her discography, plenty of exercises, talks about performance. Lots of examples…
Harpo-lyre – three neck guitar
Harpo-lyre, ca. 1830 André Augustin Chevrier (French, active 1820–42) Mirecourt (France) Wood This three-necked instrument features a central neck tuned like a conventional guitar (E-A-d-g-b-e’), plus a neck on the left tuned chromatically (A-B flat-c-d flat-d-e) and one on the…
Scott Tennant plays Wild Mountain Thyme
We were delighted to have Maestro Scott Tennant come into the Guitar Salon International showroom to play a few guitars! Here he is playing his arrangement of ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ on a brand new 2011 Daniel Friederich cedar-top classical guitar.…