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 97,000 subscribers and 14 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.

Joined: February 18, 2025
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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…