Bradford Werner

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.

Krivokapić-Gavrić Play Digital Bird Suite by Yoshimatsu

Goran Krivokapić (guitar) and Dejan Gavrić (flute) perform Digital Bird Suite Op.15 by Takashi Yoshimatsu (b.1953) with the first movement I. Birdophobia above. This comes via the Omni Foundation series via their Youtube channel and shot in the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche Soest, Germany. I love the contrasts…

Guitarlift Classical Guitar Support

Guitarlift Classical Guitar Support Review

A Review of the Guitarlift, The Back Mounted Guitar SupportGuitarlift Website and Store The Guitarlift has revolutionized classical guitar supports since its release. The back-mounted support works on a wider variety of guitars than most other supports and offers unprecedented…

Edith Pageaud Plays Sonata 24 by Seixas

French classical guitarist Edith Pageaud performs Sonata 24 in D-minor by Carlos Seixas (1704–1742) on a 2023 Lucio Antonio Carbone Guitar. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their amazing YouTube channel. Great performance by Pageaud with such a direct intense aesthetic and rhythmic energy.…

Stanislav Steshenko Classical Guitar Concert

Ukrainian classical guitarist Stanislav Steshenko performs a concert of works by Weiss, Llobet, Bogdanovic, and Callahan. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel where you can also see which guitars are being played in the description. Great performance by Steshenko with beautiful phrasing…

La belle jarretière verte by Doug Jamieson

La belle jarretière verte from A Chopped Up Tale (1987) by Canadian composer Doug Jamieson. Performed on classical guitar by Bradford Werner and recorded with the composer’s permission. This is a charming little work which you can read more about…

Partita No.15 by Giuseppe Brescianello

Partita No.15 in A Minor by Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690-1758). PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. The level…

Klaudyna Żołnierek - Theorbo

Klaudyna Żołnierek Plays Sarabande in G minor by Visée

Klaudyna Żołnierek (theorbo) performs Sarabande in G minor by Robert de Visée from the Vaudry de Saizenay Manuscript. This comes via Żołnierek’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Żołnierek with such a beautiful rhythmic delivery and un-rushed forward momentum. I also…

Rupert Boyd Plays Estudo N.1: Harpa Eolia by Dozza

Rupert Boyd performs Estudo N.1: Harpa Eolia by Brazilian guitarist and composer Chrystian Dozza. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their fantastic YouTube channel. Beautiful playing by Boyd with fluid arpeggios and flowing phrasing. I don’t really know Dozza’s material but I this…

Marco De Biasi Plays Scribbles Etude by Fontanelli

Marco De Biasi performs Scribbles Etude by Simone Fontanelli (b.1961) which is a new music project in collaboration with Roma Expo Guitars. This comes via Roma Expo Guitar’s YouTube channel. I like the highly expressive contrasts in this work and…