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 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.

Etude No.25, Op.60 by Carcassi

Etude No.25, Op.60 (Allegro brillante) by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) with performance, lesson, and sheet music. This comes from my sheet music edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation edition…

Jelica Mijanovic Plays Thousand Mirrors by Golfam Khayam

Canadian-Montenegrin classical guitarist Jelica Mijanovic plays Thousand Mirrors by Iranian composer Golfam Khayam (b.1982). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel and played on a 2024 Rinaldo Vacca classical guitar. Wonderful performance by Mijanovic with many delicate subtleties but also captivating forward…

Rafael Aguirre Plays Waltz No.2  by Shostakovich

Rafael Aguirre performs Waltz No.2  from Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 -1975) at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This comes via Aguirre’s YouTube channel. This work is an arrangement from an orchestral work sometimes mistakenly referred to as…

Leccion No.78 by Julio Sagreras

Lección No.78 by Julio Sagreras (1879–1942) for classical guitar with performance, lesson, and pdf sheet music. This comes from my sheet music collection Grade 1 Repertoire Supplement for Classical Guitar. Contains 10 works at the grade 1 level and is designed as…

Marcello Fantoni Plays Overture and Grande Sonata by Carulli

Marcello Fantoni performs Overture in A Major No.1, Op.6 and Grande Sonata in C Major. Op. 114 by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) on a period François René Lacôte, 1820 guitar. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s YouTube channel. I love these performances by Fantoni of Classical…

Leccion No.77 by Julio Sagreras

Lección No.77 by Julio Sagreras (1879–1942) for classical guitar with performance, lesson, and pdf sheet music. This comes from my sheet music collection Grade 1 Repertoire Supplement for Classical Guitar. Contains 10 works at the grade 1 level and is designed as…

Eden Stell Duo Play Sérénade by Jolivet

Eden Stell Guitar Duo with Mark Eden and Christopher Stell perform Sérénade pour deux Guitares by André Jolivet (1905-1974). This comes via the Duo’s YouTube channel. Great performance of this excellent duo originally written for Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya.…

Etude No.24, Op.60 by Carcassi

Etude No.24, Op.60 (Andantino con espressione) by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) with performance, lesson, and sheet music. This comes from my sheet music edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation…

Goran Krivokapić Plays Lauro

Goran Krivokapić performs the music of Antonio Lauro (1917-1986) on classical guitar. This comes via his Krivokapić’s YouTube channel. Recorded in the enchanting Abbaye de Marmoutier, Alsace, France.” Krivokapić is one of my favourite players and usually playing some pretty serious repertoire so it’s…

Evangelina Mascardi Plays Preludio e Fuga by Weiss

Evangelina Mascardi performs Preludio e Fuga in D Minor by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750) on a 13-course Baroque lute in Bassano, Teverina, Italy. This comes via Mascardi’s amazing YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Mascardi with beautiful flowing galant style and ornamentation. These were two of the first works…

Henderson – Farintosh Play Intermezzo No.2, Op.118 by Brahms

Canadian guitarists Drew Henderson and Simon Farintosh perform Intermezzo No.2, Op.118 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). This comes via Henderson’s excellent YouTube channel. Great performance with excellent ensemble balance by Henderson and Farintosh. The video is dedicated to the memory of guitarist Dr. Alexander Dunn, who passed away in…

Vals No.4 by Antonio Cano

Vals No.4 by Antonio Cano (1811-1897) for classical guitar with performance, lesson, and pdf sheet music. This comes from my sheet music collection Grade 1 Repertoire Supplement for Classical Guitar. Contains 10 works at the grade 1 level and is designed as…