Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
The great Matthew McAllister plays Cantabile in D by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856), No.7 from his method Schule für die Guitarre. This comes via his amazing YouTube Channel where he has recently been featuring a number of student level works. Go subscribe…
Lorenzo Micheli plays Passacaglia (1692) by Ludovico Roncalli (1654–1713) on Baroque guitar. Micheli is playing a guitar by Stephen Murphy after Stradivari’s Oxford guitar. This comes via Micheli’s absolutely fantastic YouTube channel. Audio and Video Recording by Drew Henderson. Great playing by…
Canadian guitarist Steve Cowan performs Prelude No.1 in C major by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) on a Roberto Gomes (Brazil) guitar at the Grand Guitar Salon over in Montreal, Québec, Canada. This comes via the Salon’s great YouTube channel. Sound & video by Renaud Côté…
Above: Daniel Lippel premieres House Music by Nils Vigeland (b.1950). This comes via Lippel’s YouTube channel where you can watch a ton of interesting new music projects and works. Lippel has done some amazing work over the years and has…
The great Matthew McAllister plays Cantilène Espagnole, No. 1 from Gerbe de Fleurs Quatre Pièces faciles pour Guitare Op. 41 by José Ferrer (1835–1916). This comes via his amazing YouTube Channel where he has recently been featuring a number of student level…
Colombian guitarist Francisco Correa plays Bambuco in E minor by Colombian composer Adolfo Mejía (1905-1973). This comes via his YouTube channel. If you’re interested Correa has an entire album of young Colombian composers which you can check out on his recordings…
The fantastic Beijing Guitar Duo with Meng Su and Yameng Wang play Prelude and Fugue in B Major and E Major from Les Guitares bien tempérées (The Well-Tempered Guitars), Op. 199 which is 24 preludes and fugues in all 24 major…
Slovenian guitarist Doris Ćosić plays Fantasia, Op. 19 by Luigi Legnani (1790–1877) on a classical guitar by Eric Sahlin. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. A mix of beautiful phrasing, risky and aggressive playing but exciting and filled with…
Russian guitarist Valeria Galimova plays Sonatina Meridional by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) on a 2013 Andreas Kirschner Classical Guitar. Video and sound made by Ayrat Abdullin. This comes via Siccas Guitars Youtube. I’ve featured Galimova on the site before playing Quatre…
Adam Kossler plays Registro from Suite Venezolana by Venezuelan composer Antonio Lauro (1917-1986). This comes via Kossler’s YouTube channel and A/V by Matthew Anderson. Nice rolling arpeggios and musical lines by Kossler. I can’t find a current published edition of…
The fantastic Croatian guitarist Zoran Dukic plays El Testament d’Amèlia for Guitar arranged by Miguel Llobet (1878–1938) from Canciones populares Catalanas. This comes via D’Addario and their YouTube Channel. Beautiful playing as usual from Dukic with nicely shaped phrases and rubato. El Testament…
Campbell Diamond performs the Rondò pour guitare seule, Op. 129 (1946) by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968). This comes from via GuitarCoop and their fantastic YouTube Channel. First time I’ve featured the excellent playing of Campbell Diamond. He’s won many competitions, has studied with many…