Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
Tariq Harb plays Danza Brazilera by Jorge Morel (b.1931). This comes via Harb’s fantastic YouTube Channel. Great playing as usual from Harb and I love seeing these somewhat casual videos where the playing is so extroverted and energetic. Cool shots of the right…
Midnight by Uros Baric2018 Baros RecordsRecorded, Produced, and Performed by Uros Baric Buy or Learn More at Baros Records I was very pleased to have met Slovenian guitarist Uros Baric and his family this summer while they were vacationing through…
Eliška Lenhartová plays Tempo di minuetto from Sonata Omaggio a Boccherini by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) on a 1984 José Luis Romanillos “La Pagés” guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars in Germany and their amazing and relentless YouTube channel. Also see my previous post of…
Danish group Aros Guitar Duo with Mikkel Egelund Nielsen and Simon Wildau play their arrangement of Cuna from the piano work Impresiones Intimas by Federico Mompou (1893-1987). This comes via Nielsen’s great Youtube channel. The video is from their debut concert from the Royal Academy of Musik, Aarhus –…
Canadian guitarist Steve Cowan plays Ségoviana, Op. 366 (1957) by French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974). Wonderful playing as usual from Cowan who is quickly becoming one of my favourite Canadian guitarists. Beautiful clean lines, sharp articulations, and lush contrasts make this one of…
German guitarist Peter Graneis plays the sonata Jehkin Iivana by Finnish pianist, conductor, and composer Olli Mustonen (b.1967). This comes via Open Strings Berlin and their amazingly high quality Youtube Channel. Great playing here ranging from well paced contemplative momentum to virtuosic intensity. From Shott:…
A quick shoutout to luthier Zebulon Turrentine who sent me his new video on his Vimeo channel featuring his guitar. This is Chris Roseland playing La Catedral by Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944). He’s on a Turrentine Guitar no. 42 (Cedar/Cocobola). Roseland is on faculty down…
Iranian-Canadian classical guitarist Bahar Ossareh plays Introduction & Dance by Iranian guitarist/composer Pedram Falsafi (b.1978). This comes via Bahar Ossareh’s Youtube channel with video by Drew Henderson. Ossareh currently teaches and performs in Toronto and Falsafi in San Francisco. Great piece that sits on the instrument nicely…
A nice shout out to Scott guitars! Felix Dallaire & Chris Habib perform Variations on a Sarabande by Handel by Ferdinand Rebay (1880-1953) & Mallorca, Opus 202 by Isaac Albeniz (1860-1906) at the Grand Guitar Salon over in Montreal, Québec, Canada. This comes via…
Belgian guitarist Bart Venken plays Due Canzoni Lidie No.1 by Italian composer Nuccio D’Angelo (1955), during the Iserlohn Guitar Festival, August 2018. Live (impromptu) recording (in a garage) by Koen Caspeele. This via the Gitaar, maar waar? on their YouTube channel.…
David Russell in conversation with Classical Guitar Retreat Director Matthew McAllister during the 2018 Retreat. Russell talks about his thoughts on practice and technique. This comes via McAllister’s Youtube Channel. He discusses aspects of his practice routine, tips on how…
Tariq Harb plays Variations on a Moldavian Hora by American composer Ian Krouse (b.1956). This comes via Harb’s fantastic YouTube Channel with video and sound production by the amazing Drew Henderson. Great performance and a real technical workout. As Harb mentions, “Composed in 1992 by Ian…