Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
Excellent performance of Mauro Giuliani’s Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 30. Nice to hear it on period guitar. This is pretty much every one of Giuliani’s pieces rolled into one concerto. If my memory servers me correctly (via…
A great performance of Concerto for two guitars and string quartet op.140 by Polish composer Gerard Drozd via his YouTube. Love the playful first movement and all the melodic exchanges between the groups. See performer names in quote below. Montenegrin Guitar…
Caprice No. 7composed by Luigi Legnani (1790 — 1877)performed by Anton Baranov July 1, 2013 – Brown TheatreUniversity of Louisville2013 Guitar Foundation of AmericaInternational Concert Artist Competition Competition Final Results: Anton Baranov (Russia) — 1st prizeArtyom Dervoed (Russia) — 2nd…
An excellent recording of Polish composer Gerard Drozd’s Suite op.142 by the Brasil Guitar Duo. The music is quite earthy and full sounding but well balanced and not muddy. Clocking in at over 17mins this is a significant work. Love…
Rare to see such an honoured and respected composer write great music for guitar. Not to mention perform it. Here the excellent David Starobin of Bridge Records performs ‘Fritzi’ from ‘Mundus Canis’ with composer George Crumb. Starobin has been a long-time advocate…
Filmmaker Carlo Hofmann via his Vimeo channel looks at the work of the Austrian guitar maker Tobias Braun. I like how Braun talks about what it feels like to be in his shop. It’s like stepping into the past! Also, how the…
Canadian Guitarist Drew Henderson has another great video out. This time a fun little Caprice by Italian composer Luigi Legnani (1790-1877) who was also a guitarist, singer, and, according to wiki, also a luthier. A contemporary of Paganini, Luigi’s works have…
Another great youth guitarist. This is Korean guitarist Seyoung Park who’s been playing since 2009 and, as you can see, has progressed wonderfully. You can also check out more videos of her on her father’s YouTube channel. She does a great…
Adam Holzman playing Antonio Lauro’s ‘El Niño’ via GSI on a Dominique Field guitar. Holzman oozes musicality on this short and sweet performance. I’ve never really understood Holzman’s right-hand technique but he pulls everything off nevertheless. For people that have…
Basic Classical Guitar Positions & TechniqueAn overview of the photos & diagrams from the siteYouTube Video Link Here is a basic overview of my classical guitar technique visual references all in one video. Hopefully this helps students gain a basic knowledge on how to…
Benjamin Verdery talks to curators (J. Kenneth Moore and Jayson Kerr Dobney) of the Musical Instruments Collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. via 92nd Street Y‘s YouTube channel. In 1987 Andrés Segovia presented two guitars to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its…
John Schneiderman plays Napoleon Coste‘s (1805–1883) “La Zyderzee” on seven-string guitar. Coste was a French guitarist and composer who wrote everything from etudes to concert works. He had a particular interest in 7-string so this is very appropriate. Schneiderman plays…