Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
Ravi Shankar died the other day so a big thank you to him for all his great music and for inspiring an entire generation of musicians. Here he is with flamenco guitar star Paco de Lucia. They do switch to English after…
Love Russell’s relaxed feel for the music and his awesome ornaments. Part I and II is the suite. Courtesy of the Official DavidRussellGuitar.com website. Live 1995 – Part I: Allemande, courante, Angloise – Part II Sarabande, Menuet, Passacaille.
This is great, sounds much more like a band rather than a strict arrangement. Get’s a bit hairy at times but it just adds to the mood. Cool group with some great players. Zoran Dukic, Pavel Steidl, Thomas Fellow and Reentko…
Milos Karadaglic, from Montenegro, is one of the famous recording guitarists of recent years. His recent album for Deutsche Grammophon topped the classical charts around the world and sold over 100,000 copies in less than six months.
J.S. Bach’s Chaconne from the D minor partita played by the youth guitarist Kuang Junhong. Exciting to see the level of youth guitarists these days.
Congrats to Kevin Loh for winning the youth section of the GFA competition. Sonata in E majorI. MinuettoII. Rondo (4:20)composed by Niccoló Paganini (1782-1840)performed by Kevin Loh July 1, 2012 – Sottile TheatreCollege of Charleston2012 Guitar Foundation of AmericaInternational…
A short documentary on luthier Stephan Connor. I used to play a Connor and they are great ‘big’ sounding guitars. Based out of Boston he is one of the great builders of the day with many, many pros playing his…
Heike Matthiesen plays Jorge Morel’s Danza Brasileira via Heike Matthiesen on YouTube.
Giulio Tampalini playing Giovanni Podera’s Contrasti (Omaggio a Frank Martin). I like this for a few reasons. I’ve always loved Martin’s musical language, the mix of serialism with strong tonal centers mixed in to keep the listener centred and grounded.…
The Brasil Guitar Duo (João Luiz and Douglas Lora) perform this popular South American work written by Jacob do Bandolim. Source: YouTube
“Fuego” by Jose Ma Gallardo del Rey performed by the excellent Gaëlle Solal. She has such a great mix of flowing legato and aggressive accents. Cool piece too, you can check out his scores and bio here. July 1, 2011 – Legacy…
Super clean and crisp technique and sound to match. Also a cool venue. Kaori Muraji plays Roland Dyens Saudade No.3. Source: Youtube