Lesson: Avoiding Tension While Playing
Tatyana Ryzhkova gives a nice lesson on how to avoid tension during playing. This comes via her popular YouTube Channel where she has a segment titled Ask Tatyana. I liked the discussion at 12:25…
Xuanxuan Sun Plays Hymne a L’Amour by Dyens
Xuanxuan Sun Plays Hymne a L’Amour (사랑의 찬가) by Roland Dyens (1955–2016) on a Manuel Ramirez guitar. This comes via PARTITA Guitar Salon in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube. Such a fantastic player, I’ve…
Hotlink: Francesco Corbetta’s Guitar Music
Giacomo Fiore has an article of interest in Classical Guitar Magazine headlined: In the 17th Century, Francesco Corbetta’s Music Enthralled Monarchs and Commoners Alike. Here’s a taste: …From France’s Louis…
Guitar Duo Vito Play Valses Poeticos No.1 by Granados
South Korean siblings, Guitar Duo Vito (Soojin Lee & Seongjun Lee) play Valses Poeticos No.1 Melodico by Enrique Granados (1867–1916). This comes via their excellent YouTube channel. I’ve featured the duo once…
Weimar Guitar Quartet Play Nebulae by Olga Amelkina-Vera
Weimar Guitar Quartet playing Nebulae by Belorusian composer Olga Amelkina-Vera. The quartet is made up of Karmen Stendler, Stephanie Jones, Hanna Link, and Jakob Schmidt. This comes via Stendler’s YouTube channel or Jones’s Youtube. Great playing…
Lorenzo Bernardi Plays Tansman Passacaille
Lorenzo Bernardi Plays Pièce en forme de Passacaille by Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986). This comes via Bernardi’s great YouTube Channel (go subscribe). Fantastic playing of this piece that I wasn’t completely…
Giulio Tampalini Plays Danza de La Vida Breve
Giulio Tampalini plays Danza de La Vida Breve by Manuel De Falla (1876–1946). This comes via Warner Classics & Erato Italy’s YouTube channel. Amazing energy and musical forward movement plus a…
Mark Kaylor Plays La Catedral by Barrios
Mark Kaylor plays La Catedral by Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944). Movements: Preludio Saudade, Andante Religioso (2:10), Allegro Solemne (3:55). This comes via the Paris Guitar Foundation and their YouTube channel. The PGF Series, directed…
Not all musicians are natural performers (The Strad)
Interesting article via The Strad titled Let’s acknowledge that not all musicians are natural performers. “Performing for large audiences may seem inevitable for those who choose to pursue music as a career,…
Kevin Loh Plays Telemann Fantasia VI
Singapore guitarist Kevin Loh plays Fantasia VI from 12 Fantasias for Violin without Bass, TWV 40 (1735) composed by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767), arranged by Carlo Marchione. This comes via…
Comanescu/Masuda Play Tanti Anni Prima by Piazzolla
You had me at chamber music! Guitarist Taso Comanescu and cellist Yoshika Masuda play Taso’s arrangement of Tanti Anni Prima (Ave Maria) by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), with Taso playing a 2016 Francois Leonard classical…
Masterclass with Pavel Steidl
Fantastic! Pavel Steidl gives a masterclass at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Samrat Majumder plays Sonata Romantica by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). Performance followed by the teaching which starts at 7:25 minutes…