The young Canadian guitarist Xu Kun Liu (Alan Liu) Plays Introduction et Caprice, Op. 23 by Giulio Regondi (1823–1872) at the GFA 2016 Youth Competition Senior Division. It’s followed up by another work by Cataluña by Albeniz. This comes via…
French guitarist Jérémy Peret plays Etudes No. 4 and 12 by Heitor Villa Lobos (1887-1959) via the 2014 Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition and their YouTube Channel. For some reason I rarely hear anyone play Etude No.…
Hao Yang plays Sonate VI: Scherzo and Finale Allegretto by Wenzeslaus Matiegka (1773–1830) via the 2015 Guitar Foundation of America, International Youth Competition, Senior Division Final Round Performance. This comes via the GFA YouTube Channel. Competition Final Results: 1st Place…
A follow up to the post of the other Youth winner Xu Kun Liu from a few days ago. Seyoung Park Plays Vivo ed energico from Sonata by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968). You can check out more videos from Seyoung Park…
Xu Kun Liu plays Grand Solo by Fernando Sor (1778-1839). Congratulations to Liu on winning first prize (junior division) at the GFA International Youth Competition 2014 in Fullerton, Californi. You can learn more about Xu Kun Liu (Alan) via the…
You can see the GFA Blog Post about this. Junior Division1st: Xu Kun Liu (Canada)2nd: Chanhyeok Lee (South Korea)3rd: Kang Min Shin (South Korea)4th: Nadja Jankovic (Montenegro) Senior Division1st: John Bogan (USA)2nd: Grace Sheppard (USA)3rd: Audra Vigil (USA)4th: Seh Young…
Guitar Foundation of America 2013 winner plays Suburbio by Carlos Moscardini. Another nice and clear player. Clear separation of sound seems to be the current trend which is likely a good thing for the music overall. Is it partly the guitar…
Jérôme Ducharme via his YouTube channel gives tips and tricks on Rodrigo’s Tres Piezas. Ducharme is a GFA winner and teaches at McGill University up in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He discusses ideas related to technique, phrasing, as well as other…
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…
Via the GFA Youth Competition: Louis Xavier Barrette plays La Toccata de Pasquini by Brouwer. The level of youth players continues to amaze me. Great performance with virtuosity and maturity. Nice one. La Toccata de Pasquinicomposed by Leo Brouwer (b.…
Denis Azabagiс plays Blues by Dusan Bogdanoviс. Great performance despite the ill placed camera angle. Azabagiс is such a clean and musical player. Rarely is there a player who has so much control wrapped in a musicality of excellent phrasing and sensitive articulations.…
Great performance of this wonderful work by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). French Guitarist Thomas Viloteau plays Fuga on la Folia @ Gitaarsalon Enkhuizen Manuel María Ponce 8 december 1882 — 24 april 1948) was a Mexican composer .Voici…