Thu Le Plays Bach, Aguado, and Arrangements

ByBradford Werner
2018

Vietnamese guitarist Thu Le graduated from the Hanoi National Conservatory of Music in the year 2001. I’ve been following her videos on her YouTube and was particularly impressed both with her performances of traditional classical rep such as the Introduction and Rondo Brilliante Op.2, No.2 by Dionisio Aguado (great video above) and arrangements such as Loi Lo, a Traditional Vietnamese song (below), and most recently, her performance of Bach’s Prelude from Lute Suite BWV 997 (below). She can really switch musical roles from lushly phrased rubato to very direct and articulated virtuosity, specifically in the Aguado but really in all of these. Check out 3:40 onward in the Aguado for a real switch to intense scale and arpeggio work!

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.