Xu Kun (Alan) Liu Plays Regondi

ByBradford Werner
2016

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 the Guitar Foundation of America on their YouTube. You probably remember Xu Kun from his 2014 junior division youth win. Here he is, a bit older and playing wonderfully once again in the senior division of the youth competition. Born in Xi’An (China) in 2001, he lives and studies in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He has been studying the guitar as well as piano since he was five. For the past many years he’s been studying with Daniel Bolshoy at the VSO School of Music.

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.