Sanel Redžić Plays Scarlatti (K377)
Sanel Redžić shared a wonderful post on his facebook page this week I think we can all learn from. Here is what Sanel had to say: Domenico Scarlatti wrote 555 keyboard sonatas and this...
Author: CGR
Marco Tamayo on Fingering
Here is an incredibly informative and insightful video from Cuban guitarist Marco Tamayo (who teaches at the Mozarteum in Salzburg) on a new approach to musical and technical fingerings for the left hand. (What he...
Kithara Project: Matthew Rohde
If you haven’t been listening to Bret Williams’s podcast, Classical Guitar Insider, you should check it out (available on iTunes) . . . why don’t you start with this week’s interview with Matthew Rohde...
Interview with Roberto Aussel
The good folks at Guitar TV World have put up a two-part, in-depth interview with the great Argentinian guitarist Roberto Aussel. It is well worth the watch—funny, insightful, and full of wonderful stories. Check...
JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition: Semi-finalists!
Festival season is already under way and one of the biggest international competitions, which takes place in the United States, the JoAnn International Guitar Concerto Competition, has announced its eight seminfinalists—and it’s quite a...
Sanel Redžić “Une vie extraordinaire”
The Paris Guitar Foundation have a new video documentary up of Bosnian guitarist (as well as video and audio producer) Sanel Redžić. Sanel is an extraordinary artist—he’s won prizes in twenty-nine international competitions and, most...
New Scarlatti Edition—Viloteau/Bianco
Several years ago, after Thomas Viloteau won the GFA competition (2006), he released a DVD with Mel Bay as a part of his winner’s package. On that DVD were a couple of stunning transcriptions...
Scott Tennant Plays E. Saínz de la Maza
Here’s part 2 of the video we shared yesterday. This is Scott Tennant again playing on that stunning 1969 ex-Segovia Ramirez from GSI’s Cleveland Collection. Scott plays a bit of Eduardo (not to be...
Scott Tennant Plays the Aranjuez (well, some of it)
We’ve now shown you Celil Refik Kaya and Rupert Boyd each making some wonderful music with a fantastic 1969 Ramirez guitar formerly owned by Andrés Segovia in GSI’s Cleveland Collection. So this week here...
2016 Guitar Foundation of America Convention
One of the most significant guitar festivals and competitions in the US is just around the corner. The GFA (Guitar Foundation of America) will be hosted in Denver, Colorado at Metropolitan State University June...
