RIP Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Today, at the age of eighty-one, one of the greatest composers of our time, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, passed away. Davies was a celebrated and prolific British composer and conductor who worked closely with...
Author: CGR
JoAnn Faletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, 2016
The JoAnn Faletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, named after the conductor and music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, has quickly become over the last several years one of the most important classical guitar competitions,...
Brussels International Guitar Festival, 2016
Western classical music once relied on and thrived from the patronage of aristocrats and royalty. While many things have changed in the classical music world since the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this apparently is not...
Guitarists You Should Know: Denian Arcoleo
By Dave Belcher The information age has caused an explosion of new technologies that bring all kinds of things to light that may have otherwise remained hidden—like cute cat videos. It has also made many musicians...
Southern Guitar Festival
The Southern Guitar Festival, hosted annually by artistic director Marina Alexander (South Carolina University), will be held June 11–12, 2016. This year the featured artists will be previous year’s first-prize winner, Janet Grohovac, and Amaral...
San Diego Guitar Festival
The inaugural edition of the San Diego Guitar Festival will be happening just next month, April 22–24, 2016, and fulfills a worthwhile goal: This festival is intended to provide free concerts and master classes...
Jason Vieaux Plays Bach and Armstrong
Jason Vieaux is one of the only classical guitarists ever to win a Grammy. (That’s just something you have to say when talking about Jason—that’s a huge accomplishment.) This week the popular Classsical Guitar...
Marcelo Kayath (Segovia Masterclass, USC, 1986)
You probably know well the 1986 Segovia Masterclass at the University of Southern California for its legendary confrontation between the maestro Andrés Segovia and then up-and-coming young player Michael Chapdelaine over fingering choices. But you...
Taiwan International Guitar Festival and Competition
The Taiwan International Guitar Festival and Competition will be held on August 6–14, 2016 with an array of international talent. In addition to local artist Shih-Yu Liu—artistic director of the festival—TIGF will be bringing...
International Classical Guitar Competition GSD (Madrid)
The Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Clásica GSD in Madrid, Spain will be held on May 3–8, 2016. The artistic director of the festival is the esteemed composer and guitarist Joaquín Clerch. The following guest...
