The Virtuoso Guitarist – By Matt Palmer
I first met Matt Palmer at the Koblenz festival in 2005 and I observed a steady flow of guitarists approaching him asking for a demonstration of his astounding technique. Apart from his innate musicality...
Author: Simon
Milos Karadaglic – Review
Concert review, June 21 Le Poisson Rouge, New York Milos Karadaglic, a 27 year old musician from Montenegro, has recently taken quite an extraordinary path for a classical guitarist. Signed by Deutsche Grammophon, Milos...
Questions from a reader
Rey, a reader of Classical Guitar Review, recently emailed me some questions. I thought they might be better answered by some of you, so please feel free to help out Rey with his questions...
Carlos Pérez plays for TEDx
A really wonderful performance from a great musician. Carlos talks (in Spanish) very eloquently about the guitar, its repertoire and the mix of elements in music from South America.
Guitar gives classical gems new sparkle – BBC Article
Guitar gives classical gems new sparkle – BBC Article By Laurence Peter BBC News Classical guitar virtuoso David Russell explains why his choice of instrument is helping to revive and spark new interest in...
Brouwer Tribute in New York
Yesterday I took the Metro North up from New York to sit in on two fantastic masterclasses at Yale University, one by Raffaella Smits and the other by Odair Assad. I was really struck...
Studying Classical Guitar at Univeristy in the United States – Is it worth it?
Studying Classical Guitar at Univeristy in the United States – Is it worth it? by Simon Powis For the majority of classical guitarists, income derived from performances and CD sales is far from sufficient...
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar – Part 3
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar by Simon Powis Part 3 The benefits of good sight-reading The guitar community has survived, even flourished, in the last decades, and it has done so without a...
CD Review – Filomena Moretti
CD – Jeux Interdits & other famous guitar encores Transart TR168 Artist – Filomena Moretti Reviewing recordings is easiest when they aren’t very good. I mean, it’s easier to be critical, right? People have...
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar – Part 2
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar by Simon Powis Part 2 Why does the problem exist? Difficulties of the instrument “To be objective about it, I would say the guitar is more difficult than...
