Guitarists You Should Know: Kevin Loh
By Dave Belcher There is certainly no dearth of great young classical guitarists out there. Any of the many international competitions will give you a taste of just how high the level of talent—in...
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Yuri Liberzon Plays Vassiliev
Born in Russia and raised in Israel, now-San-Francisco-based guitarist Yuri Liberzon is an advocate for new music that also appeals to audiences, and is working to push the classical guitar’s repertoire to new limits (and...
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...
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...
Judicaël Perroy Plays Johann Dubez
Paris Guitar Foundation has been putting out some excellent, professionally produced videos recently and their most recent one with Judicaël Perroy playing Johann Dubez’s “Fantasia on Hungarian Themes” is well worth the watch. Dubez...
Frank Wallace Plays Frank Wallace on a 1911 Vicente Arias
Aaron Green is a luthier working out of New York City (and Boston—really the woods of Groton, MA) who makes some really solid, incredible-sounding instruments in his own right. In addition to crafting his own...
Marek Pasieczny, “Lutosławski: In Memoriam”
Marek Pasieczny is a fantastic, young Polish composer who has written numerous compositions, mostly for guitar (including solo and chamber works and concerti). Marek is also a talented guitarist himself and plays many of his...
Raphaella Smits Plays Bach, “Chaconne”
There are almost as many arrangements and transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Chaconne” (from the second partita for violin in D minor, BWV 1004) as there are instruments in the world—even with factoring in...
Matt Palmer Plays Luis de Narváez
Matt Palmer gained notoriety in the classical guitar world after he published his first book, The Virtuoso Guitarist, Vol. 1: A New Approach to Fast Scales. Matt’s organized overhaul of the “a-m-i” scale pattern (used...
