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...
Classical Guitar Review Blog
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...
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...
Interview with Tariq Harb
Tariq Harb, originally from Jordan (with roots in Palestine), is one of the best young guitarists of his generation. He won some very important competitions recently, including the Barrios World Wide Web Competition (1st prize...
