Different Duos Sunday #6: Chris Fossek (guitar) and Paul Merkelo (trumpet) Play a Macedonian Dance by Miroslav Tadić OK, this is really a combination you don’t see every day: classical guitar and trumpet. But trust me...
Emmanuel Sowicz Wins First Prize at 2018 IGF London International Guitar Competition! Watch Him Master Some Bach Hearty congratulations are in order for Emmanuel Sowicz, winner for the First Prize at the 2018 IGF London...
Video Pick of the Week: Barrios Guitar Quartet Plays Stephen Goss’ ‘Gnossiennes after Satie’ II & III I really love this German quartet, which consists of Stefan Hladek, Martin Wentzel, Antje Asendorf, and Ulf Borcherding. Their...
Different Duos Sunday #5: Modern Sounds from Armin Abdihodžić (guitar) and Eric Bleicher (percussion) As you might expect, there is not an enormous repertoire for the chamber combo of classical guitar and...
Video Pick of the Week: Carlotta Dalia Plays Scarlatti and Regondi One of many exciting and highly skilled young players on the Italian classical-guitar scene, Tuscany native Carlotta Dalia, 19,...
Different Duos Sunday #4: Rupert Boyd (guitar) and Laura Metcalf (cello) Play Gabriel Fauré’s ‘Pavane’ I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the combination of classical guitar and cello...
Another Birthday Salute! Watch Roland Dyens Play the Jazz Classic ‘A Night in Tunisia’ The great and incomparable French guitarist, composer, and arranger Roland Dyens would have turned 63 on October 19...
Different Duos Sunday #3: Enno Voorhorst (guitar) and Pauline Oostenrijk (oboe) Play Piazzolla’s ‘Libertango’ It’s actually a bit surprising to me that the combination of guitar and oboe isn’t more common than...
Video Pick of the Week: Bahar Ossareh Plays the Hypnotic ‘Meditative Metamorphosis’ The Iranian guitarist Bahar Ossareh has been living in Canada since 2016, and in that short time she’s...
Different Duos Sunday #2: Atanas Ourkouzounov and Mie Ogura (flute) Play The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’ If you read the interview with the fine Bulgarian guitarist/composer Atanas Ourkouzounov in the Fall 2018 issue of...
