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CD Review: Kanengiser, Tennant, Masters, and More Bring Life to an Adventurous Program

BY CHRIS DUMIGAN A double CD with six new concertos is quite an event. Five years in the...

Remembering Joseph Ichkhanian, Major Middle-Eastern Guitarist, 1931–2016

Word has reached us that one of the major classical guitarists and educators to emerge from the Middle-East...

Fampas International Guitar Competition Brings Out Strong Field in Athens

Report and Competition Photos by Paul Fowles Mention the name Dimitris Fampas (1921–96) and most guitarists will recall...

2016 Ivor Mairants Guitar Award Winner Crowned

For the 18th Ivor Mairants Guitar Award, administered by the Worshipful Company of Musicians, the competition returned on...

Classical Guitar Sessions Presents DuoSF (Christopher Mallett and Robert Miller)

Versatile guitarists Christopher Mallett and Robert Miller of DuoSF founded and teach at the California Conservatory of Guitar...

An Unusual Classical Guitar Sighting on a Popular TV Series

By Blair Jackson The medical drama Grey’s Anatomy has been a hit TV show in the US...

Video Pick of the Week: Pavel Steidl Plays Domeniconi’s “Hommage à Jimi Hendrix”

Last year at the GFA convention in Oklahoma City, Pavel Steidl blew us away with an incendiary version...

Video Pick of the Week: Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays ‘Cochichando’

You can’t lose with Carlos Barbosa-Lima. The Brazil native has been an acclaimed guitarist since the late 1950s...

Second IGRC Conference is a Hit with Academics and Guitarists

A report by Graham Wade The International Guitar Research Centre (IGRC) held its second major conference at the...

Spring Guitar Fest Season in Full Swing

April is right around the corner, so we wanted to remind you all of a few significant...

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