Romero Sunday #5: Celin and Celino Romero Play Granados’ ‘Danza Española No. 2 (Oriental)’ In what is billed on the video as the debut performance of the father-son duo of Celin and...
Video Pick of the Week: Yenne Lee Plays Celil Refik Kaya’s Beautiful ‘For Yen’ One could reasonably quarrel with some of Yenne Lee’s repertoire choices, which occasionally veer to schmaltzy commercial pop...
Romero Sunday #4: Pepe Romero Plays Ángel Barrios’ ‘Tonadilla’ Not to be confused with the well-known Paraguayan composer/guitarist AugustÍn Barrios, Ángel Barrios (1882–1964) was a Spanish composer...
Video Pick of the Week: Cuban Guitarist Alí Arango Plays ‘His Escenas Del Des-Equinoccio’ I’m an unabashed fan of Cuban guitarist and composer Alí Arango, so when something new comes in from him...
Romero Sunday #3: Los Romeros Play Gerónimo Giménez’s ‘El baile de Luis Alonso’ at 50th Anniversary Concert Hard to believe that next year will mark the 60th anniversary of the Los Romeros guitar quartet; remarkably,...
Video Pick of the Week: Nadja Janković Plays the Allegro Risoluto from Paganini’s ‘Grand Sonata’ Here’s a wonderful piece, played beautifully by 17-year-old Montenegrin guitarist Nadja Janković. The Grand Sonata by Niccoló Paganini (1782–1840)...
Romero Sunday #2: Watch Angel Romero Play “Canarios” Canarios, written in 1674 by Spanish composer Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710), inspired by a folk dance popular in the...
Video Pick of the Week: Watch Turkish Sensation Ozan Saritepe Play His Lively ‘Kapa’ Here’s something a little different I think you might enjoy. Turkish guitarist Ozan Saritepe put out one of...
World Cup Semifinal Special #2: England (Alexandra Whittingham) v. Croatia (Ana Vidovic) If you saw our previous posting, you know we’re having a little fun with a mash-up of two...
World Cup Semifinal Special #1: France (Thibaut Garcia) v. Belgium (Boris Gaquere) OK, maybe you don’t care at all about the two World Cup semifinal matches in St. Petersburg and...