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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...

FREE Master Classes With Top Guitarists at Sacramento Guitar Symposium Oct. 18 and 19!

We realize it’s kind of short notice, but classical-guitar players in Northern California and Nevada might want to...

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...

Keepers of the Flamenco: Remembering Lorca and Camarón; Praising Cañizares

BY THÉRÈSE WASSILY SABA | FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR In Spain, 2018 is the “Año...

From the Archives: Performance and Recordings—Is There a Conflict?

What is ‘Real’ When it Comes to Guitar Sound? By Graham Wade (from the Winter 2015 issue of...

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...

Video Pick of the Week: Julia Trintschuk Plays the Allegro from ‘Sonata Giocosa’ by Joaquín Rodrigo

Here’s a recent video from the fine German guitarist Julia Trintschuk, who regales us with an energetic version...

Video Pick of the Week: Manuel Barrueco Plays Sor’s ‘Variations on a Theme by Mozart’

We’ve traveled from the West Coast to Baltimore this weekend to attend the Guitar Society Summit at the...

Just a Quick Glance, Then GO! A Personal Instruction on Sight-Reading for Guitar

BY FRANCESCO EMMANUEL (from the Fall 2015 issue of Classical Guitar) Mention the words “sight-reading” to almost any...

Xuefei Yang Rediscovers Her Roots: An Interview and Videos

BY BLAIR JACKSON (From the Winter 2015 Classical Guitar) Xuefei Yang saved the best for last. Although the...

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Christopher Mallett’s ‘Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements’

Album Review: ‘The Blue Album’ by Pablo Sáinz-Villegas

Profile: Classical Guitar Great Raphaella Smits

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‘Forbidden’ Fifths in Guitar Music From Sor and Before to Hendrix and Beyond