Video Pick of the Week: Matt Withers and the National Capital Orchestra Perform Nigel Westlake’s ‘Wooden Ships’ This week’s “Pick” comes from Down Under—specifically from noted Australian guitarist Matt Withers, who is one-fourth of the...
Anton Baranov Wins Falletta Concerto Competition Congratulations to Russian guitarist Anton Baranov for his victory at the seventh biennial JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition,...
American Luthier Stephan Connor Travels to Granada to Build a Pair of Custom Guitars Editor’s note: Cape Cod, Massachusetts–based Stephan Connor has been building top-quality classical guitars, based in the Spanish tradition,...
Video Pick of the Week: Duo Siqueira Lima Play ‘Tico Tico’ on One Guitar OK, so it’s a gimmick to have a duo playing a piece with four hands on one guitar....
The Future Looks Bright at ‘Andrés Segovia’ International Competition for Young Guitarists Monheim am Rhein, Germany May 25–28, 2016 Report by Paul Fowles In my homeland of England, the branch...
Video Pick of the Week: Scott Tennant Plays Eduardo Sáinz De La Maza’s ‘Campanas del Alba’ Eduardo Sáinz de la Maza (1903–1982) never achieved the wide international recognition of his older brother, Regino (1896–1981;...
Miami International GuitArt Festival 2016 Offered Diverse Program of Modern and Classic Works By Sam Desmet The Florida International University School of Music presented the inaugural edition of Miami International GuitART...
Virginia Luque: Segovia’s Last Private Pupil has Become a Nonstop Ambassador for Classical Guitar From the Summer 2016 issue of Classical Guitar magazine | BY BLAIR JACKSON These are exciting times for...
Eight Players Vie for Crown in Guitar Concerto Competition Eight talented classical guitarists from around the world will converge on Buffalo, New York, June 8–11 to compete...
Video Pick of the Week: Barcelona’s Duo del Mar Play Manuel de Falla’s ‘Danza de la Vida Breve’ Here’s another great guitar duo you might not be familiar with: Duo del Mar—Ekaterina Záytseva and Marta Robles,...