It’s Bach’s Birthday! Watch Julian Bream Play the Fugue from ‘Violin Sonata No. 1,’ BWV 1001 We’re celebrating the 334th birthday Johann Sebastian Bach today (March 21)! I swear, the ol’ guy doesn’t look a...
The Guitar Quintet: From Obscurity to Celebrity Once a rarity, there are now over 300 works combining the guitar with string quartets BY DR. KEVIN...
Domaine Forget Guitar Academy Registration Deadline Approaches! We wanted to put in a good word for this summer’s two-week guitar program at Le Domaine Forget de...
Video Pick of the Week: Alexandra Whittingham Plays Richard Rodgers’ ‘My Funny Valentine’ “My Funny Valentine,” written by the popular duo of Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics), has appeared...
Yamashita and ‘Caprichos de Goya’ are a Perfect Match in San Francisco BY BLAIR JACKSON | FROM THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR Kazuhito Yamashita always seems to be...
Let’s Holiday in Greece, at the 28th International Guitar Festival of Patras! What could be a better springtime escape than a few days in scenic Patras, Greece—the country’s third largest...
Guitar-as-Chamber-Instrument Week, #7: Csaba Szabó and the Accord Quartet Play Fauré’s ‘Pavane, Op. 50’ We close out our week-long celebration of the guitar-as-chamber instrument (inspired by the Special Focus section in the...
Guitar-as-Chamber-Instrument Week, #6: Guitar-Cello Duo Vitare Play Dušan Bogdanovic’s ‘Quatre pièces intimes (Mvts. III & IV)’ To celebrate (and amplify) the Special Focus section in the new Spring 2019 issue of Classical Guitar, we’re posting...
Guitar-as-Chamber-Instrument Week, #5: Svari-Kanti (guitar-violin-tabla) Play ‘The Fire of Intention’ To celebrate (and amplify) the Special Focus section in the new Spring 2019 issue of Classical Guitar, we’re posting...
Guitar-as-Chamber-Instrument Week, #4: Guitar-Piano Duo Adentro Plays Mvt. 1 of Schubert’s ‘Arpeggione Sonata’ To celebrate (and amplify) the Special Focus section in the new Spring 2019 issue of Classical Guitar, we’re posting...