A Look at the 1956 Premiere of Villa-Lobos’ Immortal ‘Concerto for Guitar,’ Performed by Andrés Segovia From the Summer 2017 issue of Classical Guitar | BY JOHN PATYKULA Last year marked the 60th anniversary...
Recent Releases Tuesday: Albums from Sharon Isbin & Isabel Leonard, Boyd Meets Girl, and Silvana Saldaña For the next few weeks, we’re going to break our usual bi-weekly Tuesday format of alternating glimpses at new...
Great Performances and Room for Improvement: A Report from China’s 6th Changsha Guitar Festival By Steve Mann, photos by Leah Peng By now, the Changsha Guitar Festival is very well established. Each...
Video Pick of the Week: Pepe Romero Plays Tárrega’s ‘Mazurka’ It’s always rewarding to spend a few minutes listening to Pepe Romero. Romero playing Tárrega? I call that...
Cordoba Introduces New C4-CE Acoustic/Electric Classical Guitar at Summer NAMM 2017: Video At Summer NAMM 2017, Cordoba released its new C4-CE acoustic/electric classical guitar from the Iberia series, which comes...
Power in Numbers: Tips on Writing for Guitar Ensembles From the Summer 2017 issue of Classical Guitar | BY MARK HOUGHTON Mark Houghton is an established amateur...
Recent Releases Tuesday: Albums by Cristiano Poli Cappelli, Dúo Villa-Lobos, and Giancarlo DiPierro For the next few weeks, we’re going to break our usual bi-weekly Tuesday format of alternating glimpses at new...
4th International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini Set for Paris Next Year! Although it is only in its fourth edition, the biennial International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini (also known by...
Video Pick of the Week: Alexandra Whittingham Plays Piazzolla’s ‘Verano Porteño’ Nineteen-year-old English guitarist Alexandra Whittingham has been on our radar for a while, as she keeps popping up...
Join Sergio Assad in California this October Sponsored by Global Guitar Retreat How does a weekend of learning guitar in sunny California sound? What about...