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Thailand & Vietnam are Fast Becoming Classical Guitar Hot Spots

BY MARK HOUGHTON | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR Communications in modern times are often...

Indiana Competition Crowns Winners, Says Farewell to Founder Ernesto Bitetti

Over the last weekend of October, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Guitar Department hosted its 10th...

LAGQ to Headline Northern California Fire Recovery Benefit Concert Nov. 24

By Blair Jackson It’s been a rough couple of years for those of us who live in beautiful...

Video Pick of the Week: Thomas Athanaselos Plays His Exquisite ‘Fantasia y mirada’

I really like this recent composition by the fine Greek guitarist and composer Thomas Athanaselos. His Fantasia y...

Who Made Luis Milán’s Vihuela? Luthiers Are Escaping from Centuries of Anonymity

BY GRAHAM WADE | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR Some years ago, in the 1980s,...

Argentine and Flamenco Sounds Highlight French Guitar Fest

We always like to post reports from guitar festivals and competitions when they come our way. This one...

Saki Kato to Premiere New Edward Cowie Work at Julian Bream Trust Concert

The wonderful charitable group known as the Julian Bream Trust is dedicated to providing financial assistance to promising...

VIdeo Pick of the Week: Katalin Koltai Plays Bartók’s ‘The Night’s Music’ (and check out her single-string capo invention)

In the past, we’ve posted videos featuring Hungarian guitarist Katolin Koltai both solo (such as this performance of...

Cleveland CG Festival Expands with New, Lucrative Youth Competition (and the Entry Deadline is Looming!)

The James Stroud Classical Guitar Competition will boast the largest award purse of any U.S. youth contest By...

Video Pick(s) of the Week: It’s Our Annual Birthday Celebration of Roland Dyens!

How sad it is that Roland Dyens (1955–2016) is not around to celebrate his 64th birthday on October...

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Stories

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

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

Profile: Classical Guitar Great Raphaella Smits

The Classics

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