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Duo Françaix Play Granados

Duo Françaix (Isabella Selder and Eliška Lenhartová) playing No. II Oriental from Danzas Españolas Op. 37 (originally for piano) by Spanish composer Enrique Granados (1867-1916). Isabella plays on a 1981 Dominique Field and Eliška on a 2015 Ennio Giovanetti guitar. I…

Heike Matthiesen plays Elegie by Sylvie Bodorová

Heike Matthiesen plays Elegie by Sylvie Bodorová on a 2014 Roy Fankhänel. This comes via the wonderful Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel which is keep this blog alive! Heike Matthiesen is a very active performing guitarist from Germany and…

Kaiser Schmidt Guitar Duo play Bach

Kaiser Schmidt Guitar Duo plays Sonata I (MVT1) Allegro Moderato BWV 525 by J. S. Bach (1685-1750). Nice arrangement and some very good ensemble skills displayed by this young duo. “Jessica Kaiser and Jakob Schmidt both grew up in Friedberg,…

Andrey Parfinovich plays Torre Bermeja by Albeniz

Andrey Parfinovich plays Torre Bermeja by Albeniz at the 54th Tokyo International Guitar Competition in 2011. He placed fourth. I really like the clarity of the fast arpeggios as well as the care to the full sounding tone on the melodic…

Spotlight: Heike Matthiesen, guitarist

I’m very happy to present this spotlight and interview with guitarist Heike Matthiesen. Heike is very active online and at concerts, festivals, as well as recording. It’s a real pleasure getting to know such a great player and such a kind…