Month January 2017

Marco Ramelli plays Preludio I & II by Selvafiorita

Marco Ramelli plays Preludio I (Omaggio a Nathan Van Cleave) & Preludio II (a Marco Ramelli) by Fabio Selvafiorita. This comes via Selvafiorita’s Youtube Channel. Born in Milan (Italy), Marco Ramelli graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Fabio Selvafiorita…

Irina Kulikova plays Vassiliev Mogiana

Russian guitarist Irina Kulikova playing Konstantin Vassiliev‘s Mogiana on a 2007 Gernot Wagner classical guitar. Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. This comes via their great YouTube channel. Great playing from Kulikova, clean, articulate, nice…

Alexandra Whittingham plays Brouwer

British guitarist Alexandra Whittingham (19) plays Un Dia de Noviembre by Leo Brouwer (b.1939). “After studying classical guitar, piano, jazz guitar and composition at the world-renowned Chetham’s School of Music for seven years, nineteen year old Alexandra Whittingham now studies…

Derelict Hands Play Schoenberg

Derelict Hands with Calum Borthwick (Scotland) and Russ Callison (US) play Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke by Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), arranged by Calum Borthwick. Schoenberg was one of the most influential musical minds of the 20th century regardless of what labels people slap…

John Schnieder – Interview and Performance on Microtonal Guitar

The amazing John Schneider discusses microtonal music and the experimental 1976 Daniel Friederich meantone guitar with David Collett, president of Guitar Salon International. Part 1 of 3, with performances by Mak Grgic. Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in…

Derek Gripper Plays Kora Music

South African guitarist Derek Gripper plays Kora music and original pieces. This comes via NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert on YouTube. Here he plays a set of works: Tuth Jara (Trad. Arr. Gripper), Joni (Derek Gripper), Jarabi (Trad. Arr. Gripper), Duga…

Kevin Loh Plays Sonatina meridional by Ponce

Singapore guitarist Kevin Loh (18) plays Sonatina meridional (1939) by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). This comes via his YouTube Channel. Ponce wrote a great deal of guitar music for Segovia and they are some of the best pieces in…