An Amusing Song by Vittorio Reggianini
Vittorio Reggianini’s (Italian, 1858-1938) painting “An Amusing Song.” Vittorio Reggianini (Italian, 1858-1938)An Amusing SongOil on canvas Image Credit: artrenewal.org
Bradford Werner
Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 97,000 subscribers and 14 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.
Roland Dyens Plays Alba Nera at the 2013 CGR
Roland Dyens playing his own work ‘Alba Nera’ live at the Classical Guitar Retreat. The next retreat is July 2nd-7th, 2014 which is sure to be a blast. I should go there and be a student for a week and…
The Ping-Pong Ball Fingernail Repair Guide by Samuel Laroche-Pagé
Samuel Laroche-Pagé posted these excellent photos and guides to repairing your nails using the famous ping-pong ball method for classical guitar. He kindly agreed to let me share the photos and text here. Extra bonus is that it’s in French and…
A Lesson in Tone Production by Gohar Vardanyan
A nice lesson from Gohar Vardanyan and her sponsor String By Mail. Here she talks about nails and tone production on classical guitar. Gohar Vardanyan is an amazing guitarist with a clear sound and blazing technique. You can check out my detailed explanation…
Review: Lily Afshar – Musica da Camera
Musica da CameraUspenskey, Paganini, & Piazzolla Buy or listen to samples on Amazon: Lily Afshar – Musica da CameraArtist Website: lilyafshar.comLabel: Archer Records 1. Musical Sketches on Pushkin’s Eugene Oneginfor guitar & chamber ensemble by Vladislav Uspensky (WORLD PREMIERE)Performed by Lily…
Shi Long Fan Performing a 15min Set
I’ve been highlighting five youth guitarists over the past few days. Well, actually, sorry, only four since I could not find a video of Yang Hao who tied for 1st place. All of the youth are prize winners from the 8th Velbert Segovia-Wettbewerb 2012 youth competition…
Alecu-Vicentiu Ciapi plays Saudade No. 3 by Roland Dyens
I’ll be highlighting five youth guitarists over the next few days. All of the youth are prize winners from the 8th Velbert Segovia-Wettbewerb 2012 youth competition (under 14 years). Alecu-Vicentiu Ciapi (Romania) placed 3rd. Here is Alecu-Vicentiu Ciapi playing Saudade No. 3 by Roland Dyens back…
Vidak Mićović plays Caprice No. 24 by Paganini
I’ll be highlighting five youth guitarists over the next few days. All of the youth are prize winners from the 8th Velbert Segovia-Wettbewerb 2012 youth competition (under 14 years). Vidak Mićović tied for 4th with Paulina Monno (Germany) whom I featured yesterday. Here is Vidak Mićović playing…
Paulina Monno Plays Jongo by Paulo Bellinati
I’ll be highlighting five youth guitarists over the next few days. All of the youth are prize winners from the 8th Velbert Segovia-Wettbewerb 2012 youth competition (under 14 years). Paulina Monno (Germany) tied for 4th place with Vidak Mićović who I will feature tomorrow. Here…
Orchestra of 100 guitarists: Thibault Cauvin’s anniversary concert
An amazing project with tons of happy looking little guitarists playing great. I like how everyone is dressed so causally, makes for a colourful stage. It’s also a good idea mixing electric instruments in there to fill out the sound.…
Interview with Jorg Graf of Graf Tuners
“An interview from June 2013 with Jorg Graf in Burnstown Ontario.” The folk over at Classical Guitar Training have a nice interview with Jorg Graf of Graf tuners. You can check out more videos by these guys at their YouTube…
John Williams & Richard Harvey play ‘Enfield Dances’
John Williams and Richard Harvey, performing Harvey’s ‘Enfield Dances’. Footage live from their ‘World Tour’ concert in Aichi, Japan. William’s sounds particularly good with other instruments, such clear and articulate playing. There’s a real nice change at 2:05 into the…