This is a Guest Post by Dario Bitetti These five studies were in danger of never being heard and of remaining locked in a drawer. The Sicilian musician, Giuseppe Torrisi, conceived his project Five Short Studies (Cinque Studi Brevi) for guitar, twenty years…
Giulio Tampalini playing Giovanni Podera’s Contrasti (Omaggio a Frank Martin). I like this for a few reasons. I’ve always loved Martin’s musical language, the mix of serialism with strong tonal centers mixed in to keep the listener centred and grounded.…
The Brasil Guitar Duo (João Luiz and Douglas Lora) perform this popular South American work written by Jacob do Bandolim. Source: YouTube
“Fuego” by Jose Ma Gallardo del Rey performed by the excellent Gaëlle Solal. She has such a great mix of flowing legato and aggressive accents. Cool piece too, you can check out his scores and bio here. July 1, 2011 – Legacy…
Super clean and crisp technique and sound to match. Also a cool venue. Kaori Muraji plays Roland Dyens Saudade No.3. Source: Youtube
Awesome. Great to hear new material (new to me anyway). Very effective piece with an equally effective performance by the great Giulio Tampalini. Check out his youtube channel as he’s posted the first four or five of these studies.I particularly like…
A nice interview and series of lessons with Julliard teacher and performer Sharon Isbin. She covers: some basic biography of herself, technique in right and left hand, ornamentation, phrasing, her discography, plenty of exercises, talks about performance. Lots of examples…
Harpo-lyre, ca. 1830 André Augustin Chevrier (French, active 1820–42) Mirecourt (France) Wood This three-necked instrument features a central neck tuned like a conventional guitar (E-A-d-g-b-e’), plus a neck on the left tuned chromatically (A-B flat-c-d flat-d-e) and one on the…
We were delighted to have Maestro Scott Tennant come into the Guitar Salon International showroom to play a few guitars! Here he is playing his arrangement of ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ on a brand new 2011 Daniel Friederich cedar-top classical guitar.…
The title says it all. By reviewing the construction one can easily observe the inventive ideas created by Jorg Graf as well as his excellent attention to detail both as an engineer and a craftsman Source: Youtube – PatrickJamesKearney
Villa-lobos Week: Prelude No. 5 played by John Williams Source: youtube.com
Villa-lobos Week: Prelude No. 4 played by Denis Azabagic Source: youtube.com