Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
Petra Poláčková performs Sonata Romántica by Manuel Ponce (1882–1948) on a vintage 1926 Domingo Esteso guitar with video/audio by Drew Henderson. This comes via Guitars International and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). It’s been a long time since I’ve heard anyone play the Sonata Romántica…
Lutenist Domenico Cerasani performs Fantasia 33, and the intabulation Quand’io penso al martire (123 da J. Arcadelt) by Francesco Canova da Milano “Il Divino” (1497-1543). This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s YouTube channel (go subscribe). I can rarely resist posting performances of da Milano,…
Italian classical guitarist Adelaide Gemo performs Vals No.3, Op.8 by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944). This comes via Pyrophorus Records and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Wonderful performance by Gemo with such crisp and clear lines but always musical, rhythmic, and flowing. You can also find her YouTube…
Sons de Carrilhões (Maxixe-Chôro) by João Pernambuco (1883-1947). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with performance and lesson video. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. The level is intermediate (grade…
Classical guitarists João Luiz and Alan Liu perform Afrocuban Dances by Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) and arranged by Leo Brouwer (b.1939). This comes via the Leo Brouwer Ediciones Espiral Eterna’s YouTube channel (go subscribe). Great performance by Luiz and Liu with intricate…
Classical guitarist Kasia Smolarek performs Caprice No.24 from 24 Caprices for solo violin, Op.1 by Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840). This comes via Smolarek’s YouTube channel (go subscribe). You can also check out her album on BandCamp. Great performance by Smolarek with very consistent articulation and some intense surprises and risks.…
Bluvenduo with Zhanxiang Shi (Shanghai) and Sebastian Robles (Edmonton) perform a programme of Romantic era works by César Franck (1822-1890) and Franz Schubert (1797–1828). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Formed in San Francisco and now based in Geneva, Bluvenduo won the…
Classical guitarist Antigoni Goni performs Vidalita by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Great to see Goni perform this work after hearing her recording of it way back in 2001. Here’s a bit more info on the work…
Carlo Fierens plays Andante et allegro by Napoléon Coste (1805-1883) performed on a rare 1855 René-François Lacôte seven-string guitar (Coste’s own model), generously lent by Adopt a Musician (Accornero Collection). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Amazing to hear these works,…
Dowland’s Foundry with Sami Brown on lute perform It was a time when silly bees could speak, No. 18 from the Third Book of Songs by John Dowland (1563-1626). This comes via The Lute Society on their YouTube in preparation…
Canadian classical guitarist Marc-Etienne Leclerc performs Grand Caprice, Op.60 by Luigi Legnani (1790-1877). This comes via his YouTube channel (go subscribe). Wonderful performance by Leclerc of this large rhapsodic work that includes…well, everything really. Leclerc released a number of great…
Classical guitarist Lorenzo Micheli performs his arrangement Geppetto by Fiorenzo Carpi (1918-1997). The work is a celebrated theme from the soundtrack for the 1972 tv show Le avventure di Pinocchio. This comes via Partita Studio in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Beautiful playing and…