Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
Canadian guitarist Emma Rush plays Babbit by Canadian composer Kendra Harder. This comes via her excellent YouTube Channel. Great playing by Rush and a nice little composition. Many beautiful moments with spacious pacing and that little rhapsodic dance in the middle. The Babbit Square is…
John Schneiderman plays works by Russian composer Mikhail Timofeyevich Vysotsky (c.1791–1837) on a 7-string Russian quart guitar (or 11 with basses). This comes via Schneiderman’s YouTube channel. You can find more videos Schneiderman playing of Vysotsky works on his video uploads. Schneiderman is a great…
Italian guitarist Gian Marco Ciampa plays a programme of music including Villa-Lobos, Tarrega, Barrios, and Domeniconi for Su:ggestiva – musica pura per luoghi straordinari. This comes via the MArte Channel on their YouTube and filmed at the Tombe di via Latina, the archeological park in…
Greek guitarist Antigoni Goni (guitar) and Amy Norrington (cello) play Excerpts from Suite Populaire Espagnole (after Siete canciones populares españolas) by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) via a live stream concert on April 29, 2021 at the big hall of the Koninklijk Coervatorium…
Rebeca Oliveira performs her arrangement of Sonata No. 80 by the Portuguese composer Carlos Seixas (1704–1742). This comes via her Youtube channel. I’ve featured Oliveira a few times and really appreciate her solid performances filled with great technique, rhythmic drive, and refined musicality. Her phrasing is…
Miles Johnston (guitar) and Ji Young Kim (flute) perform Mountain Songs by Robert Beaser (b.1954). This comes via Johnston’s YouTube Channel. Nice to hear this excellent set of works by Beaser and well performed too. Some beautiful moments with wonderfully…
Inseo Park (박인서) performs Rondeña by Regino Sainz de la Maza (1896–1981). This comes via Partita Studio in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube. Great performance by Inseo Park with a driving rhythmic pulse and excellent point to point phrasing. His direct and virtuosic playing…
Silvia Kopacova performs Piccola fantasia per chitarra sopra melodie dell’opera Il trovatore di Verdi Op. 86 by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). This comes via her YouTube channel. This is the first time featuring Silvia Kopacova from Slovakia. Exciting performance with sharp…
Check out the fourth interview on Matthew McAllister‘s YouTube channel Curator Series. Here he interviews the amazing Thomas Viloteau who I’ve featured on the site many times. Also check out Viloteau’s own YouTube channel as well. Also listen to Viloteau’s performance of Prelude No.1…
Daniel Schatz performs Sonata K.22 / L.360 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), originally for keyboard. This comes via his YouTube channel. Amazing performance, just look at that left hand move through the thick musical texture along with his solid rhythmic drive and motivic…
Giulio Tampalini performs Fantaisie Hongroise (Hungarian Fantasy) from Trois Morceaux op. 65 (1857) by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). This comes via his YouTube channel. Tampalini’s playing is a stormy mix of extroverted displays with huge contrasts to dynamics, accents, sweet and aggressive phrasing. Just compare the…
Ryosuke Sakamoto has a fantastic project going on his YouTube where he’s playing through all of the Ricercares and Fantasias by Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543) in order of the Ness number. I included his intro video and the first Fantasia.…