Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
Josh Moore performs A Fancy (Poulton No.73) by John Dowland (1563-1626). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel and performed on a Wolfgang Jellinghaus La Romantica guitar. Great performance here with lots on nice attention to the motivic exchanges in the work…
Antonio Rugolo performs Studio No.9 – Fantasia (Omaggio a Roberto Gerhard) from Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza by Angelo Gilardino (1941-2022). This comes via Rugolo’s YouTube channel. I rarely pass on sharing any performance of Angelo Gilardino‘s Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza, which are some of my…
Sanel Redžić performs Rossiniana No. 3, Op.121 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829). This comes via Redžić’s fantastic YouTube channel at Schottenkirche, Erfurt, Germany. Giuliani’s six Rossiniane are fantasias or medleys on themes from Rossini’s operas. In Giuliani’s day audiences would have been well acquainted with all the…
Yair Avidor performs his transcription for theorbo of La Forqueray by French harpsichordist and composer Jacques Duphly (1715-1789). This comes via Avidor’s YouTube channel. Originally for keyboard, Avidor states, “This fine piece, so full of grandeur, is taken from Duphly’s Troisième livre de pièces de…
Muxin Li performs Landslag VII – Ólga við Ós (Turbulence where a stream meets a lake) by Gulli Bjornsson (b. 1991) performed on classical guitar at Music of the Earth concert at Curtis Institute of Music. This comes via Bjornsson’s Youtube…
Maya Lončar performs Danse Rythmique by Ida Presti (1924-1967). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel and performed on a Cynthia H. Burton classical guitar. You can also subscribe to Lončar’s YouTube channel. Great performance by Lončar with some excellent rhythmic…
Canadian guitarist Emma Rush performs The tall grass bends to listen by Annette Kruisbrink (b.1958). This comes via Rush’s YouTube channel. Kruisbrink is Dutch composer and guitarists with over 450 works which you can explore here. As Rush mentions, “The composition and video are in memory of…
Duo Diversitas with Marisa Minder (guitar) and Evgeniya Spalinger (Flute) perform the third movement Allegro from Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Minder’s YouTube channel. This is originally for flute and obbligato harpsichord and arranged…
Carreiro-Williams Guitar Duo with Jose Carlos Carreiro and Torrin Williams perform a concert including repertoire by Bach, Rameau, Ponce, and Carulli. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel where you can also see which guitars are being played. Fantastic ensemble performance with nicely…
Classical guitarist Marcin Dylla performs Sonata in D Minor by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750), originally for Baroque lute. This comes via Dylla’s YouTube channel. Great performance by Dylla with excellent pacing and attention to the flowing galant style of Weiss.…
Etude No.12, Op.60 (Andante mosso) by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) with performance, lesson, and sheet music. This comes from my sheet music edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation edition…
Kossler Duo with John Kossler & Adam Kossler perform Prelude and Fugue in Eb minor by Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000). This comes via Adam Kossler’s YouTube channel. Gulda was an Austrian pianist who played and composed in both the classical and…