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Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.

Celil Refik Kaya Plays Sevilla by Albeniz

Celil Refik Kaya plays Sevilla from Suite Española, Op. 47 by Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) originally for piano. This comes via his YouTube channel. Nice clear playing with some excellent phrasing and articulations. He’s really great at switching from raw aggressive playing to…

Molina Guitar Duo play the Beatles

Molina Guitar Duo (Isabella Selder & Santiago Molina Gimbernat) plays Fool on the Hill by the Beatles Arr. by Leo Brouwer on two 2019 Roy Fankhänel guitars.  This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their fantastic YouTube channel. When played well these Brouwer arrangements are…

Meng Su plays Sun Wukong’s Toccata by Assad

Meng Su plays Sun Wukong’s Toccata by Sergio Assad. This comes via GuitarCoop and their YouTube Channel. Amazing performance with an outrageously high level of technique, musicality, and sonic interpretation. Meng Su is one of my favourite players, I got to see her perform last…

Goran Krivokapić Plays Concierto de Gliwice by Drozd

Goran Krivokapić plays Concierto de Gliwice op. 175 (Dedicated to Goran Krivokapić) by Polish composer Gerard Drozd via his YouTube. Performed with the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy Marek Moś, conductor. Great piece, playing, and video of this 31min concerto!

Tariq Harb plays Prelude Op. 5 by Barrios

Tariq Harb plays Prelude in G minor, Op. 5 by Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944). This comes via Harb’s fantastic YouTube Channel. Love his energetic and beautiful playing and that new guitar! Via his YouTube: “The audio here was recorded using a Zoom H6 in…

Duo Melis Play Lhoyer

Duo Melis performing Antoine de Lhoyer on copies of Stauffer guitars from the 19th century. Filmed at the Academy of Music in Strasbourg during June 2018 by David Jaggs. This comes via their YouTube. Excellent duo playing and articulations I…

Baranov and Kukhta Play Adam Darr Duo

Pavel Kukhta and Anton Baranov play Duo Concertant No.4 for two guitars by Adam Darr (1811-1866). I haven’t heard this duo before so I was glad to hear it pop up. Pavel is playing a Antonio Lorca replica built by A. Garcia Ruiz. Baranov…

Raphaella Smits plays Bach

Raphaella Smits (via sponsor Strings by Mail) plays the fugue from Prelude BWV1011 (for unaccompanied cello) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) via SBM on Youtube. Played on a Mirecourt 1827 guitar restored by B.Kresse (Köln). This recording is a live concert-recording…

Drew Henderson plays Lob der Tränen by Schubert

Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays Lob der Tränen by Franz Schubert (1797-1828) on an 1868 René Lacôte guitar. This comes via his fantastic YouTube channel. Wonderful playing as usual from Henderson. I’m assuming this is the period arrangement by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) in his…

Ana Vidovic plays Sonata Eroica by Giuliani

Ana Vidovic plays Gran Sonata Eroica, Op.150 by Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829) via the Lisker Music Foundation Concert Series on Youtube, Nichols Hall in Evanston, IL. I haven’t heard Vidovic for awhile, I appreciate the crisp, clean, and rhythmic playing which…

Alberto Mesirca plays Kcor by Marco De Biasi

Alberto Mesirca plays Kcor by Marco De Biasi. This comes via De Biasi’s YouTube Channel. Great performance by Mesirca of this extroverted work. I performed some of Marco De Biasi’s studies (studio) for guitar trio last year which are pretty cool…

Thomas Viloteau plays Valse en Skaï by Dyens

French guitarist Thomas Viloteau plays Valse en Skaï by Roland Dyens (1955–2016). This comes via his great Youtube channel. Viloteau is a GFA winner and concert guitarist but also very down to Earth, I love these at-home videos from such an amazing player. Nice…