Videos

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

David Russell on Practice and Technique

David Russell in conversation with Classical Guitar Retreat Director Matthew McAllister during the 2018 Retreat. Russell talks about his thoughts on practice and technique. This comes via McAllister’s Youtube Channel. He discusses aspects of his practice routine, tips on how…

Tariq Harb: Variations on a Moldavian Hora by Krouse

Tariq Harb  plays Variations on a Moldavian Hora by American composer Ian Krouse (b.1956). This comes via Harb’s fantastic YouTube Channel with video and sound production by the amazing Drew Henderson. Great performance and a real technical workout. As Harb mentions, “Composed in 1992 by Ian…

Thu Le & Lorenzo Bernardi Play Vivaldi

Thu Le & Lorenzo Bernardi play Preludio e Corrente from Sonata Op. 1 N.8 by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). This comes via Bernardi’s Youtube channel. Great to see these two excellent soloists together in a duo. You can see my previous posts of their solo…

Rosie Bennet plays Sonata III by Ponce

Rosie Bennet plays Allegro Moderato (1st Mvt) from Sonata III by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) on a 2018 Henner Hagenlocher guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars in Germany and their YouTube. You may remember Bennet from The Open String Berlin featured video and interview a…

Kassandra Siebel Plays Brouwer

Kassandra Siebel plays Sonata Fandangos y Boleros by Leo Brouwer on a 2018 Francois Regis Leonard guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars in Germany and their YouTube. Great performance with a nice combination of virtuosity and elegance. Here’s some of her…

JiJi Plays Xie by João Luiz

JiJi plays Xie by João Luiz. Amazing performance by JiJi who is a fantastic and interesting player that I was not very familiar with. I’m assuming this piece is by João Luiz of the Brasil Guitar Duo and was impressed…

Emma Rush Plays Appalachian Red by Beauvais

Canadian guitarist Emma Rush plays Appalachian Red by Canadian composer William Beauvais (CMC). This comes via her excellent YouTube Channel. You can view for free and/or buy the score via the CMC (Canadian Music Centre). Great playing by Rush here…

Johan Löfving Plays Tarantelle by Mertz

Swedish guitarist Johan Löfving performs the Tarantelle by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) on a Tribout guitar from 1850. Filmed by TallWall Media at the Swedish Church, London. This comes via his Youtube Channel. A fantastic performance that I listened to…

Laura Snowden Plays Villa-Lobos Prelude No. 3

English guitarist Laura Snowden plays Prelude No. 3 in A Minor by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via her great Youtube channel. Live at the 2017 Altamira Guitar Festival Hong Kong. Filmed by Drew Henderson. Some nice phrasing and intense musical articulations and expressive…

Redžić & Bogosavljević play Bordel 1900 by Piazzolla

Sanel Redžić (guitar) & Jovan Bogosavljević (violin) play Bordel 1900, from L’Histoire du Tango by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992). This comes via Redzic’s great YouTube channel. Recorded in Klettbach, Germany in June 2018. These works are played often but I always prefer to post chamber…

Piotr Pakhomkin plays Sonata K. 177 by Scarlatti

Piotr Pakhomkin plays the Sonata in D Major K. 177 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). This comes via his YouTube Channel and the video by Drew Henderson. Guitar by luthier Ross Gutmeier – 2010 Cedar double-top. I’ve always loved this Sonata for it’s combination of…

Xuanxuan Sun Plays Hymne a L’Amour by Dyens

Xuanxuan Sun Plays Hymne a L’Amour (사랑의 찬가) by Roland Dyens (1955–2016) on a Manuel Ramirez guitar. This comes via PARTITA Guitar Salon in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube. Such a fantastic player, I’ve previously posted a video of her playing Bach. So legato…