Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson performs Introduction and Rondo no. 2 Op. 2 by Dionisio Aguado (1784 – 1849). This comes via his fantastic YouTube channel. As Henderson mentions on his YouTube “The theme of this Rondo bears a striking resemblance to Beethoven’s famous…
Lesson of the Week for Classical Guitar Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 2 & 3 from Estudios Sencillos via my YouTube Channel.Sheet Music (complete etudes in one book) via amazon: Leo Brouwer Guitar Works Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 2 & 3 from…
Jorge Caballero is playing a concert up in Canada at Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre Sunday March 26th at 7:30pm (see his website for info). Here he plays his own arrangement of the Canadian anthem O Canada, music composed by Calixa Lavallée (1842–1891). It officially became the…
Montengrin Guitar Duo (Goran Krivokapić and Danijel Cerović) play Tango Suite (I. Deciso, II. Andante, III. Allegro) by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992). Great video with dancers too, directed by Augustin Pesnon. The dancers are Kira Makarova and Rachid Abjelout. This comes via the…
Lesson of the Week for Classical Guitar Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 1 from Estudios Sencillos via my YouTube Channel.Sheet Music (complete etudes in one book) via amazon: Leo Brouwer Guitar Works Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 1 from Estudios Sencillos. This…
Ana Vidovic plays the Prelude from from the Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major BWV 1007 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). “This video was recorded during a concert in November 2016 at the Asamsal in Ettlingen, Germany.” This comes…
The young Weimar Guitar Quartet playing Sunfish, the 2nd movement from Six Fish by Nigel Westlake. The 1st movement, Guitarfish, was uploaded by Stephanie Jones on her channel.The quartet is made up of Karmen Stendler (who you’ve seen on the site before), Stephanie Jones, Hanna Link, and…
Annie Bosler and Don Greene explain how practice affects the inner workings of our brains.Lesson by Annie Bosler and Don Greene, animation by Martina Meštrović. A general overall view of practice. Pretty common info but good reminders and some case…
Norwegian guitarist Christina Sandsengen plays Gran Vals by Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909) in the show ‘Ønskekonsert med KORK’ on NRK1, recorded a late summer night at Ingierstrand in Norway. This is a concert with The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and the host…
Russian guitarist Anton Baranov plays Caprice No. 29 from 36 Caprices, Op. 20 by Italian guitarist/composer/singer/luthier Luigi Legnani (1790–1877) on a period replica guitar. This comes via Baranov’s YouTube Channel. These virtuosic caprices were probably inspired by Paganini’s 24 Caprices for the violin. Fantastic playing…
Slovenian-born (Madrid based) guitarist Sanja Plohl plays Torre Bermeja by Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909). This comes via her YouTube Channel. Students should note that despite his huge popularity on our instrument, Albeniz didn’t write for guitar, this one comes from Op.…
Two of my favourite Canadian guitarists, Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk are the Henderson Kolk Guitar Duo. Here they play their arrangement of Impromptu Op. 90 no. 3 by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828). Great to have a video of their 6/8-string combination which they…