Videos

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

Weimar Guitar Quartet Play Sunfish by Westlake

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…

Ted-Ed – How to practice effectively

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…

Christina Sandsengen plays Gran Vals by Tarrega

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…

Anton Baranov plays Caprice No. 29 by Legnani

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…

Sanja Plohl plays Torre Bermeja by Albeniz

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.…

Henderson-Kolk Guitar Duo play Schubert

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…

Karmen Stendler Plays Capricho Árabe by Tarrega

Slovenian guitarist Karmen Štendler plays Capricho Árabe by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909). This comes via her YouTube Channel and the amazing Uros Baric at Baros Records and studio in Slovenia. This is one of Tárrega’s most famous works with its rich and dark…

Warren Nicholson and Mark Whale Play Piazzolla

Mark Whale violin, and Warren Nicholson guitar, play Bordel 1900, from L’Histoire du Tango by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992), recorded January 30th, 2017 at Toronto Canada. Audio/Vid by the amazing Canadian guitarist/producer Drew Henderson. This comes via Warren Nicholson’s YouTube Channel. Great groove and…

Judicael Perroy Plays Barrios

Judicaël Perroy plays Choro de Saudade by Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube. Here he’s demoing a new Jose Ramirez Antigua guitar. I’ve always liked listening to and watching Judicael Perroy…

Youth Duo with Paul Feige & Cedric Penn

Young German guitarists Paul Feige (13) and Cedric Penn (13) play Hommage to Paco de Lucia by Steve Marsh. Paul und Cedric won first prize in “Bundeswettbewerb Jugend musiziert” in 2016. These are students of Stefan Schmidt who has some amazing…

Gian Marco Ciampa plays Brouwer

Italian guitarist Gian Marco Ciampa plays Sonata para Guitarra by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer (b.1939). The three movements are I. Fandangos y Boleros; II. Sarabanda de Scriabin; III. La Toccata de Pasquini. This comes via the Paris Guitar Foundation and…

Sabrina Vlaskalic plays Sonata Op. 47 by Ginastera

Serbian born guitarist Sabrina Vlaskalic, now teaching at The Prince Clause Conservatoire (The Hanze University) in Groningen, The Netherlands, plays Sonata Op. 47 by Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983). This comes via her YouTube channel. Some fantastic and aggressive playing…