Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
French guitarist Thomas Viloteau plays Caterete, written by Sergio Assad on a guitar made by Bastien Burlot. Notice that this guitar has no soundhole…it frightens me. It’s like looking at a face with no eyes..or eye holes I guess. I…
Sanel Redžić plays Rounds by John Williams. Guitar by Andreas Kirmse. I had no idea this piece even existed so this might be old news for many readers. Written in 2012, Rounds for solo guitar is John Williams only work…
Russian guitarist Artyom Dervoed plays The Red Fantasy by Kevin Callahan (b. 1958). This is actually a few years old from Boston GuitarFest 2011 but they keep releasing these gems on their YouTube so how can I resist! I see…
Tatyana Ryzhkova performs Prelude from BWV 998 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). I mainly posted this one for the spectacular setting of the video, although the playing is also good, maybe a bit too Romantic but that is more a…
Roland Dyens in concert at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA, playing an improvisation, or prelude, to open the concert. He’s playing a 1956 Robert Bouchet classical guitar. To be honest I don’t completely love his improvisations…
Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays the final movement of Tres Piezas Españolas by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999). As usual the playing, video, and sound (all done by Henderson) are fantastic. Recorded at Grace Church on the Hill in Toronto. Guitar by…
German guitarist Heike Matthiesen plays Arroyos De La Alhambra by Ángel Barrios (1882–1964) on her new Roy Fankhänel 2015. Ángel Barrios was a Spanish composer and concert guitarist. He was the son of Flamenco guitarist Antonio ‘El Polinario’ Barrios. This…
The excellent Thibault Cauvin posted this old video of himself at 14 years old. Makes for an interesting introspective look at his development. Quotes are from video links listed below: “Thibault Cauvin in 1999, at the age of 14, plays: Heitor…
New York based guitarist Kevin R. Gallagher plays the Prelude from Suite Compostelana by Spanish composer and pianist Frederic Mompou (1893–1987). Fantastic performance with great phrasing and articulations. Also nice colouring throughout. Gallagher was the first-prize winner in the 1993…
Thailand guitarist and 2014 GFA winner, Ekachai Jearakul, plays Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco’s (1895–1968) Quintetto for guitar and string quartet op.143 with the Perosi ensemble (M.Bianchi, M.Coco, M.Redegoso and C.Merlo).This is via his placing 2nd Prizewinner at the 46th Michele Pittaluga…
I was watching this thinking, good, good, but then at around 1m40s I was hit but some intense virtuosity. Maybe not the cleanest ever but super effective and fantastic contrasts. Perfect for Legnani. Plus, it’s super exciting to see how…
Thomas Viloteau plays the iconic Tango en Skaï by Roland Dyens, with whom he studied with in Paris. You can grab the sheet music via Amazon.com, it’s a fun piece and not outrageously difficult (although Viloteau gives us all a…