Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
I’m always on the lookout for new guitarists, that is, ones I haven’t heard of before. However, I should have known this one who won the Jack Marshall Prize and Gold Medal in the 2012 Parkening International Guitar Competition. Here…
Marcin Dylla plays Ständchen by Franz Schubert (1797–1828) on a 1924 Hermann Hauser via Siccas Guitars and their Youtube channel. The arrangement is by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) who arranged many of Schubert’s works for solo guitar and often played guitar…
Fire is the first of four movements from The Elements, written and performed by composer/guitarist Frank Wallace via his YouTube and Gyre Music Label. You can also check out this glowing review I did of his recent album back in January…
Adam Holzman plays Capriccio “Il Gran Monarca” by Pietro Paolo Melli (1575-1620) at the Boston GuitarFest 2011. Holzman is famous for his excellent teaching and high level students but his playing is equally wonderful. I know very little about Melli, however, the music…
Seyoung Park is one of the Youth Guitarists I’ve been following. Here she plays Brouwer’s Estudio Sencillos 1-5. She has a great YouTube channel and continues to record. I like featuring youth guitarists because they sometimes have a fresh perspective and interesting…
Ae Fond Kiss with Guitar, Harp, & Voice as arranged by Eddie McGuire and performed by the Bardic Trio. Nicely done Matthew McAllister et al. Here’s some info via Matthew McAllister’s facebook page. Go like his page to get wonderful video updates like this and…
The spectacular Gohar Vardanyan plays LIVE from Baldwin Wallace Int’l Guitar Festival. A full 50min video of some great classics. Note the Canadian guitar luthier too: 2012 Jean Rompré. PROGRAMSuite in A Minor by Manuel Maria PonceUn Sueño en la Floresta…
I’ve posted Vladimir Gorbach playing Primavera Porteña by Astor Piazzolla before but this is a better and more close-up video. However, this one is just a promo. If you want to see the full version you can see this other…
Tariq Harb plays An Idea – Passacaglia for Eli Leo Brouwer dedicated to guitarist Eli Kassner, founder of the Toronto Guitar Society. An Idea for solo guitar was written for the 75th birthday of Eli Kassner at Cordoba April, 1999.…
Cuban guitarist Alí Arango rips it up with Paco’s Güajiras de Lucía. Pretty amazing speed work and great rhythmic feel. Some info via his YouTube: “Guitar by Yuichi Imai. Realización y Edición: Alí Arango. Ali Arango was born on the 14th of December 1982 in…
Duo Vitare perform guitar and cello works in this absolutely stunning setting. This is classical music promotion at its best folks. Just wonderful. In promotion of their new recording: Duo Vitare – Canzonetta italianaAgnieszka Kotulska-Rahunen, celloKimmo Rahunen, guitar Music by…
Tal Hurwitz Plays Sonatina for Guitar op.52 by Lennox Berkeley. I actually posted a live version of him playing this previously but this studio version is better and who doesn’t love this work enough to hear it again. Nice recording…