Roland Dyens Plays Alba Nera at the 2013 CGR
Roland Dyens playing his own work ‘Alba Nera’ live at the Classical Guitar Retreat. The next retreat is July 2nd-7th, 2014 which is sure to be a blast. I should go there and be a student for a week and…
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Shi Long Fan Performing a 15min Set
I’ve been highlighting five youth guitarists over the past few days. Well, actually, sorry, only four since I could not find a video of Yang Hao who tied for 1st place. All of the youth are prize winners from the 8th Velbert Segovia-Wettbewerb 2012 youth competition…
Alecu-Vicentiu Ciapi plays Saudade No. 3 by Roland Dyens
I’ll be highlighting five youth guitarists over the next few days. All of the youth are prize winners from the 8th Velbert Segovia-Wettbewerb 2012 youth competition (under 14 years). Alecu-Vicentiu Ciapi (Romania) placed 3rd. Here is Alecu-Vicentiu Ciapi playing Saudade No. 3 by Roland Dyens back…
Vidak Mićović plays Caprice No. 24 by Paganini
I’ll be highlighting five youth guitarists over the next few days. All of the youth are prize winners from the 8th Velbert Segovia-Wettbewerb 2012 youth competition (under 14 years). Vidak Mićović tied for 4th with Paulina Monno (Germany) whom I featured yesterday. Here is Vidak Mićović playing…
Paulina Monno Plays Jongo by Paulo Bellinati
I’ll be highlighting five youth guitarists over the next few days. All of the youth are prize winners from the 8th Velbert Segovia-Wettbewerb 2012 youth competition (under 14 years). Paulina Monno (Germany) tied for 4th place with Vidak Mićović who I will feature tomorrow. Here…
Orchestra of 100 guitarists: Thibault Cauvin’s anniversary concert
An amazing project with tons of happy looking little guitarists playing great. I like how everyone is dressed so causally, makes for a colourful stage. It’s also a good idea mixing electric instruments in there to fill out the sound.…
John Williams & Richard Harvey play ‘Enfield Dances’
John Williams and Richard Harvey, performing Harvey’s ‘Enfield Dances’. Footage live from their ‘World Tour’ concert in Aichi, Japan. William’s sounds particularly good with other instruments, such clear and articulate playing. There’s a real nice change at 2:05 into the…
Andrey Parfinovich plays Torre Bermeja by Albeniz
Andrey Parfinovich plays Torre Bermeja by Albeniz at the 54th Tokyo International Guitar Competition in 2011. He placed fourth. I really like the clarity of the fast arpeggios as well as the care to the full sounding tone on the melodic…
Berta Rojas accompanied by the Recycled Instruments Orchestra
I’ve posted about this project once before but here is a video of the result! Pretty uplifting video with all the kids in there, bravo to everyone involved. Berta Rojas plays Tambito Josefino accompanied by the Recycled Instruments Orchestra from…
David Russell Plays El ultimo trémolo by Barrios
One of my students is playing El ultimo trémolo, also called Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios or El último canto by Agustín Barrios Mangoré so I was looking for good examples for her to follow. Who better than David Russell. An excellent…
Tal Hurwitz plays I. Allegretto from Sonatina by Berkeley
Tal Hurwitz recently placed second at the Boston 2013 competition. Here he plays the excellent first movement from Lennox Berkley‘s Sonatina. Really nice video too, multiple angles and everything. Great performance too, super clean and articulate with a glassy clear but…
Berta Rojas plays “Salsa Roja” by Vincent Lindsey-Clark
Berta Rojas plays “Salsa Roja” by Vincent Lindsey-Clark, this is also the title track of her new album full of South American music. Dancers: Marisol Moreno and Alfredo Pino. See the YouTube link for an extensive list of crew members…