Roland Dyens plays Fernando Sor’s Le Calme, Django Reinhardt’s Nuages, and Astor Piazzolla’s Oblivion + Libertango on a 1947 Bouchet guitar. Includes an excellent into about the guitar and the usual hilarious banter by Dyens that one can not help…
Irish flautist Aisling Agnew and Scottish guitarist Matthew McAllister (Agnew McAllister Duo 15 years+!) perform Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) at the 2016 Classical Guitar Retreat (CGR). This comes via McAllister’s great YouTube Channel. The CGR looks amazing so gear up for it next year: “The…
19 year old British guitarist Alexandra Whittingham plays Verano Porteño by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). There have been a few posts about this talented young guitarist and it’s great to see her continue to develop her skills and musicality. Nice clean…
Kupinski Duo (Ewa Jablczynska & Dariusz Kupinski) playing their arrangement of Zita by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). Dariusz plays a 2016 Felipe Conde Jr. and Ewa plays a 1990 Brian Cohen. This comes via the Guitar Salon Internationalshowroom in Santa…
Oltre Duo: Mauro Tonolli (guitar) and Alessandro Bianchini (vibraphone) play Cafè 1930 on Guitar and Vibraphone by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). Audio: Marco Sirio Pivetti. Video: Jacopo Salvi. Histoire du Tango for which Cafè 1930 is one movement is one of…
New York-based Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd plays La Muerte del Angel by Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992) via his YouTube Channel. This is the Benitez arrangement. You might have heard of Boyd from his work with the Australian Guitar…
A performance of Astor Piazzolla’s Invierno Porteño by Giampaolo Bandini (guitar), Cesare Chiacchiaretta (bandoneón) and the Cerrato Brothers (violin & cello) via the Austin Classical Guitar Society on their YouTube and UPG Video. Live and unedited, recorded in the downtown Austin loft of…
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…
Sonata by Cesar RojasArtist Website: cesarrojasguitar.com Highlights: The Dowland is beautiful with great shaping and phrasing. The Dyens is played with ease which is no easy feat. Columbian born guitarist Cesar Rojas is currently based out of Toronto, Canada. I recall…
Duo Bandini & Chiacchiaretta (Giampaolo Bandini – Cesare Chiacchiaretta) performing ‘Zita’ song by Astor Piazzolla on guitar and bandoneon. Via Guitar Magazine at ‘Guitar Virtuosos’ 2013 festival – Chaikovsky Hall, Moscow. March 17th, 2013. I love the energy and the element of…
This book of Astor Piazzolla arrangments by Gary Ryan is super popular in my studio. The arrangements sound great slow or fast but are only rarely awkward or difficult. Although the book is for what Ryan calls ‘easy guitar’ be…