The amazing Liying Zhu performs Danza Colombiana from Suite Latina by Michael Langer on a 2022 Dietmar Heubner classical guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. Every time I hear Liying Zhu play I’m blown away by her virtuosity and overall musicality. Her playing is so fluid,…
Slovenian guitarist Doris Ćosić plays Fantasia, Op. 19 by Luigi Legnani (1790–1877) on a classical guitar by Eric Sahlin. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. A mix of beautiful phrasing, risky and aggressive playing but exciting and filled with…
Another guitar lesson by Scott Morris via Guitar Salon International. In this video Morris talks about guide fingers but first about the left hand position in general. This is useful for security, accuracy, learning relaxation, and left-hand preparation. This is via…
Boston based guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan playing a selection from Keigo Fujii’s Hagoromo. This comes to us via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube Channel. Here he’s on a 2008 Oscar Trezzini spruce-top at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa…
Josh Moore plays Drei Tentos (1958) by German composer Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012). Henze wrote quite a few works for guitar which is amazing since he is such an important composer and didn’t play himself. Bream is to thank for…
There is a really nice interview with luthier Daniel Friederich over at the GSI Blog. Go check it out. Here’s a small excerpt: AT: Maestro, I can’t help but ask you to comment on the technical questions regarding wood, dimensions and…
We were delighted to have Maestro Scott Tennant come into the Guitar Salon International showroom to play a few guitars! Here he is playing his arrangement of ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ on a brand new 2011 Daniel Friederich cedar-top classical guitar.…