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Hamilton International Guitar Festival July 13-15, 2012 Featuring Jorge Caballero, Irina Kulikova, Laura Young, Gohar Vardanyan, Kevin Manderville, Shawn Pickup, Emma Rush, Will Douglas and Tim Phelan. Five concerts, masterclasses, private lessons, workshops and a luthier showcase. More info at www.guitarhamilton.com or (905) 807-4792. Register early for a reduced rate!
I first met Matt Palmer at the Koblenz festival in 2005 and I observed a steady flow of guitarists approaching him asking for a demonstration of his astounding technique. Apart from his innate musicality and facility on the guitar, it was Palmer’s exceptional deployment of ami fingerings that beguiled other guitarists. Not only was it [...]
Concert review, June 21 Le Poisson Rouge, New York Milos Karadaglic, a 27 year old musician from Montenegro, has recently taken quite an extraordinary path for a classical guitarist. Signed by Deutsche Grammophon, Milos has been traveling extensively promoting his newly released CD “Mediterraneo”. Additionally, Milos has been popping up in several mainstream publications such [...]
Rey, a reader of Classical Guitar Review, recently emailed me some questions. I thought they might be better answered by some of you, so please feel free to help out Rey with his questions in the comments below. Thanks everyone! Simon Dear Sir/Madam, Hey, my name is Rey from Indonesia. I want to [...]
A really wonderful performance from a great musician. Carlos talks (in Spanish) very eloquently about the guitar, its repertoire and the mix of elements in music from South America.
Guitar gives classical gems new sparkle – BBC Article By Laurence Peter BBC News Classical guitar virtuoso David Russell explains why his choice of instrument is helping to revive and spark new interest in the music of composers such as JS Bach and his contemporaries In today’s crowded music market the classical guitar sometimes struggles [...]
Yesterday I took the Metro North up from New York to sit in on two fantastic masterclasses at Yale University, one by Raffaella Smits and the other by Odair Assad. I was really struck by the quality of their teaching and how they adapted their modes of communication to suit different players. All of the [...]
Studying Classical Guitar at Univeristy in the United States – Is it worth it? by Simon Powis For the majority of classical guitarists, income derived from performances and CD sales is far from sufficient to pay monthly bills. Teaching, administration positions, and jobs unrelated to music are often the pillars of a classical guitarists’ financial [...]
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar by Simon Powis Part 3 The benefits of good sight-reading The guitar community has survived, even flourished, in the last decades, and it has done so without a good level of sight reading. Why, then, is it important to usher in a new level of sight reading in the [...]
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