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Rome’s guitar convention honours Raphaella Smits and Sean Shibe
Rome’s 10–11 October guitar convention combines the Chitarre d’Oro awards with a Manuel de Falla programme, historical instruments and performances.
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Festival de la Guitarra de Sevilla
Seville and surrounding venues
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Zoran Dukić and European Guitar Quartet lead Uppsala’s classical highlights
Uppsala and associated festival locations
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MILOŠ and Ksenija Sidorova bring guitar and accordion to Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall, London
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Interviews
Interview with Tariq Harb
Tariq Harb discusses teaching, his guitars and recording the Sor studies in this interview from 2016.
Interviews
Ricardo Gallén and the Bach Lute Suites
An interview with Ricardo Gallén exploring his musicianship and his recording of Bach’s lute works.
Interviews
An interview with Gabriel Bianco
A video interview with classical guitarist Gabriel Bianco from the Classical Guitar Review archive, published in 2012.
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View all ↗Selected performances with artistry worth your time.
Videos
Duo Melis introduces Tudor-Mihai Gliga’s Firelit Ascent
Susana Prieto and Alexis Muzurakis perform a prize-winning new guitar duo in a recent Siccas production.
Videos
Zsombor Sidoo brings Bach’s complete BWV 1003 to the guitar
An artist-published film of Bach’s four-movement sonata, recorded in Honrath with audio and video by Musik.Im.Blick.
Videos
Stephanie Jones plays Gracias a la vida in Frutillar
Violeta Parra’s song reaches the solo guitar in Emmanuel Sowicz’s arrangement, filmed in Chile.