Hideo Morii: Pre-Second World War Japanese Guitar Repertoire
Hideo Morii is reviving Japanese classical guitar repertoire from the 1930s
Rafael Aguirre: BBC Proms Debut
Rafael Aguirre makes his BBC Proms debut playing Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. He talks about how the concerto has been an important part of his musical life from the very start of his career.
Night of the Guitar at Flamenco Festival London 2026 @Sadlers_Wells
Flamenco Festival 2026 features three outstanding flamenco guitarists Gerardo Núñez, Antonio Rey, and from the younger generation Álvaro Martinete, with flamenco dancer Olga Pericet, in a tribute performance to another outstanding guitarist, Sabicas (1912–1990).
Concert Review: Arie Dakesian at the Reform Club, London
Arie Dakesian performs at the Reform Club, Pall Mall, London
New Video: Julian Bream on Malcolm Arnold’s Serenade for Guitar and Strings
The Malcolm Arnold Society has released a video of Julian Bream performing the Serenade for Guitar and Strings by Malcolm Arnold with the Royal Academy of Music Ensemble, conducted by Jessica Cottis, at the 3rd Malcolm Arnold Festival in 2008.
ONLINE AUCTION of La Inédita: A Guitar by Santos Hernández
ONLINE BIDDING for La Inédita – a rare guitar made in 1935 by Santos Hernández begins today Monday 19 May 2025 at Bonhams Paris at 2pm.
80th Birthday Concert for William Lovelady
William Lovelady 80th birthday concert on Thursday 24 April 2025 at St Pancras New Church, London, NW1 2BA, at 7.30pm,
Ian Watt – solo recital: Review
Ian Watt All Saints Church, Sudborough, Saturday 8 June 2024 Ian Watt epitomises the twenty-first-century classic guitarist: well-schooled, confident, assured in technique and, above all, musical. He has virtuosity in abundance but in service to the music and not as a mere technical parade. Ian Watt began his recital in the manner of the great…
Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal 60th Anniversary of Première by Julian Bream
Sixty years ago, on Friday 12 June 1964, Julian Bream premièred the Nocturnal after John Dowland for Guitar, Op. 70 by Benjamin Britten at the seventeenth Aldeburgh Festival in the Jubilee Hall, in the seaside town of Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast. Benjamin Britten completed the Nocturnal after John Dowland for Guitar, Op. 70, which was dedicated…
Flamenco Festival London 2024 @Sadlers_Wells Vicente Amigo Review
Vicente Amigo Memoria de los Sentidos at Sadler’s Wells Theatre Wednesday 5 June 2024 Vicente Amigo’s performance in the Flamenco Festival London at Sadler’s Wells was a reminder of his consistently high level of artistry, making him the great Maestro that we continue to admire, both as a composer and as a guitarist. Amigo was completely in…
