IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS that I write of the death of OLGA PIERRI on Wednesday 28 September 2016. So great was her love of the guitar that she was playing and still teaching up to a few weeks before her death. On 3 June 2016 she celebrated her 102nd birthday. Olga Pierri regularly performed live on radio both as a soloist…
Morgan Szymanski has been collaborating with both Mexican and British composers to write new repertoire for the guitar, both solo and in ensemble, for a number of years. The works of two of these British composers, Alec Roth (b. 1948) and Stephen McNeff (b. 1951), were heard at this Wigmore Hall recital on 12 September…
It is many years since the outstanding German classical guitarist, Hubert Käppel, has performed in London, but we have the luxury of hearing him both in concert and masterclass during the IGF Guitar Summit 2016 starting Thursday 21 July 2016 at Kings Place, central London. At Kings Place, Hubert Käppel will not only be performing works…
Colin was born on 5 July 1926 – today would have been his 90th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COLIN! I know that he is missed by so many of us in the classical guitar world, as he was such an important part of so many guitarists lives, writing about them, photographing them, corresponding with them at…
VICENTE AMIGO began his Tierra tour with a brilliant sold out performance at Sadler’s Well, London, part of the Flamenco Festival London – it was an unforgettable performance: his musical ideas, his incredibly beautiful sound, his virtuosic technique and the exciting interaction between the performers was flamenco at its very best. His extensive US tour beginning this…
The young Australian guitarist Andrey Lebedev will present a concert of ‘Australian Music and the Classical Guitar’ on Wednesday 2 March 2016 at the Royal Academy of Music, London. He will be performing with Academy musicians from Australia and abroad including the pianist Joseph Havlat, mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean, the Ardour Quartet, double bass player Joseph Prindl, and the…
The BRASIL GUITAR DUO – João Luiz and Douglas Lora – are the guest artists in the FANTASTIC GUITARS programme with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Amado on Friday 26 February and Sunday 28 February 2016. The programme features the US première of Leo Brouwer’s The Book of Signs for two guitars and string…
The monthly BBC Music Magazine has a CLASSICAL GUITAR SPECIAL issue for February 2016. Miloš Karadaglić who has just released his latest recording – Blackbird: The Beatles Album – is interviewed by Rob Ainsley: ‘ENTER THE GUITAR: Miloš Karadaglić is at the vanguard of a group of young classical guitarists giving a fresh and much-needed lease of life to…
The challenging programme for Junhong Kuang’s first full-length recital in New York on Friday 11 December 2015 gives an idea of this remarkable 15-year-old Chinese guitarist’s abilities: Suite Española by Gaspar Sanz, Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 by J.S. Bach (arranged by Xu Bao), Introduction and Variations on a Theme by…
The London Guitar Studio have organised a Meet the Maker event with the renowned German guitar-maker GERNOT WAGNER on Monday 7 December 2015. This is a unique opportunity to hear this pioneering guitar-maker speak about his development of the Double Top guitar – an idea which was developed along a slightly different line by his colleague…
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