In March 2020, the Spanish guitarist Samuel Diz released Memoria de la Melancolía – a recording that is dedicated to the memory of the writer and feminist María Teresa León (1903–1988), exploring her biography through the music of the Generation of ‘27 and exiled Spaniards during the turbulent history of twentieth-century Spain – with Samuel Diz performing…
The classical guitarist and lutenist JULIAN BREAM The Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist, Leo Brouwer had a long and fruitful musical connection with Julian Bream, as he expresses so eloquently in this tribute, published on the day of his death on 14 August 2020. This long-standing musical relationship has produced some of the finest of the…
Gabriel Bianco Happy Bastille Day! In celebration, I thought I would catch up with two fine French classical guitarists – Gaëlle Solal and Gabriel Bianco – and their lockdown activities, and also revisit the spectacular Bastille Day concert under the Eiffel Tower, with Xuefei Yang performing the second movement of the Concerto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo. Gabriel Bianco has…
The classical guitarist and composer Sam Cave will be giving an online performance this evening, hosted by the Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation, as part of their Adjourned but Still in Session Concert from his home in London at 6pm on Monday 13 July 2020. Sam Cave has established a well-deserved reputation for his excellent performances and recordings…
Flaugissimo Duo with Yu-Wei Hu on flute and Johan Lövfing on guitar and theorbo continue their Sunday afternoon concert series from their home in London at 3pm on Sunday 5 July 2020. In this concert, however, we will be hearing Johan Löfving performing works for solo theorbo by J.S. Bach and Kapsberger, as well as a…
The What Guitar Trio (Ioannis Theodoridis and Michael Hughes) will be joined by the composer and guitarist Sam Cave in a concert which is part of the 840 concert series at Iklectik, Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane on Tuesday 17 December 2019. The five works to be premièred are: Lo Shu Square by Alex Nikiporenko, Jangle Consort (for three…
The young Japanese guitarist Saki Kato will be premièring the latest commission of The Julian Bream Trust, Streams and Variations by the British composer Edward Cowie on Thursday 21 November 2019 at Wigmore Hall, London. Julian Bream established The Julian Bream Trust in 2008 to continue his legacy of expanding the contemporary classical guitar repertoire by commissioning composers to write…
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London is holding its annual Alumni Recital Series, on Tuesday 19 November 2019, at Milton Court Concert Hall. This year, the recital features George Tarlton, who has just won First Prize at the IGF London International Guitar Competition, Isabel Martínez, who has just released her recording Noche Andaluza, the Peruvian-born…
While in London we all feel a little misty eyed from farewelling the NOVA Guitar Duo of Luiz Mantovani and Nelly von Alven, in Florianópolis they are preparing to welcome back their Professor of Guitar at the State University of Santa Catarina – UDESC, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, the Brazilian guitarist Luiz Mantovani, who has spent the past…
CONGRATULATIONS to George Tarlton who has won First Prize at the IGF London International Guitar Competition 2019, which was held on Saturday 26 October 2019, at Kings Place, London. The Chair of the Jury, the composer Stephen Goss, said the jury’s decision was extremely difficult, as the performances given by each of the three Finalists gave excellent performances. Elia…
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