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…
A special Tribute concert: Paco de Lucía – Beyond the Memory featuring the musicians that Paco de Lucía worked with closely throughout his life, will be held at the Barbican, London on Wednesday 9 December 2015 with the original members of the Paco de Lucía Sextet: flautist/saxophonist Jorge Pardo, bass player Carles Benavent, percussionist Rubem Dantas (with whom Paco de Lucía introduced the cajón 35…
My Flamenco Diary was established on Posterous on 8 July 2009 after an inspirational concert and interview of Pepe Habichuela at the Barbican in London. Posterous closed down on 30 April 2013 and so I moved My Flamenco Diary to WordPress. Before I had to say farewell to Posterous, I decided to have a look at the statistics from My…
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION (IGF) continues its long-standing project of commissioning and performing new works for guitar solo and in chamber ensemble, with the première of Spook by Anna Meredith (b. 1978) and Six Songs for Solo Guitar by Howard Skempton (b. 1947), played by Tom Kerstens and the G Plus Ensemble: the guitarist Adam Brown, the percussionist Karen Hutt…
EL CUCHI BIEN TEMPERADO – THE WELL-TEMPERED CUCHI is a recording of music by Gustavo Leguizamón, arranged and performed by Pablo Márquez for ECM, produced by Manfred Eicher. A quick glance through the titles of the 17 tracks shows that the Argentinian composer, Gustavo ‘Cuchi’ Leguizamón (1917–2000) has written each of the pieces in familiar rhythms: zambas, chacareras, cuecas…
