Julian Bream’s Birthday: A Celebration

The classical guitarist and lutenist JULIAN BREAM  celebrates his 87th birthday today 15 July 2020 HARDLY a day goes by when we are not reminded of the great contribution Julian Bream has made to the classical guitar repertoire – both to contemporary repertoire and music from earlier centuries – performing on guitar, lute, early guitars and…

London Guitar Festival 2018 @EuroStrings @KingsPlace

The annual London Guitar Festival organised by the International Guitar Foundation & Festivals (IGF) is going to be super charged this year. As well as featuring the Gerardo Núñez Quintet with Carmén Cortés (Friday 26 October 2018, Kings Place), Ana Vidovic (Saturday 27 October 2018, Kings Place), and Margarita Escarpa and Paco Seco (Sunday 27 October 2018, Kings Place),…

Andrey Lebedev premières Australian classical guitar repertoire

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…