INTERNATIONAL CONCERT DIARY

Listen Again

As well as concert details, I include the Listen Again option for recent concerts, which were recorded live. For less recent concerts and programmes, such as this Spanish RTVE Radio Clásica programme Vamos al Cine, featuring the classical and flamenco guitar used on film soundtracks, visit my dedicated Classical and Flamenco Guitar on Radio page.

2026

Saturday 10 January 2026: Evanston, IL LORENZO MICHELI. Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle, 7.30pm. Tickets.

London: SEAN SHIBE. Purcell Room, 8pm. Tickets. (Three Premières: Diving Rod for electric guitar by Carola Bauckholt, What Bodies Know arr. for electric guitar by Daniel Rothman and Carpig arr. for electric guitar by Alex Paxton)

Saturday 17 January 2026: Sheffield: CRAIG OGDEN. Playhouse, 55 Norfolk Street, S1 1DA, 2pm. Tickets.

Sunday 18 January 2026: London: EVA SCHOCKMEL & CLOSE KEYS TRIO: WILL SCOTT, KRISTIAN RICHARDSON and JAMES HALL (bass). St Pancras Room, Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1 9AG, 3pm. Tickets.

Friday 23 January 2026: London: SUNGBIN CHO. St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, EC4Y 8AU, 1.15pm. Details.

Friday 30 January 2026: London: JULIA TRINTSCHUK. The Salvation Army (Regent Hall),  275 Oxford Street, W1C 2DJ, 1pm. Tickets.

Monmouth: CRAIG OGDEN. The Blake Theatre, Almshouse Street, Monmouth NP25 3XP, 1pm. Tickets.

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From 2025

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Friday 24 January 2025: London: MELA GUITAR QUARTET. Hoxton Hall Theatre, 130 Hoxton Street, N1 6SH, 7.30pm. Tickets. (CD launch of their new album Overtures and Dances)

Wednesday 29 January 2025: London: BOOK LAUNCH and MUSICAL EVENING: The Periodicals of Ferdinand Pelzer (1833–1857): A German Musician in London, edited by SARAH CLARKE. Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music, Silk Street, Barbican, EC2Y 8DT, 6pm.  Tickets.

Friday 14 February 2025: London: SEAN SHIBE and SASHA SAVALONI. Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 7.30pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets. (Gabriella Smith, Loop the Fractal Hold of Rain; Per Nørgård, Wasser und Rosen for 2 guitars – UK Première; David Fennessy, JACK – live performance première, Sara Glojnaric, Latitudes #5/DISCO IS A SYMPTOM –UK première)

Sunday 16 February 2025: London: ALEJANDRO HURTADO, solo and with MADRID PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by KYNAN JOHNS, INMACULADA SALOMÓN (flamenco dancer).  Barbican Centre, 7.30pm. Tickets. Sketches of Spain: marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Paco de Lucía. (Salvador Bacarisse ‘Romanza’ from Concertino para guitarra y orquesta, and Joaquín Rodrigo El Concierto de Aranjuez)

Wednesday–Friday 19–21 March 2025: New York: SHARON ISBIN. Miller Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music, Augustine Foundation Masterclass Residency. 19 March: Livestreamed; 20 March: Livestreamed; 21 March: Livestreamed.

Friday 18 April 2025: NPR: SHARON ISBIN and AMJAD ALI KHAN (sarod): STRINGS FOR PEACE with his sons: AMAAN and AYAAN ALI GANGASH (sarods) & AMIT KAVTHEKAR (tabla). Tiny Desk Concert with Tom Huizenga, 5am. Listen Again.

Saturday 19 April 2025: London: GUITAR GREATS UNITE IN A TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM LOVELADY. St Pancras New Church, Euston Road, NW1 2BA, 7.30pm. Tickets. Blog.

Friday 25 April 2025: Madrid. LA SAGA DE LOS CARMONA: PEPE HABICHUELA and JOSEMI CARMONA (flamenco guitars), JUAN CARMONA JUNIOR (percussion) with JUAN HABICHUELA NIETO. Auditorio Nacional de Música, Calle del Príncipe de Vergara, 146, Chamartín, 28002, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Monday 19–28 May 2025: Online from Paris: CHARITY AUCTION: La Inédita, A Guitar by SANTOS HERNÁNDEZ. Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr, Avenue Hoche, Paris, bidding begins at 2pm. To Bid (Proceeds will be going to the Fundación Aladina – a daycare home for children with cancer, in Madrid). Blog.

Friday 13 June 2025: Almería, Spain: STEFANO GRONDONA (Guitar: Torres SE107 of 1887). Claustro de la Catedral de Almería, Plaza de la Catedral, 8, 04001, 8.30pm. Free entry. (marking the anniversary of the birth of Antonio de Torres in 1817)

Sunday 15 June 2025: Melrose: JACK HANCHER. Melrose Parish Church Hall, St Mary’s Rd, TD6 9LJ, 3pm. Tickets. (James Dillon at 75: James Dillon: Shrouded Mirrors; Sally Beamish: Unquie)

Tuesday 17 June 2025: London: NEW COMPOSITIONS inspired by KURT COBAIN’S MARTIN D-18E GUITAR. Royal College of Music Museum, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2BS, 6pm. Tickets. (Improvisation Group improvisation in homage to Kurt Cobain; Ben Araujo Catharsis (for bowed electric guitar); Jackson Kay Doctor Barber (for voice and guitar); Sergio Assaf Divertimento from Aquarelle; Tom Bradbury Chair-o-planes (for bowed electric guitar); Sofia Kiviniemi and Deniz Dortok Overload (for electric guitar and bass); Tom Harrison Insecticide)

Sunday 13 July 2025: London: MILOŠ & PIATTI QUARTET. Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 7.30pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets.

Monday 14 July 2025: London: RACHEL PODGER (baroque violin), ELIZABETH KENNY (lute) & MARCIN ŚWIĄTKIEWICZ (harpsichord). Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 1pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets.

Saturday 19 July 2025: London: DAVID RUSSELL. Kings Place, Hall One, 90 York Way, N1 9AG, 7.30pm. Tickets.

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Highlights from 2024

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Miami, FL: SHARON ISBIN and MIAMI SYMPHONY, conducted by EDUARDO MARTURET. Concert Hall, Arsht Center, 3900 N Miami Ave, FL 33127, 6pm. Tickets. (Karen LeFrak, Miami Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, première).

Tuesday 20 February 2024: New York: PACO DE LUCIA: LEGACY – A CONCERT MARKING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Wednesday 21 February 2024: New York: FLAMENCO JAZZ CONCERT: with JOSEMI CARMONA, JAVIER COLINA, ISRAEL SUAREZ ‘EL PIRAÑA’, SILVIA PÉREZ CRUZ and PEPE HABICHUELA; AND: CHANO DOMÍNGUEZ, JORGE PARDO, JAVIER COLINA and TINO DI GERALDO with FARRU. Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St, 8pm. Tickets.

Thursday 22 February 2024: ELEANOR KELLY part of 24-hour live stream DONNE – WOMEN IN MUSIC to break Guinness World Record. Access the event.

Saturday 24 February 2024: Catonsville, MD: SHARON ISBIN. UMBC, 1028 Hilltop Circle, Lot 8, MD 21250, 8pm, with a pre-concert lecture by Risa Carlson at 7.15pm. Tel. 443 296 2247. Tickets. (performing La Espiral Eterna, Canción de Cuna and El Decameron Negro, celebrating Leo Brouwer’s 85th birthday on 1 March 2024)

Cheltenham: MEMORIAL CONCERT: GILBERT BIBERIAN AT 80! St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier St, GL50 1SP, 7pm. Blog

Saturday 24 February 2024: Reading, PA: ANA VIDOVIC and READING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Santander Performing Arts Center, 136 N 6th St, PA 19601, 7.30pm. Tickets. (Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez and Clarice Assad, Impressions, Suite for Chamber Orchestra)

Thursday–Friday 21–22 March 2024: New York: NICHOLAS GOLUSES. Miller Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music, Augustine Foundation Masterclass Residency. 21 March: Livetreamed; 22 March: Livestreamed.

Thursday 11 April 2024: London: SEAN SHIBE (lute and guitars) and DUNEDIN CONSORT, directed by JOHN BUTT. Milton Court Concert Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street, Barbican, EC2Y 8DT, 7.30pm. Tickets. (première Cassandra Miller, Chanter – guitar concerto)

Sunday 21 April 2024: Towson, MD: MANUEL BARRUECO: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS ON THE CONCERT STAGE. Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University, Center for the Arts, 7700 Osler Drive, MD 21252, 3pm. Tickets.

Wednesday 24 April 2024: London: LAURA SNOWDEN & BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by JACK SHEEN. BBC Maida Vale Studios, 7pm. (UK première Lisa Streich, Augenlider for prepared guitar and orchestra)

Tuesday 14 May 2024: London: EMA NIKOLOVSKA (mezzo-soprano) and SEAN SHIBE. Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 7.30pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets. (premières: Sasha Scott, 1000 Parts of You; Cassandra Miller, Dream Memorandum (It Reminded Me of the Truth))

Thursday 30 May 2024: New York: GIACOMO SUSANI & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK, conducted by SALVATORE DI VITTORIO. Weill Recital Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets. (première: Giacomo Susani’s Fantasia for Guitar and Small Orchestra)

Friday 5 July 2024: Cambridge: DANIELA ROSSI. Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 38 Newmarket Road, CB5 8DT, 7.30pm. Tickets. (Premières: Dusan Bogdanovic, In an English Garden – Homage to John Duarte, and Lux et umbra; Mark Houghton, Elegy– Homage to John Duarte)

Saturday 28 September 2024: New York: 50th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT of D’ADDARIO with PACO PEÑA, BADI ASSAD, BENJAMIN VERDERY, XUEFEI YANG, DAVISSON DUO. 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937, 7pm. Tickets.

Venice: GOLFAM KHAYAM. Biblioteca Marciana – Salone Sansoviniano, Piazzetta San Marco 7, 5pm. Tickets (Golfam Khayam: Sâz for classical guitar)

Thursday 3 October 2024. Stoke D’Abernon: BOOK LAUNCH: GUITAR by JONATHAN LEATHWOOD and RICHARD WRIGHT. Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, KT11 3QQ, 6.30pm. Tickets. (Concert by KEVIN LOH, authors interview by STEVE GOSS)

Tuesday 22 October 2024: London: The Flower of Cities Ensemble: FRANCISCO CORREA & XUEFEI YANG (guitars), MAX BAILLIE (violin), OSCAR PERKS (viola), BEN HUGHES (cello), LAURENCE UNGLESS (bass), ETHAN SKUODAS (percussion). Introduced by special guest, JOHN WILLIAMS (speaker). St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, EC2V 6AU, 7pm. Tickets. (Architecture is Frozen Music: Music by Steve Goss)

Saturday 30 November 2024: London: EDEN-STELL GUITAR DUO. St. Saviour’s Church in Raynes Park, London SW20, 7.30pm. Tickets. Including an interview by Matthew Wadsworth of Deux-Elles Records, about Eden Stell’s Homage to Ida Presti recording.

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Highlights from 2023

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Saturday 4 February 2023: London: SASHA SAVALONI, ELEANOR GRANT (soprano, double bass), GUS MCQUADE. New Elizabethan Award recital, Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 1pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets.

Tuesday 14 February 2023: London: SAM CAVE (guitars). Performance Space, College Building, 280 St John St, London EC1V 0HB,  7–8pm. Free but Registration required. Laurence Crane, Bobby J (1999), Michael Finnissy, Outcast (2021, 1st live performance), John Croft, Felix Namque (after Thomas Tallis) (2021, première), Christopher Fox, The Pursuit of Happiness (2020, première), Lisa Illean, Tiding (2021) and Alastair Putt, Cuerdas (2017)

Saturday 11 March 2023: London: WILL LIVERMAN (baritone), ADAM WALKER (flute), SEAN SHIBE (guitar) and OWEN GUNNELL (percussion). Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 7.30pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets. (El Cimarrón by Hans Werner Henze) Review

Wednesday–Friday 22–24 March 2023: New York: SÉRGIO ASSAD. Miller Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music, Augustine Foundation Masterclass Residency. 23 March: Livestreamed; 24 March: Livestreamed.

Thursday 13 April 2023: London: XUEFEI YANG with the LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by QIAN JUNPING. Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, Chelsea, SW1X 9DQ, 7.30pm. Tickets. (Guitar Concerto Magna Carta by John Brunning – III. Intense and energetic and Guitar Concerto: A Lovely Rose by Fu Renchang)

Thursday 20 April 2023: New York: DAVID LEISNER: Gilder Lehrman Hall at the Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, New York City, 7.30pm. Tickets. (Two Sides by Pierre Jalbert, Ruminations by Laura Kaminsky, Five Contemplations by Bun Ching Lam, Finding Beauty in Small Places by Chester Biscardi, MadrigAfro2 by João Luiz, and works by Sor, Regondi, Giuliani and Mertz).

Sunday 14 May 2023: London: GRAMOPHONE 100th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT: MILOŠ KARADAGLIĆ, SEAN SHIBE and KARIM SULAYMAN (tenor), CAROLYN SAMPSON (soprano), IESTYN DAVIES (countertenor), ALINA IBRAGIMOVA (violin), JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET (piano), BERTRAND CHAMAYOU (piano), CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN (piano), JOSEPH MIDDLETON (piano), MARTIN JAMES BARTLETT (piano) and MALCOLM MARTINEAU (piano). Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 7pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets.

Saturday 20 May 2023: New York: CICCHILLITTI-COWAN DUO. Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York City, 7.30pm. Tickets. (Christine Donkin, Distracted by Stones on the Path, Andrew Staniland, Choro: The Joyful Lament for Villa-Lobos, Germaine Tailleferre, Sonata for Harp, and Harry Stafylakis, Focus)

Thursday 10 August 2023: Aspen, CO: SHARON ISBIN and PACIFICA QUARTET. Harris Concert Hall, 960 North 3rd Street Aspen, CO 81611, 6pm. Tickets. (Vivaldi, Guitar Concerto in D major, RV 93, Joseph Schwantner, Song of a Dreaming Sparrow, Boccherini, Fandango from Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G. 448). On Amazon

Sunday 27 August 2023: Snape, Suffolk: UTTER FILTH: SEAN SHIBE (guitar), ADAM WALKER (flute) & TIMOTHY RODOUT (viola). Britten Studio, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape Bridge, Snape, IP17 1SP, 8pm. Tickets.

Thursday 31 August 2023: Nashville, TN: SHAKTI: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, ZAKIR HUSSAIN with JOHN SCOFIELD. Ryman Auditorium, 116 Rep. John Lewis Way North, TN 37219, 7.30pm. Tickets and Livestream

Sunday 3 September 2023: Wainscott, NY: PEPE ROMERO and THE NEW AMERICAN SINFONIETTA, conducted by Michael Palmer. LTV Studio 3, 75 Industrial Rd, NY 11975, 4pm. Tickets. (première David Leisner – Wayfaring, for guitar and orchestra)

Washington, DC: SHARON ISBIN and National Symphony Orchestra, Labor Day Concert, West Lawn of the US Capitol, 8pm, Free and no ticket required (première Karen LeFrak, Bailamos for guitar and orchestra)

Monday 20 November 2023: London: PAVEL RALEV. Julian Bream Trust Recital, Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 7.30pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets. (première Kingsdown Suite by David Matthews)

Friday 1 December 2023: New York: NEW YORK CITY GUITAR ORCHESTRA, conducted by NICOLETTA TODESCO. St. John’s in the Village, 218 W 11th St, New York City, 7.30pm. Tickets. (New York première of David Leisner, Medanales Morning for guitar orchestra).

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List of Classical Guitar Premières

Here is a list of recent Classical Guitar premières with details of composers, works, dates, performers and venues — and where possible, the composer’s Performance Notes. The List

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