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2026
Monday 13 April 2026: Manchester: THIBAUT GARCIA & GALICIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ROBERT GONZÁLEZ-MONJAS. Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosely Street, M2 3WS, 7.30pm. Tel. 0161 907 9000. Tickets. (Première Ruada by Fernando Buide del Real)
Tuesday 14 April 2026: London: SAMRAT MAJUMDER. Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 1pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets.
Wednesday 15 April 2026: London: THIBAUT GARCIA & GALICIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ROBERT GONZÁLEZ-MONJAS. Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, 7.30pm. Tel. 020 7730 4500. Tickets. (Ruada by Fernando Buide del Real)
Saturday 16 May 2026: Cambridge: DUSAN BOGDANOVIC and DANIELA ROSSI. Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 38 Newmarket Road, CB5 8DT, 7.30pm. Tickets.
Saturday 23 May 2026: Godalming: POLINA SHARAFYAN (violin) and ARIE DAKESIAN. Godalming Baptist Church, Fleet Street, GU7 1BA, 7pm. Tickets. (Armenian Folk Miniatures, arranged by Arie Dakesian)
Wednesday 27 May 2026: London: XUEFEI YANG. St Michael and All Angels, Northcote Road, Walthamstow, E17 6PQ, 7.30pm. Tel. 020 8223 0772. Details.
Saturday 30 May 2026: London: BRIDGET’S BIG BIRTHDAY CONCERT. St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, EC2V 6AU, 7pm. Tickets. (All profits to the MS Society)
Madrid: DUO MELIS. Ateneo de Madrid, 7.30pm. Tickets.
Sunday 31 May 2026: Stone, Staffordshire: PERELLO DUO: MIKE HUGHES (vibraphone) and ELEANOR KELLY. The Wren, 75 High Street, ST15 8AE, 4pm. Tickets.
Monday 1 June 2026: London: TOBY CARR (lute). Fitzrovia Chapel, Fitzroy Place, 2 Pearson Square, W1T 3BF, 7.30pm. Tickets. Album launch for Softest Thunder, including Blue by Laura Snowden.
Friday 5 June 2026: London: ZOE BARNETT & DuoVONA. St Saviour’s Church, Grand Drive, Raynes Park, SW20 9DL, 7.30pm. Tickets.
Madrid: RAFAEL AGUIRRE. Sala de Cámara, Auditorio Nacional de Música, 7.30pm. Tickets.
Saturday 6 June 2026: Bognor Regis: SERENATA GUITAR TRIO: JOHN MILLS, COBIE SMIT, RICHARD MILLS. Regis School of Music, 46 Sudley Road, Sussex PO21 1ER, 7.30pm. Tel. 01903 266 641. Tickets.
Madrid: PABLO SAINZ VILLEGAS. Sala de Cámara, Auditorio Nacional de Música, 7.30pm. Tickets.
Friday 12 June 2026: Madrid: DUO ANAURA: ANABEL MONTSINOS & LAURA VERDUGO DEL REY. Sala de Cámara, Auditorio Nacional de Música, 7.30pm. Tickets.
Saturday 13 June 2026: London: EMMANUEL SOWICZ. St Mary’s Church, Church Street, Twickenham, TW13 3DT, 7pm. Tickets.
Madrid: DAVID RUSSELL. Sala de Cámara, Auditorio Nacional de Música, 7.30pm. Tickets.
Friday 26 June 2026: London: AMANDA COOK. St Mary Le Strand,The Strand,WC2R 1ES, 8pm. Tickets.
Wednesday 8 July 2026: London: GRAHAM ANTHONY DEVINE. St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 8NA, 7.30pm. Tickets.
Thursday 9 July 2026: London: MELA GUITAR QUARTET. St Giles Cripplegate, Fore Street, EC2Y 8DA, 7.30pm. Tickets.
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From Earlier in 2026
Saturday 10 January 2026: 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)
Friday 13 March 2026: London: MICHAEL FINNISSY 80th BIRTHDAY CONCERT: SAM CAVE (guitars). Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 7.30pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets. (Bobby J (1999) by Laurence Crane, première Two Cut-Ups of Three Fantasias by Alonso Mudarra (1966–1967, rev. 2026) by Michael Finnissy, première Bountiful (2021–2022) by George Holloway, The Pursuit of Happiness (2020) by Christopher Fox, Tiding (2021) by Lisa Illean, première Step by Step (2026) by Andrew Tooveyand Outcast (2020–2022) by Michael Finnissy)
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From 2025
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.
Friday 21 November 2025: London: THIBAUT GARCIA and QUATUOR AROD. Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 7.30pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets.
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