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.

2024

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)

New York: LOVRO PERETIĆ. Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City, 8pm. Tickets. (Andrea Clearfield, Reflections on the Dranyen, commissioned by the Augustine Foundation)

Friday 12 April 2024: Saffron Walden: SEAN SHIBE (lute and guitars) and DUNEDIN CONSORT, directed by JOHN BUTT. Saffron Hall, Audley End Road, Essex, CB11 4UH, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Saturday 13 April 2024: Glasgow: SEAN SHIBE (lute and guitars) and DUNEDIN CONSORT, directed by JOHN BUTT. New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets. (Pre-concert talk with Sean Shibe at 6.30pm)

Hexham: EDEN-STELL DUO. Newbrough Town Hall, NE47 5AR, 7.30pm. Tel. 07769 676 357. Tickets.

Leighton Buzzard: LAURA SNOWDEN. Parish Church of St. Barnabas
Waterloo Road, Linslade, LU7 2NR, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Philadelphia, PA: DAVID RUSSELL. First Presbyterian Church, 201 S. 21st St, PA 19103 (concert entrance on Walnut St.), 7.30pm. Tickets.

Sunday 14 April 2024: Edinburgh: SEAN SHIBE (lute and guitars) and DUNEDIN CONSORT, directed by JOHN BUTT. The Queen’s Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets. (Pre-concert talk with Sean Shibe at 6.30pm)

London: JUNO DUO (ISABELLA HULBERT, voice and MARYNA VOSMIROVA, guitar) and LUKE BARTLETT. St Pancras Room, Kings Place, 6pm. Tickets.

Philadelphia, PA: GWENYTH AGGELER. Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St, PA 19147, 3pm. Tickets.

Tuesday 16 April 2024: Morpeth: EDEN-STELL DUO. Warkworth Memorial Hall, Warkworth Castle, NE65 0UJ, 7.30pm. Tel. 01665 711 388. Tickets.

Thursday 18 April 2024: Ghent: SEAN SHIBE (lute and guitars) and DUNEDIN CONSORT, directed by JOHN BUTT. Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, Bijlokekaai 7, 9000 Gent, 8pm. Tickets.

Friday 19 April 2024: Edmonton, AB: LOVRO PERETIĆ. Knox Church, 8403 104 St NW, T6E 4G1, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Seattle, WA: ALVARO PIERRI. Carlson Theatre, Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Cir SE, Bellevue, WA 98007, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Saturday 20 April 2024: Calgary, AB: LOVRO PERETIĆ. Knox Presbyterian Church, 3704 37 Street Southwest Calgary, AB T3E 3C3, 8pm. Tickets.

San Antonio, TX: DAVID RUSSELL: UTSA Recital Hall, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX 78249, 8.30pm. Tickets.

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.

Thursday 25 April 2024: Madison, WI: LOVRO PERETIĆ. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 1833 Regent St, WI 53726-4119, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Friday 26 April 2024: Minneapolis, MN: LOVRO PERETIĆ. Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Sunday 28 April 2024: Bexhill-on-Sea: JACK HANCHER. St Barnabas Church, Sea Road, Bexhill TN40 1JG, 3pm. Tickets.

Neston: ELEANOR KELLY. Parkgate and Neston United Reform Church, Moorside Lane, CH64 6UZ, 2.30pm. Details. (Nightscapes, music by Benjamin Britten, Cyril Scott and Errollyn Wallen).

Wednesday 1 May 2024: Canberra: PAVEL RALEV. Verity Lane Market, Sydney Building, 50 Northbourne Ave, ACT 2601, 6pm. Tickets.

Saturday 4 May 2024: Parkes, ACT: PAVEL RALEV. James Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Pl E, ACT 2600, 2.30pm. Tickets.

Thursday 9 May 2024: London: STEPHEN DODGSON: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION. David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, 5.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets.

Friday 10 May 2024: Old Harlow: ELEFTHERIA KOTZIA. St John’s Arc, St John’s Walk, Old Harlow, CM17 0AJ, 1pm.

Shabbington, Bucks: CRAIG OGDEN. St Mary Magdalene Church, Mill Road, Shabbington, HP 18 9H, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Sunday 11 May 2024: London: MORRIS-BEGG DUO (INES MAYHEW-BEGG, voice and ROSS MORRIS, guitar). St Pancras Room, Kings Place, 6pm. Tickets.

Melbourne, VIC: PAVEL RALEV. Tempo Rubato, 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC 3056, 8pm. Tickets.

Monday 13 May 2024: London: EMMA HALNAN (flute) and JACK HANCHER (guitar). The East End Café, All Saints Church, 14–16 Market Place, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1JP, 7.30pm. Tickets.

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 16 May 2024: Salisbury: SERENATA GUITAR TRIO (JOHN MILLS, COBIE SMIT and WENDY PARTRIDGE). Salisbury Cathedral School, The Close, SP12EQ, 7.30pm.

Friday 17 May 2024: Hobart: PAVEL RALEV. Ian Potter Recital Hall, The Hedberg, 7pm. Tickets.

Seattle, WA: GOHAR VARDANYAN. Carlson Theatre, Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Cir SE, Bellevue, WA 98007, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Friday 24 May 2024: London: FABIO ZANON. Burgh House, New End Square, Hampstead, NW3 1LT, 7pm.

Newbury: JACK HANCHER. Corn Exchange Auditorium, Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5BD, 12.30pm. Tel. 01635 522 733. Tickets.

Sunday 26 May 2024: Perth, WA: PAVEL RALEV. Callaway Auditorium, UWA Conservatorium of Music, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, 5pm. Tickets.

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From earlier in 2024

Sunday 14 January 2024: Norwich: MILOŠ KARADAGLIĆ and ARCANGELO ENSEMBLE, conducted by JOHNNY COHEN. Theatre Royal, Theatre St, NR2 1RL, 7.30pm. Tickets.

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).

Saturday 20 January 2024: New York: BEN VERDERY in concert with ULYSSES STRING QUARTET, RIE SCHMIDT (flute) and HANNAH SEIDEN (dance). St. John’s in the Village, 218 W. 11th St., New York City, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Sunday 21 January 2024: Kings Lynn: JOHAN LÖFVING and Norfolk Symphony Orchestra. Corn Exchange, PE30 1JW, 3.30pm. Tickets.

Sunday 28 January 2024: London: NARDUS WILLIAMS (soprano) and ELIZABETH KENNY (lute). Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 3pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets.

Monday 29 January 2024: London: FABIO BIONDI (violin) and GIANGIOCOMO PINARDI (guitar). Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP, 1pm. Tel. 020 7935 2141. Tickets. (Paganini)

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)

Saturday 23 March 2024: Paris: CONFÉRENCE CONCERT EN HOMMAGE a IDA PRESTI. Auditorium Marcel Landowski, Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris, 14 Rue de Madrid, 75008. Full details

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From 2023

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

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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 6 July 2023: London: JACK HANCHER. Royal Over-Seas League Wrench Room, Park Place, St James’s Street, SW1A 1LR, 1pm. Details.

Wednesday 12 July 2023: London: RAFAEL RIQUENI (flamenco guitar). Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN, 8.30pm. Tickets.

Friday 14 July 2023: London: NIÑO JOSELE (flamenco guitar). Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN,8.30pm. Tickets.

Saturday 15 July 2023: London: JOSÉ MARÍA GALLARDO DEL REY and MIGUEL ANGEL CORTÉS. Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN, 6pm. Tickets.

Victoria, BC: ALEXANDER DUNN, PABLO DIEMECKE (violin) and LARRY SKAGGS (cello). Saanich Peninsula Presbyterian Church, 9296 E Saanich Rd, North Saanich, BC V8L 1H8, 7pm. Music by Ferdinand Rebay.

Sunday 23 July 2023: Norwich: JANE BENTLEY TRIBUTE CONCERT: CARLOS BONELL, DEBRA ADAMSON-BRATTLAND, ANGUS SCOTT, RICHARD WHILEY (solos, duets and trios). St Andrew’s Church, Lammas, NR10 5JQ, 4pm. Tel. 07769 553 801 or 01603 279 576.

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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