When Erik Pierre Hofmann, Pascal Mougin and Stefan Hackl published their comprehensive book Stauffer & Co.– The Viennese Guitar of the 19th Century, beautifully illustrated and written in three languages (French, English and German), although they knew of the existence of Marie-Louise’s Stauffer guitar, remarkably, they did not know its whereabouts or whether in fact it had…
BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting a special Women in Music concert ‘Live to Air’ from the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall at the Royal College of Music in London on Wednesday 8 March 2017 at 1pm. The pianist Sofya Gulyak will give the UK première of a major piano sonata by Fanny Mendelssohn, the Easter Sonata. The Easter…
The guitarist and composer Wolfgang Muthspiel released his studio album Rising Grace on 28 October 2016, which features equally superb musicians: trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Larry Grenadier and the drummer Brian Blade, with whom he has collaborated over many years. Nine tracks have been composed by Wolfgang Muthspiel and there is one track, Wolfgang’s Waltz composed…
The Exhibition of the Spencer Collection which includes manuscripts – some dating from the mid-sixteenth century, printed books, musical instruments, engravings, concert notices and flyers of the lutenist, guitarist, singer and musicologist Robert Spencer at the Royal Academy of Music Museum, London opened on 3 January 2017. In 1998, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund,…
When the Amadeus Guitar Duo – Dale Kavanagh and Thomas Kirchhoff decided to celebrate their 25th anniversary as the Amadeus Guitar Duo, who better to celebrate with than two other of their favourite collaborating guitar duos: Eden-Stell Duo – Mark Eden and Chris Stell and the Gruber & Maklar Guitar Duo – Christian Gruber and Peter Maklar. What a super idea!!! The concert tour…
The phenomenal flamenco guitarist TOMATITO will be touring with his SEXTET including his son the guitarist José del Tomate this month. The musicians in the TOMATITO SEXTET are: José Fernández Torres ‘Tomatito’, José del Tomate (second guitar), and an all-star cast of: Kiki Cortiñas and David Maldonado (palmas and vocals), Israel Suárez ‘Piraña’ (percussionist who played for many years in the Paco…
Morgan Szymanski has been collaborating with both Mexican and British composers to write new repertoire for the guitar, both solo and in ensemble, for a number of years. The works of two of these British composers, Alec Roth (b. 1948) and Stephen McNeff (b. 1951), were heard at this Wigmore Hall recital on 12 September…
It is many years since the outstanding German classical guitarist, Hubert Käppel, has performed in London, but we have the luxury of hearing him both in concert and masterclass during the IGF Guitar Summit 2016 starting Thursday 21 July 2016 at Kings Place, central London. At Kings Place, Hubert Käppel will not only be performing works…
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…
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