10 Riffs to Get You Kicked Out of a Guitar Store
When I spotted this video title, it made me laugh so I had to watch… Mark Adams, who runs the Moonrunner Music channel on Youtube, is the perfect example of someone who runs both a … Read more…
Letter from Anywhere
San Gennaro Festival Photos
Nothing to do with guitar…but it’s a glimpse of life in the city as today closes the 92nd Annual San Gennaro Festival in New York City.
Mannes Guitar Music at The Americas Society
The Mannes New York Guitar Seminar opened with its annual evening concert at the Americas Society, featuring Artistic Directors Michael Newman and Laura Oltman of the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo and Brasilian classical guitarist … Read more…
2017 WCGF – Rock & Blues Winner Interviews
The rock division judges for the 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival were: Wisconsin-based guitarist and instructors, Roger Brotherhood and Matt Schroeder; and Milwaukee-based guitarists and instructors Peter Mac, Peter Roller, John Shiely, Steve Roberts, Michael … Read more…
2017 WCGF Jazz Winner Interviews
The jazz division judges for the 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival included guitarist, composer and former Music Director of The Tonight Show Band, Kevin Eubanks, Hal Leonard jazz instructional series author Mike DeRose, Milwaukee-based jazz … Read more…
2017 WCGF Fingerstyle Guitar Winner Interviews
For the 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival Fingerstyle Division, guest artists Mike Dawes and Antoine Dufour served as judges, along with guitarists Peter Finger, Kurt Plahna, Billy McLaughlin, John Stropes, Macyn Taylor and Candyrat Records … Read more…
2017 WCGF Classical Guitar Winner Interviews
This year’s Classical Guitar division judging panel included: Meng Su and Yameng Wang of the Beijing Guitar Duo; concert guitarists Rene Izquierdo and Elina Chekan, who both teach at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee’s … Read more…
Masterclass Gems & Nuggets – 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival
The 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival afternoons were devoted to various master classes in several musical genres. While the classical guitar masterclass with The Beijing Duo focused on addressing specific technical issues intrinsic to each … Read more…
Feature and photo of Sharon Isbin & Students at 2017 NYGF in Classical Guitar
Julia’s feature and photograph of “Sharon Isbin & Students Open New York Guitar Festival” can be found on p. 72 of the autumn 2017 issue of Classical Guitar, on newsstands until November 28, 2017. * … Read more…
Overview of the 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival
The Wilson Center Guitar Festival celebrated its 5th annual international guitar competition this past August 17-19 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, with a record number of 105 contestant applicants competing for $32,000 in cash prizes, an $10,000 … Read more…
A Resonant Portrait of Videoguitargrapher Eric Cecil
Eric Cecil is a classical guitarist who has been using his videography talents to develop “Resonant Portraits,” a video series on his Youtube channel, devoted to capturing performances of many New York-based classical guitarists, including … Read more…
Stereopticon Album Release Party Photo Album
Gary Lucas and Jann Klose celebrated the release of their spirited and spectacularly joyful 4-star MOJO Magazine reviewed album, Stereopticon, Monday evening, May 2, to a packed house at The Cutting Room in New York City. … Read more…
Magos and Límon Concert at the Americas Society
Audience members who attended the Magos Herrera and Javier Limón concert at the Americas Society received a single red rose as a sweet gesture to celebrate both the approaching Valentine’s Day holiday and the evening’s … Read more…
Topchii and Dukić at Carnegie Hall
The final concert of this season’s D’Addario Performance Series featured the Carnegie Hall debuts of soloists Marko Topchii and Zoran Dukić. Marko Topchii, who is from Kiev, Ukraine, has won over 50 awards in international … Read more…
LANDR – A Guitar Soloist’s Experiment
Released this past year, LANDR is a new online mastering process designed to provide quick, DIY sound engineering. It is based on an adaptive algorithm that allows artists to quickly and affordably refine the sound, … Read more…
The Met’s Historic Guitar Concert Videos
The Metropolitan Museum of Art currently showcases several concert videos on their official Youtube channel featuring leading artists who were invited to perform five different historically significant guitars from their musical instruments collection that are … Read more…
Berta Rojas at the Latin GRAMMYS
Last month, Latin Grammy-nominated classical guitarist Berta Rojas had the honor of presenting awards to several artists for the televised broadcast of the ceremony from MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. This year marks Rojas’ … Read more…
Los Romeros at the 92nd Street Y
The Romeros performed late October in the 2014-15 season of the 92nd Street Y’s Art of the Guitar series. Pepe Romero and Celin Romero, sons of the legendary guitarist Celedonio, were joined by the third generation of Romeros, … Read more…
Guitarists Lin and Baranov at Carnegie Hall
Guitarists Chiawei Lin and Anton Baranov performed late October in the opening concert of the D’Addario Foundation’s Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. The series, first established in 1981, was re-launched in 2011 and is … Read more…
Egberto Gismonti’s Concert at Symphony Space
Egberto Gismonti returned to New York on September 12, 2014 after a 10-year hiatus to perform to an enthusiastic audience at the Peter Norton Theatre at Symphony Space. The concert was presented by the Americas Society, sponsored … Read more…
The 14th New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes
The 14th New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes ran from June 24th to June 29th, featuring Masters from the Academy: guest faculty Fabio Zanon, Benjamin Verdery, Dennis Koster, Andrew Zohn, Robert Sharpe, Ana Vidovic, Tali … Read more…
Fábio Zanon Concert
The 2014 New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes opened with a June 24, 2014 evening concert with guest artist, Brazilian classical guitarist Fábio Zanon, at the Americas Society on Park Avenue in New York. The … Read more…
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters 25th Anniversary Concert
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters celebrated their 25th Anniversary concert at Le Poisson Rouge last night with special guests Kaki King, Felice Rosser, Jann Klose, Mike Edison, Gisburg and Peter Zummo. Dusty Wright, the … Read more…
LAGQ at Town Hall
The Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performed this past spring at Town Hall as part of the People’s Symphony Concerts, a series founded in 1900 by German conductor Franz Arens to present the best … Read more…
Buono and Desiderio
Emanuele Buono and Aniello Desiderio Perform at Carnegie Hall The closing concert of this year’s D’Addario Performance Series at Carnegie Hall featured two exceptional Italian guitarists, Emanuele Buono and Aniello Desiderio, who were both uniquely … Read more…
Conte’s Market Jam
Every Friday morning in Yorkville, from 10 AM to noon, a small cadre of neighborhood retirees and actors from the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire band together inside Conte’s Market to enjoy jamming out on … Read more…
Isbin’s Troubadour
Troubadour, a documentary on Sharon Isbin’s storied career premiered earlier this month at Lincoln Center. Filmmaker Susan Dangel, who has worked on such projects as James Taylor’s One Man Band show and the Boston Pops and … Read more…
Duo Résonances
Frédérique Luzy and Pierre Bibault, the international prize-winning guitarists of Duo Résonances, have released their self-titled debut CD on the Calliope label featuring their beautiful recordings of works by Granados, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Ginastera and Mompou. “Frédérique … Read more…
International Guitar Day at Mannes
This past Monday, Michael Newman and Laura Oltman, the Ensemble-in-Residence at Mannes, hosted a three-hour session of free concerts and lectures to the public featuring a variety of music. The program opened with Avril Kinsey’s … Read more…
World Premiere of Ciupinski’s Guitar Concierto
8.23.14: [NEWLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE FULL-LENGTH VIDEO/RECORDING OF CONCIERTO.] The world premiere of composer Jakub Ciupinski’s Guitar Concierto took place at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City on April 6th and 7th with Mattias … Read more…
Minimalist Music for Guitar Plus
The closing concert for the sixth season of the Guitar Plus chamber music concert series took place March 27th at Symphony Space in New York City featuring a program of minimalist music written and transcribed … Read more…
David Russell’s Guitar Master Class in New York
Grammy award winning classical guitarist David Russell held a three-day guitar residency at the Manhattan School of Music, sponsored by the Augustine Foundation. Russell was named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in … Read more…
Kaya & Kuang at Carnegie Hall
This past autumn, Chinese guitarist Junhong Kuang and Turkish guitarist Celil Refik Kaya presented their Carnegie Hall concert debuts as part of the D’Addario Performance concert series. Kuang is the youngest to ever perform in … Read more…