Manuel Barrueco
We are excited to present Guitar Magazine's Artist of the Month for October: the legendary Manuel Barrueco.
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Exploring Contrapuntal Fingerings in Bach’s Allegro from BWV 998
When played on the modern classical guitar, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach presents a special set of challenges to overcome, as well as opportunities to enrich the listener’s experience. In the case of the Allegro from Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998, there is a bounty of interesting contrapuntal ...
Eos Guitar Quartet — “El alma de Paco” (Solo Musica)
In this conversation, we talk to the members of the Eos Guitar Quartet about their latest release: “El alma de Paco” (Solo Musica), a tribute to Paco de Lucía, featuring new works by Leo Brouwer, John McLaughlin and José Antonio Rodríguez.
Xuefei Yang at Zhizhu Temple
In addition to telling us about future projects, Xuefei Yang talks about his recent virtual concert at Zhizhu Temple in this chat. Watch it right here!
Pablo Menéndez — “Esencia” (QTV Classics)
These are confusing times in which terms like "intersectionality," "transparency," or "identity" are imposed in the critical discourse of the Academy. In all sincerity, this discourse is welcome and present within the first album by guitar player Pablo Menéndez (Spain, 1992).
BLOGS
The Inviting and Inclusive Classical Guitar
Guitar Magazine is grateful to Arturo Castro Nogueras for accepting the invitation to publish the first post on our blog. The Caribbean, for me personally, has been good to think with, my world was creolized from the start. —Stuart Hall Certainly, Jamaican/English cultural theorist Stuart Hall’s words greatly resonate with ...
Artist of the Month
VIDEO
Rafael Aguirre Video Interview
Rafael Aguirre is a guitarist with an overflowing personality, and you can appreciate it in this video recorded exclusively for Guitar Magazine at the Hotel Opera in Madrid, Spain.
Rafael Aguirre Video Interview
Rafael Aguirre is a guitarist with an overflowing personality, and you can appreciate it in this video recorded exclusively for Guitar Magazine at the Hotel Opera in Madrid, Spain.
Music Industry
“No. 58, Manuel Barrueco, Robert Ruck, & a Guitar” (by Nicholas Simmons)
Tonar Music releases a coffee-table book called “No. 58, Manuel Barrueco, Robert Ruck, & a Guitar”, which tells the story of Barrueco’s legendary guitar No. 58 by Robert Ruck, which has become one of the most famous classical guitars in the world.
Lessons
ACADEMICS
Arnaud Dumond: “The Individual Work of Improvement Is 90% Of Our Activity as a Musician”
In this interview, we have Arnaud Dumond, a prominent French guitarist and composer with whom we talk about his long career as well as current and future projects.