Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote his only guitar concerto in 1951 for Andres Segovia, the most famous classical guitarist in the world, originally calling it "Fantasia Concertante." ...

Spanish composer and guitarist Francisco Tarrega liked a good opera tune as much as anyone, and Giuseppe Verdi really knew how to provide them in his popular operas. On the next Fretworks, Greek ...

An all-star cast, including guitarist Pepe Romero and the legendary I Solisti di Zagreb, heads up these performances of three concertos by Ernesto Cordero. Born in New York in 1946, Cordero was raised ...

As cliché as it may seem for a classical guitar player, my "First Love" would be a tie between Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez (yes, the one you hear all the time!) and Heitor Villa-Lobos’ ...

“Joby Talbot's piece Ink Dark Moon is a modern masterpiece and Howard Shore's concerto, The Forest, has a classical elegance to it,” said guitarist Miloš Karadaglić about the two new guitar concertos ...

The passion of Flamenco blends with the elegance of courtly dances in the most popular guitar concerto of all time: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — It was only several generations ago that leading classical guitarists such as Andres Segovia had a limited repertoire — works written by Rodrigo and other Spanish composers, and a ...

Miloš Karadaglić was eight when he noticed the dusty guitar sitting on a shelf in his house in Montenegro. "I think my father had this guitar when he was young, and when he tried to seduce my mother — ...

Jonathan Leshnoff. Photo by Katya Chilingiri. Named by The Washington Post as one of the "gifted young composers" of this generation, Leshnoff is a leader of contemporary American lyricism. His ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At 29, classical guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre has already earned an international reputation for his ability to make the nylon strings of his instrument sing ...

Tickets: Wheeler Opera House and Harris Hall box offices; http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com More info: The program will include Howard Shore’s “Billy’s Theme ...